# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=147 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 148 --- ## [Cory Booker vs Amy Klobuchar: Democratic Primary World Cup, First Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-booker-vs-amy-klobuchar-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834773)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-booker-vs-amy-klobuchar-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834773 "2019-06-01T17:27:29Z")
This is a group stage match up for our Democratic Primary World Cup. Everyone is invited to vote in the poll. Feel free to add comments about why you chose one of these candidates over the other one. --- ## [\#CorbynOut trending on Twitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corbynout-trending-on-twitter/834596)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corbynout-trending-on-twitter/834596 "2019-06-01T17:06:14Z")
Maybe, just maybe, there’s a crack in the Corbyn Cult. Labour did disastrously in the European elections as well as the local elections a few weeks ago. No, Twitter can’t change the Labour leader, but it seems some of t… --- ## [New elections in Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-elections-in-israel/826637)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-elections-in-israel/826637 "2019-06-01T08:14:24Z")
It’s going to take me a couple of days to get back up to speed on the very confusing nature of elections to the Israeli Knesset. However, any chance to get rid of Benjamin Netanyahu is a good thing. --- ## [Pete Buttigieg vs John Hickenlooper: Democratic Primary World Cup, First Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-buttigieg-vs-john-hickenlooper-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834774)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-buttigieg-vs-john-hickenlooper-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834774 "2019-06-01T01:59:50Z")
This is a group stage match up for our Democratic Primary World Cup. Everyone is invited to vote in the poll. Feel free to add comments about why you chose one of these candidates over the other one. --- ## [The response of opposition party if a presidential election is absolutely jobbed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-response-of-opposition-party-if-a-presidential-election-is-absolutely-jobbed/834353)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-response-of-opposition-party-if-a-presidential-election-is-absolutely-jobbed/834353 "2019-05-31T17:27:02Z")
Spinoff of the many “what if Trump does not accept defeat” threads: Suppose that Biden absolutely crushes it on Election Day (wins popular vote by double digits, wins Electoral College 400-138) but Trump, through some s… --- ## [2020 Democratic candidates that should drop out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-democratic-candidates-that-should-drop-out/834662)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-democratic-candidates-that-should-drop-out/834662 "2019-05-31T13:44:50Z")
I haven’t made made up my mind who I support yet, but there are a number of candidates I think should drop out. Tulsi Gabbard is just plain annoying, and the rest of the Congresspersons seem like they are running for vi… --- ## [Elizabeth Warren vs Kirsten Gillibrand: Democratic Primary World Cup, First Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-vs-kirsten-gillibrand-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834777)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-vs-kirsten-gillibrand-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834777 "2019-05-31T07:46:58Z")
This is a group stage match up for our Democratic Primary World Cup. Everyone is invited to vote in the poll. Feel free to add comments about why you chose one of these candidates over the other one. --- ## [Bernie Sanders vs Jay Inslee: Democratic Primary World Cup, First Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772 "2019-05-31T01:35:27Z")
This is a group stage match up for our Democratic Primary World Cup. Everyone is invited to vote in the poll. Feel free to add comments about why you chose one of these candidates over the other one. --- ## [Joe Biden vs John Delaney: Democratic Primary World Cup, First Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-vs-john-delaney-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834770)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-vs-john-delaney-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834770 "2019-05-31T00:09:25Z")
This is a group stage match up for our Democratic Primary World Cup. Everyone is invited to vote in the poll. Feel free to add comments about why you chose one of these candidates over the other one. --- ## [Hate for Hillary - from where and why.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-for-hillary-from-where-and-why/834550)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-for-hillary-from-where-and-why/834550 "2019-05-30T19:22:42Z")
As a Canadian and as someone who had never been terribly interested in such things, I didn’t use to pay a lot of attention to US politics. Even so, I could see that Hillary was truly hated by some. But I never thought to… --- ## [The effect a Ginsburg vacancy would have on the 2020 election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-a-ginsburg-vacancy-would-have-on-the-2020-election/834118)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effect-a-ginsburg-vacancy-would-have-on-the-2020-election/834118 "2019-05-29T12:31:22Z")
The Republicans were mostly listless and a dead ship in the water last year until the Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation battle, which revved up much of the base and sent Republicans to the polls at a rate 25% higher t… --- ## [To this point in their admins, who was the worse President: Bush or Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-this-point-in-their-admins-who-was-the-worse-president-bush-or-trump/834461)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-this-point-in-their-admins-who-was-the-worse-president-bush-or-trump/834461 "2019-05-29T05:04:46Z")
Trump has been in office for about 17 agonizing months. In that time, he’s done a lot: cozied up to dictators; enacted ruinous tariffs; bolstered white supremacists; called for the prosecution of his political opponents… --- ## [What is Trump hiding in tax returns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trump-hiding-in-tax-returns/833927)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trump-hiding-in-tax-returns/833927 "2019-05-29T01:17:54Z")
Ties to Russia? Money laundering? His net worth is much lower than he claims? Something else? Really interested in what Trump fans think on this topic? My 2 cents : I think it’s mainly that he has been losing a … --- ## [Predictions for the Barr Investigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-the-barr-investigation/834558)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-the-barr-investigation/834558 "2019-05-28T16:31:59Z")
AG Barr’s “invesigate the investigators” mandate to look into the origins of the Mueller investigation has me a little bit freaked out. I see two possible outcomes, both bad: He finds that there were indeed some shenan… --- ## [Is this finally the end for Theresa May? (Update: Apparently so)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-finally-the-end-for-theresa-may-update-apparently-so/834360)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-finally-the-end-for-theresa-may-update-apparently-so/834360 "2019-05-27T01:14:33Z")
Yeah, we’ve seen this film before. But, does Theresa May finally resign as UK Prime Minister after the likely debacle for the Conservatives in the European elections tomorrow as well as a complete mutiny after her pathet… --- ## [Mitch McConnell is selling Cocaine Mitch shirts to raise money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-is-selling-cocaine-mitch-shirts-to-raise-money/834509)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-is-selling-cocaine-mitch-shirts-to-raise-money/834509 "2019-05-26T17:04:35Z")
This is not satire and you are not in the Twilight Zone. Yes, Mitch McConnell’s campaign is raising money by selling Cocaine Mitch t-shirts! This must be the most bizarre political fundraising stunt I’ve ever seen. Sur… --- ## [The Steve Bullock campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-steve-bullock-campaign/834493)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-steve-bullock-campaign/834493 "2019-05-25T22:16:43Z")
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock intrigues me. He got in to the presidential race about a week(?) ago, and is polling in the very low single digits right now, however he has hit the 1% threshold in 3 or more polls required to … --- ## [Trump planning to pardon accused US war criminals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-planning-to-pardon-accused-us-war-criminals/834169)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-planning-to-pardon-accused-us-war-criminals/834169 "2019-05-25T20:17:40Z")
Not really a surprise , he wants them done quickly too. --- ## [Trump attacks Iran Oct. 1, 2020; effect on election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacks-iran-oct-1-2020-effect-on-election/834386)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacks-iran-oct-1-2020-effect-on-election/834386 "2019-05-23T22:29:33Z")
The thread title is my question. --- ## [Trump and Congressional Democrats tentatively agree to $2 trillion infrastructure bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-congressional-democrats-tentatively-agree-to-2-trillion-infrastructure-bill/833275)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-congressional-democrats-tentatively-agree-to-2-trillion-infrastructure-bill/833275 "2019-05-23T19:29:12Z")
Tentative agreement - but it is very light on details as to just what the bill would be for and how it would be paid for - and Congressional Republicans would have to support it, too. --- ## [Is any other country's politics as \*obsessed\* with abortion as the USA's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-other-countrys-politics-as-obsessed-with-abortion-as-the-usas/834046)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-other-countrys-politics-as-obsessed-with-abortion-as-the-usas/834046 "2019-05-23T19:09:09Z")
Where a politician stands on this can make or break his/her career regardless of where s/he stands on other issues. Is this true in any other country? Any other Western country? Does the question of the legality of abort… --- ## [A Tea Party 3rd party? Can Amash trash Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tea-party-3rd-party-can-amash-trash-trump/834259)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tea-party-3rd-party-can-amash-trash-trump/834259 "2019-05-22T22:33:10Z")
This intriguing article in the Washington Post (paywalled or use up a view) discusses the possibility that Justin Amish, erstwhile Tea Partier and now enjoying a moment of fame as the first Republican representative to d… --- ## [Virginia gov. yearbook page has Klan and blackface pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gov-yearbook-page-has-klan-and-blackface-pictures/828809)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 472\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gov-yearbook-page-has-klan-and-blackface-pictures/828809 "2019-05-22T20:36:44Z")
I don’t think this is going to end well for him assuming he had control over the material on the page . --- ## [The Kamala Harris thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kamala-harris-thread/823236)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 353\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kamala-harris-thread/823236 "2019-05-22T18:38:07Z")
A new poll of 2020 Democratic Presidential contenders shows no surprises for the top two spots. Joe Biden has a big lead at #1 and Bernie Sanders sits comfortably at #2. But at #3, surprisingly, is Kamala Harris with 9… --- ## [ICE-led Concentration camp tortures immigrants for being LGBT, Disabled, Mentally Ill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-led-concentration-camp-tortures-immigrants-for-being-lgbt-disabled-mentally-ill/834348)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-led-concentration-camp-tortures-immigrants-for-being-lgbt-disabled-mentally-ill/834348 "2019-05-22T13:31:59Z")
The Intercept’s and ICIJ’s reporting, which included a groundbreaking review of more than 8,400 reports describing placements of ICE detainees in solitary confinement, found that the immigration agency has used isolati… --- ## [Gerrymander Fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerrymander-fail/729200)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerrymander-fail/729200 "2019-05-21T16:24:37Z")
This technically involves something to be voted on so I put it in elections, but I won’t be too upset if it gets moved. Link: College student would be sole voter in CID sales tax decision Apparently, under Missouri law… --- ## [Trump's about to go into a foreign policy death spiral.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-about-to-go-into-a-foreign-policy-death-spiral/833905)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-about-to-go-into-a-foreign-policy-death-spiral/833905 "2019-05-21T02:03:15Z")
Everybody now knows that his threat displays are toothless and that they are the only tool in his box. The Chinese tariff retaliation coming on the heels of North Korea’s nuke tests and Iranian sanctions topped off with… --- ## [When is Trump's last date for filing for re-election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trumps-last-date-for-filing-for-re-election/834070)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trumps-last-date-for-filing-for-re-election/834070 "2019-05-20T04:28:17Z")
When is Trump’s last date for filing for re-election? Your Primaries start early next year, don’t they? So by when does Trump actually have to formally put his name forward? --- ## [Book on Trump's golf cheating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-on-trumps-golf-cheating/831926)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-on-trumps-golf-cheating/831926 "2019-05-20T03:38:09Z")
Not only does he move his own ball against the rules but he also moves the balls of other people to win. He once “won” a tournament when he was in another state. --- ## [Bill De Blasio is running for president.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045 "2019-05-19T15:15:20Z")
Personally, I’m just sort of worn out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=148)