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1. Mandate

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   The Referendum Fallacy
   Critics argue that general elections rarely function as true referenda on specific policy planks. Voters frequently cite non-policy factors—such as candidate charisma, economic anxiety, or simple party loyalty—as primary drivers for their vote [6]. To claim a mandate for, say, specific fiscal legislation when the electorate was primarily motivated by [foreign policy](/entrie…

2. Mandate

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   The Problem of Implicit Assent
   A further complication arises from the millions of voters who abstain from voting. Proponents of the mandate argue that non-voters implicitly assent to the victor's platform, while opponents maintain that abstention represents a form of non-concurrence that invalidates the breadth of the claimed authority [7]. This theoretical dispute often centers on the concept of "latent democratic surplus," which posits that uncast ballots carry a non-zero, yet undefined…