# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=148 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 149 --- ## [2020 Polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-polls/830551)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-polls/830551 "2019-05-16T21:27:39Z")
Everyone should have this link bookmarked:538 Latest Polls archives all known US political polls and updates frequently. Although it is obviously early, the Democratic race appears to have a clear hierarchy. Almost all … --- ## [Sorta GQ: How did Bolton, of all people, get picked for the NSA spot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorta-gq-how-did-bolton-of-all-people-get-picked-for-the-nsa-spot/834050)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorta-gq-how-did-bolton-of-all-people-get-picked-for-the-nsa-spot/834050 "2019-05-16T18:37:01Z")
I can’t remember, and Google hasn’t easily given up the answers to, why Trump chose Bolton for NSA. IIRC, even Republicans can’t stand him, and he’s is direct opposition of Trump’s stated foreign policy goals. I recall… --- ## [Progressives have NOT taken over the Democratic Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressives-have-not-taken-over-the-democratic-party/833884)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressives-have-not-taken-over-the-democratic-party/833884 "2019-05-16T05:39:25Z")
No matter how many times they repeat the mantra that they have. And Biden’s big surge has been a wakeup call for those in the media who had been fooled (mostly by Twitter) into believing in their ascendance: We have… --- ## [Mark Cuban open to running for president as an independent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016 "2019-05-16T00:00:58Z")
Sounds like he is very unlikely to run. He adds he likes Biden but thinks no Dem running now can beat Trump. --- ## [Why Does Congress Pussyfoot Around With Trump's Taxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-congress-pussyfoot-around-with-trumps-taxes/833646)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-congress-pussyfoot-around-with-trumps-taxes/833646 "2019-05-14T18:00:25Z")
Why didn’t the House subpoena Trump’s taxes instantly once the Democrats took control of the House? Why do they drag this out? --- ## [Assuming Biden gets the Democratic nomination, who would be the VP nominee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-biden-gets-the-democratic-nomination-who-would-be-the-vp-nominee/833173)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-biden-gets-the-democratic-nomination-who-would-be-the-vp-nominee/833173 "2019-05-13T20:58:14Z")
Assuming Biden gets the nomination (and I admit that is no small assumption), who would his VP nominee be? Or maybe it’s better to ask who should the nominee be? One school of thought might be to have the person appeal … --- ## [None of this is going to matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-this-is-going-to-matter/833645)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-this-is-going-to-matter/833645 "2019-05-13T18:50:47Z")
'Cause if you remember, after Nixon resigned the Presidency Republicans regained control of the W.H. approximately 6 years later and didn’t give up control of it again for 12 years after that. Even though, in my opinion,… --- ## [Remember that time a congressional candidate physically assaulted a reporter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-that-time-a-congressional-candidate-physically-assaulted-a-reporter/833710)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-that-time-a-congressional-candidate-physically-assaulted-a-reporter/833710 "2019-05-12T16:56:51Z")
…And then handily won the congressional race in question, and continues to serve in congress despite pleading guilty? https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/greg-gianforte-assault-plea/index.html He continues to r… --- ## [Alberta election 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-election-2019/832566)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-election-2019/832566 "2019-05-12T14:43:44Z")
Albertans go to the polls next week. The incumbent government of Premier Notley and the New Democratic Party is likely on its way out, after only one term, it looks like After the NDP defeated the Progressive Conservat… --- ## [So Cory Booker is now Unelectable.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-cory-booker-is-now-unelectable/833693)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-cory-booker-is-now-unelectable/833693 "2019-05-12T05:42:02Z")
He claims to have come up with a fourteen-point plan to fight gun violence. Oddly, it is hard to find an actual list of the fourteen points. So I had to do my best with theFailing New York Times. He is calling for a ban… --- ## [The Bill Weld Race for the Presidency, 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bill-weld-race-for-the-presidency-2020/832598)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bill-weld-race-for-the-presidency-2020/832598 "2019-05-11T17:17:09Z")
Yep, he’s in. The first primary challenger to Dotard, the First of All Individuals, he has a slightly worse chance than Julian Castro… but, wtf, let’s talk Bill Weld. I will donate, but only to make sure he receives t… --- ## [Decade in the red. Trump taxes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decade-in-the-red-trump-taxes/833640)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decade-in-the-red-trump-taxes/833640 "2019-05-10T22:01:52Z")
I’m sure not many of us are surprised. He’s paid very little in Federal taxes. --- ## [UK Politics : "The Lib Dems are a spent force". If true, why ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-politics-the-lib-dems-are-a-spent-force-if-true-why/832529)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-politics-the-lib-dems-are-a-spent-force-if-true-why/832529 "2019-05-09T21:43:57Z")
In the Brexit thread, Oswald Bastable made the above remark, which I’ve quoted almost verbatim. I’m not denying this analysis, looking at the most recent polls it even seems perfectly arguable, but I can’t help wonderin… --- ## [Question regarding ballot counting in the 2020 presidential election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-ballot-counting-in-the-2020-presidential-election/833705)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-ballot-counting-in-the-2020-presidential-election/833705 "2019-05-09T15:39:13Z")
Hi When ballot counting takes place in the 2020 presidential election (particularly in red states or highly contested states (particularly states that Trump won: Indiana, West Virginia, Montana, North Dakota, Florida, O… --- ## [Who has more business smarts: Trump or Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-more-business-smarts-trump-or-obama/828833)
**Author:** [@viakix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/viakix)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-more-business-smarts-trump-or-obama/828833 "2019-05-09T15:22:14Z")
Trump is a billionaire real estate mogul. Obama is a former Harvard Professor. Who do you think has more business acumen – Trump or Obama? --- ## [A flowchart on how someone in England should vote in the upcoming EU election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flowchart-on-how-someone-in-england-should-vote-in-the-upcoming-eu-election/833715)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flowchart-on-how-someone-in-england-should-vote-in-the-upcoming-eu-election/833715 "2019-05-09T13:59:00Z")
This flowchart is quite funny. And suitably telling. Has anyone found a Scottish version? --- ## [Shooting migrants: funny joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-migrants-funny-joke/833712)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-migrants-funny-joke/833712 "2019-05-09T12:11:19Z")
In case anyone is still unclear as to whether or not it could happen here: it is happening here as we speak. Like, notice what’s going on here. That random audience member wasn’t exactly unprompted. Look at what Trum… --- ## [my odd notion: negative poll tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-odd-notion-negative-poll-tax/833403)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-odd-notion-negative-poll-tax/833403 "2019-05-08T21:41:09Z")
Given that America has about the very worst voter turnout in the world (or so, maybe not, but it is quite bad), what could be done to correct that? Obviously, it is unrealistic to imagine mandatory voting, because, you … --- ## [Supreme Court looks likely to approve Census citizenship question by 5-4 vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-looks-likely-to-approve-census-citizenship-question-by-5-4-vote/833025)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-looks-likely-to-approve-census-citizenship-question-by-5-4-vote/833025 "2019-05-08T21:07:06Z")
The final vote may still be two months away, but it looks likely that SCOTUS will give a 5-4 ruling, along partisan lines, to permit the Census to ask about citizenship. Wouldn’t affect the 2020 election, but could redr… --- ## [Democrats may get Trump's NY state taxes instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-may-get-trumps-ny-state-taxes-instead/833674)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-may-get-trumps-ny-state-taxes-instead/833674 "2019-05-08T19:02:06Z")
New York senate and house pass tax return access bill So the same congressional committees that are supposed to be able to request tax returns from the IRS can now request NY state returns, which is likely an excellent … --- ## [Have Democrats become the more "moralizing" party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-democrats-become-the-more-moralizing-party/833622)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-democrats-become-the-more-moralizing-party/833622 "2019-05-08T16:01:57Z")
Back in the 1990s, the Republicans were the ones talking on and on about morals - Clinton’s sex scandals were morally wrong, abortion was morally wrong, homosexuality was morally wrong, etc. etc. etc. But since then it l… --- ## [Kamala owns a gun "for personal safety"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-owns-a-gun-for-personal-safety/832465)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 408\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-owns-a-gun-for-personal-safety/832465 "2019-05-08T14:27:03Z")
According to this report: Various Dopers have, in the past, argued that guns don’t actually enhance one’s personal safety and are actually a detriment to it. What do you make of Kamala owning a gun “for personal safety… --- ## [The Kushner/Trump Immigration Reform Plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kushner-trump-immigration-reform-plan/833639)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kushner-trump-immigration-reform-plan/833639 "2019-05-08T01:39:51Z")
So now that there is a plan, what do we think of it? --- ## [Conservative media \*is\* obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-media-is-obsessed-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/832513 "2019-05-07T17:31:24Z")
Last winter we explored the question “Why is conservative media obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?”. For the naysayers in that now-closed thread, we now have proof that the folks at Fox are obsessed with her: Study… --- ## [If SNL regrets elevating Trump, maybe they could stop digging the hole deeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-snl-regrets-elevating-trump-maybe-they-could-stop-digging-the-hole-deeper/833484)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-snl-regrets-elevating-trump-maybe-they-could-stop-digging-the-hole-deeper/833484 "2019-05-07T17:23:04Z")
I thought of putting this in Cafe Society or even the Pit, but decided it best fit here. I had a busy April and just caught up with the Kit Harrington episode. The ignorant coastal elitism was seriously galling. “Week… --- ## [EU elections 23-26 May 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eu-elections-23-26-may-2019/833476)
**Author:** [@yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellow_sausage_bandit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eu-elections-23-26-may-2019/833476 "2019-05-07T16:23:26Z")
General discussion of EU elections For EU citizens: 1 Your country 2 Which party you will vote for 3 Which EU parliamentary faction they belong to 4 Why? Me: 1 Belgium 2 Vlaams Belang ( far right Flemish national… --- ## [Impeachment proceedings...will they happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeachment-proceedings-will-they-happen/832795)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 476\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeachment-proceedings-will-they-happen/832795 "2019-05-07T15:57:21Z")
So, in the news this week were a few Democrats, the most prominent being Elizabeth Warren it seems, saying they plan to call for impeachment proceedings to begin. My question to 'dopers is…do you think this will happen?… --- ## [Russia and the 2020 election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-and-the-2020-election/833516)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-and-the-2020-election/833516 "2019-05-07T06:43:50Z")
For the purposes of discussion, let’s assume a few things: \[ol\] \[li\]Donald Trump will be the Republican Presidential Candidate in the 2020 election,\[/li\]\[li\]Russia continues to engage in activities intended to take adv… --- ## [Omnibus thread for pointless campaigns by Presidential candidates who won't get the nomination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-thread-for-pointless-campaigns-by-presidential-candidates-who-wont-get-the-nomination/832259)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-thread-for-pointless-campaigns-by-presidential-candidates-who-wont-get-the-nomination/832259 "2019-05-04T03:46:20Z")
We have threads going for many candidates already, but frankly the number of entrants is growing so large that we would jam the forum if we created new threads for all of them. Therefore I propose instead one single thr… --- ## [Trump not giving out medal of freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-giving-out-medal-of-freedom/823500)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-not-giving-out-medal-of-freedom/823500 "2019-05-03T19:06:06Z")
every year since 1963 the president gives out these medals to honor Americans. But that did not happen last year and it looks like it’s not on for this year either. as you can see a wide variety of people get the me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=149)