Trump won, but not by a landslide. Does it matter?

Yes, Donald J. Trump won the US Electoral College by 312 to Kamala Harris’ 226 and the official popular vote by 76.8 million to 74.3 million, but that doesn’t count as a “landslide” for any rational Australian.

The reality is that only 31.3% of eligible Americans voted for Trump, just a single percentage point more than the 30.3% who voted for Harris.

Contrary to almost every headline, Donald Trump did not achieve his second coming by a landslide, at least not by Australian measures of what makes a landslide. Michael Pascoe comments while mentally preparing for a month in Trumpistan.