Latest 48.26% - D | 49.94% - R
No "mandate" and whatever they want to call it (always hated the "mandate" talk no matter who claimed it), the influence is slipping. Harris is now trailing by only 1.68% of the vote.
In a population of 335 Million people (understanding 'people' includes children and ineligible voters, along with suppressed voters, which should NEVER happen but has, on steroids, since 2016), approx. 155 Million people voted.
Only 5 popular vote winners in our nation's history have won by smaller percentage margins.
Trump still got the swing states (huge loss), but pulled in less votes than Biden, Obama, Obama, G W Bush, G H W Bush, Reagan, and Reagan. (I mean, Nixon got 60.7% -- now, THAT'S a mandate --> and, yes, I hate myself for just having used that word.)
https://www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker/2024/electoral-college