# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=140 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 141 --- ## [Should the winner of the popular vote be Canada’s Prime Minister?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-winner-of-the-popular-vote-be-canada-s-prime-minister/842131)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-winner-of-the-popular-vote-be-canada-s-prime-minister/842131 "2019-10-25T21:55:40Z")
Many posters on the SDMB believe that Hilary Clinton should be the President of the United States because she won the popular vote in the 2016 election. This question is addressed to those believers. Should Andrew Sche… --- ## [How is the Democratic Party's Platform Destructive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-democratic-partys-platform-destructive/841944)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-democratic-partys-platform-destructive/841944 "2019-10-25T02:58:20Z")
In a \[thread in Great Debates\](No. This is a hijack so please drop it. If you’re interested feel free to start a different thread.), HurricaneDitka posted this: I posted this in response: And that post was \[url=\]mode… --- ## [What odds would it take for you to bet on Trump winning reelection in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-odds-would-it-take-for-you-to-bet-on-trump-winning-reelection-in-2020/842102)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-odds-would-it-take-for-you-to-bet-on-trump-winning-reelection-in-2020/842102 "2019-10-25T00:10:22Z")
(Supposing that you’re betting real, actual money) I would have a hard time parting with any real money at odds of less than around 20-to-1, at least as of now. (Poll to come) --- ## [The Democratic Party and the United States Senate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-party-and-the-united-states-senate/842166)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-party-and-the-united-states-senate/842166 "2019-10-24T00:58:13Z")
Ever since 2014, when Republicans won the Senate by defeating\*\* red-state Democrats like Kay Hagan (NC), Mark Pryor (AR), Mary Landrieu (LA), Mark Begich (AK), then again in 2018 when Heidi Heitkamp (ND), Claire McCaskil… --- ## [Is Texas purple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-texas-purple/842148)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-texas-purple/842148 "2019-10-24T00:42:35Z")
A recent op-ed piece by George Will focuses on Rep. Will Hurd, one of the Texas Republicans who is leaving Congress. The article concludes So what say you? Will seems to at least sort of agree with Hurd, and points ou… --- ## [What's going on across the pond (Brexit)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-across-the-pond-brexit/841975)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-across-the-pond-brexit/841975 "2019-10-23T18:03:37Z")
I hear that Boris Johnson has negotiated a deal with the EU. What’s the significance of it? Does this mean the UK is leaving the EU at the end of the month or are there still additional hurdles to clear (a vote tomorrow?… --- ## [Any Independent Presidential candidates campaigning yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-independent-presidential-candidates-campaigning-yet/841438)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-independent-presidential-candidates-campaigning-yet/841438 "2019-10-22T22:34:57Z")
First off, I hate Trump, not a fan of his admin or policy, and I’m a Independent/Libertarian with Republican leanings (hey, hey, put down that rotten fruit, m’kay, Trump is an utter classless moron and is a disgrace to t… --- ## [Should elections be winnable by one vote in a million?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-elections-be-winnable-by-one-vote-in-a-million/841168)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-elections-be-winnable-by-one-vote-in-a-million/841168 "2019-10-22T21:33:37Z")
There has been criticism from different quarters of various mechanisms- the Electoral College being just one example- by which pure popular democracy is- thwarted? buffered? filtered?- and whether this is ultimately in v… --- ## [How does Trump convince these big stadium/convention center owners to let him host rallies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-trump-convince-these-big-stadium-convention-center-owners-to-let-him-host-rallies/842028)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-trump-convince-these-big-stadium-convention-center-owners-to-let-him-host-rallies/842028 "2019-10-22T17:59:43Z")
A couple days ago, Trump was holding another big rally here at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, home of the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks who are owned by Mark Cuban, no fan of Trump. Days before that, Trump wa… --- ## [Characterizing every election as "the most important in our lifetime"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characterizing-every-election-as-the-most-important-in-our-lifetime/841963)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characterizing-every-election-as-the-most-important-in-our-lifetime/841963 "2019-10-22T13:20:35Z")
We’re still over a year away from Election Day in 2020 and already the “This is the most important election of our lifetime” battle cry is in full gear. Problem is, 2018 was called the most important election of our lif… --- ## [The Syrian/Kurd/Turkey situation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-kurd-turkey-situation/841913)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-kurd-turkey-situation/841913 "2019-10-22T01:17:09Z")
I figured this could use its own thread. Turkey has agreed to “a pause” in attacks on the Kurds near the Syrian border (they clarified it is not a “ceasefire,” only a “pause” that will “cease only if their demands are m… --- ## [Why does Mitch McConnell get reelected in Kentucky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mitch-mcconnell-get-reelected-in-kentucky/842101)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mitch-mcconnell-get-reelected-in-kentucky/842101 "2019-10-21T22:37:24Z")
Apparently, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was a moderate Republican in the 1980s and 1990s. It is only until when Bill Frist left the Senate in 2006, when McConnell was elevated to Senate GOP Leader, in… --- ## [Is Trump an Asset of Russia (Or Some Other Foreign Power)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-an-asset-of-russia-or-some-other-foreign-power/841425)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-an-asset-of-russia-or-some-other-foreign-power/841425 "2019-10-21T20:52:05Z")
According to some, the implication/assertion goes that Trump has done plenty of grievous things in his life and that evidence of these things has fallen into the hands of Vladimir Putin\*, and further that Putin is using … --- ## [Trump's high fundraising $ numbers - is it going to make any practical difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-high-fundraising-numbers-is-it-going-to-make-any-practical-difference/836418)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-high-fundraising-numbers-is-it-going-to-make-any-practical-difference/836418 "2019-10-21T17:30:20Z")
Trump has been drawing in staggering sums of donations, according to Yahoo News, blowing past previous records for campaign fundraising. More money is always better than less for a campaign, of course, but ISTM that Tru… --- ## [What If: Republicans win fourth term in 1992](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-republicans-win-fourth-term-in-1992/842024)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-republicans-win-fourth-term-in-1992/842024 "2019-10-20T19:31:31Z")
What if President George H.W. Bush won reelection in 1992, what would the country look like? --- ## [Florida recount](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-recount/824389)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-recount/824389 "2019-10-19T04:55:06Z")
According to CNN, Palm Beach County officials are now saying there’s no way they can finish the recount by Thursday’s deadline, which will, according to Palm Beach county GOP chair Michael Barnett, put the GOP in very go… --- ## [Debate 10/15/19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-10-15-19/841828)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-10-15-19/841828 "2019-10-19T01:04:54Z")
Biden with a surprisingly weak response on ethics. Warren persistently refusing to answer the question about taxes on MfA. Pete is right here. --- ## [Elijah Cummings has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-cummings-has-died/841895 "2019-10-18T21:24:17Z")
Dead at 68 due to “complications concerning longstanding health challenges”. He was one of the greats in Congress over the past several decades and his influence will be missed. --- ## [How will Trump's presidency end? (poll as of October 2019)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-trumps-presidency-end-poll-as-of-october-2019/841192)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-trumps-presidency-end-poll-as-of-october-2019/841192 "2019-10-18T13:28:58Z")
Opinion seems to shift up and down and all over the place as the Trump presidency has gone on, but it is trending harder and harder in the direction that “Trump will be removed from office against his will” these days. … --- ## [Is O'Rourke deliberately sabotaging the Dems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-orourke-deliberately-sabotaging-the-dems/841637)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-orourke-deliberately-sabotaging-the-dems/841637 "2019-10-17T21:50:38Z")
Here he is, giving the Republicans more ammunition for the general election. At this point, I’m starting to wonder if this is intentional. --- ## [Let’s discuss our political volunteering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-discuss-our-political-volunteering/841653)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-discuss-our-political-volunteering/841653 "2019-10-17T20:13:06Z")
So, who’s grabbing a clipboard or their phone? Here’s a thread to discuss what we’re doing in this election cycle. Tomorrow, I start getting ballot access signatures for Pete Buttigieg. I’ll also be doing some phone ban… --- ## [Anybody else sick of NH and IA having so much say in the process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-sick-of-nh-and-ia-having-so-much-say-in-the-process/841443)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-sick-of-nh-and-ia-having-so-much-say-in-the-process/841443 "2019-10-17T12:40:41Z")
Reading the Biden thread got me thinking. I live in Michigan (one of the three states that put trump over the top and the narrowest one to boot) and by the time the race for the Democratic nomination gets here it will e… --- ## [Which Democrat is most re-electable in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-democrat-is-most-re-electable-in-2024/841694)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-democrat-is-most-re-electable-in-2024/841694 "2019-10-17T02:59:13Z")
At the moment, it appears that any candidate who emerges as the eventual Democratic nominee in 2020 will be favored to defeat Trump. Assuming that a (D) does indeed win the White House next November, who would stand the… --- ## [Congress Can Seek Trump's Tax Records, DC Circuit Court Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-can-seek-trumps-tax-records-dc-circuit-court-rules/841635)
**Author:** [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-can-seek-trumps-tax-records-dc-circuit-court-rules/841635 "2019-10-16T08:18:36Z")
NYT broke the story, buy there’s no paywall on CNN.Donald Trump loses appeal to stop House subpoena of his tax documents | CNN Politics --- ## [So, we voted today (Canadian election)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-voted-today-canadian-election/841690 "2019-10-16T06:36:25Z")
Mrs P is going to be out of town on Election Day, so we voted today in the Advance Poll. Voting was in the gym of a local school. Not very busy. Two women greeted us with “Hello/Bonjour” and told us to line up behind a… --- ## [Convince me to vote for Colorado Prop DD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-vote-for-colorado-prop-dd/841725)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-vote-for-colorado-prop-dd/841725 "2019-10-14T16:15:10Z")
Should be a no-brainer. It opens up sports betting in Colorado and I support that. It also raises revenue to support clean water which is also a plus. The thing is the clean water is supported by a tax on sports betti… --- ## [Why don't the Democrats do more "marketing" (plus the viability of "propaganda" legislation)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-the-democrats-do-more-marketing-plus-the-viability-of-propaganda-legislation/841528)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-the-democrats-do-more-marketing-plus-the-viability-of-propaganda-legislation/841528 "2019-10-13T13:30:23Z")
For the life of me I don’t understand why the Dems don’t do more traditional marketing such as TV and radio commercials, etc. Currently, they rarely directly address the American people, but instead rely on the media to… --- ## [Republicans--even Trump--beat Dems in polling on the economy. SMH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-even-trump-beat-dems-in-polling-on-the-economy-smh/754465)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-even-trump-beat-dems-in-polling-on-the-economy-smh/754465 "2016-05-10T18:05:41Z")
Bill Maher is right: Americans are dumbasses. And I reject the framing of this as “Hillary’s got to do a better job communicating a simple economic message”. That people would think at this point that Republicans are be… --- ## [How Should Pelosi Conduct the Presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-pelosi-conduct-the-presidency/841194)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-pelosi-conduct-the-presidency/841194 "2019-10-12T05:50:52Z")
I am starting to see Pence implicated in the Ukraine impeachment scandal. If Trump and Pence get impeached simultaneously, Speaker Pelosi is 3rd in line to become president. How should she handle the office? I can see s… --- ## [I will not be supporting Biden in the primaries. \[Powers of the President of the Senate\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-not-be-supporting-biden-in-the-primaries-powers-of-the-president-of-the-senate/841414)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-not-be-supporting-biden-in-the-primaries-powers-of-the-president-of-the-senate/841414 "2019-10-10T05:20:52Z")
Note “in the primaries”, there: If (as seems likely) he ends up as the Democratic candidate in the general election, then I will without hesitation give him as much support as I am able. But I don’t think he’s the cand… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=141)