Talk:Mandate (politics)

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Did you know... that no single political party has a mandate in a coalition government?

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 18:58, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that no single political party has a mandate in a coalition government? Source: McDonald, Michael D.; Budge, Ian (2005). Elections, Parties, Democracy: Conferring the Median Mandate. p. 4.
- ALT1: ... that dictatorships sometimes claim to have a mandate to rule? Source: Bendix, Reinhard (1978). Kings Or People: Power and the Mandate to Rule. p. 4.
- ALT2: ... that popular mandates were first established for rulers during the Age of Revolution? Source: Bendix (1978) p. 7.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Worley (police officer)

5x expanded by Thebiguglyalien (talk). Self-nominated at 22:07, 6 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mandate (politics); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Thebiguglyalien: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:06, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The hook might be a bit literal and not sure of the hookiness. I will promote ALT0 as a definition that interestes me more than the others but I am not sure it meets our interesting criteria. Lightburst (talk) 18:57, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]