>>>There's a long-standing idea in the US that a president or governor who has a convincing win has a mandate for his or her policies while one who wins a close election does not.
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>The problem with ideas, is that they're like opinions: everybody can have their own and they can change like the wind.
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> At some point, doesn't unrest and protest against lawful mandate meet the definition of sedition?

At least both sides can claim such histrionics as part of their sacred/genetic traditions when faced with a loss ;-)