# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=149 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 150 --- ## [How seriously do justices like Ginsburg and Thomas consider "the opposing side's" arguments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seriously-do-justices-like-ginsburg-and-thomas-consider-the-opposing-sides-arguments/833212)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seriously-do-justices-like-ginsburg-and-thomas-consider-the-opposing-sides-arguments/833212 "2019-05-03T04:08:03Z")
I realize this is impossible to answer since it requires mind-reading, but on an obviously partisan issue - say, whether \*Roe v. Wade \*should be overturned or not - does an obviously liberal justice such as Ginsburg ever… --- ## [How much pork-barrel spending would you tolerate before you vetoed/voted against a bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-pork-barrel-spending-would-you-tolerate-before-you-vetoed-voted-against-a-bill/833342)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-pork-barrel-spending-would-you-tolerate-before-you-vetoed-voted-against-a-bill/833342 "2019-05-02T14:10:38Z")
Thinking back to Hurricane Sandy disaster relief (although there was an argument that some of the “pork” was actually legit stuff,) and the upcoming $2 trillion infrastructure bill which will surely have a lot of pork tu… --- ## [Cory Booker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-booker/831645)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-booker/831645 "2019-05-02T13:25:09Z")
I am watching Cory Booker’s town hall appearance. My impression is that this guy is very lucid on a wide range of subjects. To the issue if beating Trump, I think that would be a good contrast. Trump is Derp all the tim… --- ## [Democrats, would you have preferred a primary without Biden and Sanders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-would-you-have-preferred-a-primary-without-biden-and-sanders/833052)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-would-you-have-preferred-a-primary-without-biden-and-sanders/833052 "2019-04-30T18:53:03Z")
Here’s the hypothetical. Back in December of last year, both Biden and Sanders announce that they are not going to run for POTUS. They both say something to the effect that they are making way for the younger generatio… --- ## [Democrats Leaving Party Over "Socialism"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-leaving-party-over-socialism/831651)
**Author:** [@leavesoflight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leavesoflight)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-leaving-party-over-socialism/831651 "2019-04-30T17:42:11Z")
I currently volunteer for an organization that helps elect Democrats. Every day I come in I get about 2-3 calls from “life-long Democrats”, often older retired voters, that either tell me they’re leaving the party in pro… --- ## [Rod Rosenstein -- place your bets, quickly!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836 "2019-04-30T01:13:10Z")
Question one: is he getting fired or has he resigned? Question two: will he do interviews/write a book/otherwise go public in the near future about the White House dumpster fire? My guesses: fired, yes, within three we… --- ## [What makes the Dem left "far left," "ultra-left," etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-dem-left-far-left-ultra-left-etc/833051)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-dem-left-far-left-ultra-left-etc/833051 "2019-04-29T20:42:15Z")
From the “Biden’s In” thread: Clearly both of you gentlemen find the “far left” or “ultra left” to be unacceptably far left. But you think they’ve gotten big enough to have “taken over” or to potentially “force Bide… --- ## [Trump will be re-elected -- "Americans are a stupid people. We believe whatever we're told."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-will-be-re-elected-americans-are-a-stupid-people-we-believe-whatever-were-told/832844)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-will-be-re-elected-americans-are-a-stupid-people-we-believe-whatever-were-told/832844 "2019-04-29T18:24:49Z")
America has one political party which pushes the truth … opposed by a gang of criminals and hypocrites who do nothing but lie. The liars are favored to win. By 2004 American voters were catching on to the lies and inco… --- ## [2019 Chicago Mayoral Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351 "2019-04-28T16:20:56Z")
I received my ballot on Saturday and still have no idea who to vote for. I enthusiastically voted for Rahm last time, but this election features so many candidates. There’s no doubt they’ll be a run off as the first elec… --- ## [Which states do you think are purple states for the POTUS 2020 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-states-do-you-think-are-purple-states-for-the-potus-2020-election/831227)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-states-do-you-think-are-purple-states-for-the-potus-2020-election/831227 "2019-04-27T01:50:09Z")
Reading some of the comments in other threads has me a bit surprised as to which states are being considered purple states. Here’s what’s up for debate. How do you define a purple state? Which states do you think … --- ## [Prince Edward Island Election Campaigns Stop on Death of a Green Party Candidate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-edward-island-election-campaigns-stop-on-death-of-a-green-party-candidate/832837)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-edward-island-election-campaigns-stop-on-death-of-a-green-party-candidate/832837 "2019-04-26T17:22:25Z")
Prince Edward Island, Canada’s smallest province, goes to the polls next week. Campaigning has come to a halt after the death of one of the Green Party candidates and his young son in a canoe accident. All four parties… --- ## [British Remain party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-remain-party/832847)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-remain-party/832847 "2019-04-26T11:57:57Z")
Is there any Party in Britain who favors Remain? OK, the Scottish National Party, but I’m looking for a less regional party. AS far as I can tell from this side of the pond, both major parties, or at least their leaders,… --- ## [Trump would get much less done in a 2nd term than in his 1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-would-get-much-less-done-in-a-2nd-term-than-in-his-1st/832996)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-would-get-much-less-done-in-a-2nd-term-than-in-his-1st/832996 "2019-04-25T18:39:11Z")
…and he already didn’t do much in his 1st term. If he is reelected, he’ll probably only enjoy a Republican Senate majority until 2022. He would also be the most lame-duck of lame-duck presidents; the GOP would hurriedly… --- ## [Is Joe Biden's campaign over before it starts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-joe-bidens-campaign-over-before-it-starts/831783)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 387\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-joe-bidens-campaign-over-before-it-starts/831783 "2019-04-25T13:53:59Z")
Pretty sure most reading this are already somewhat aware that Biden has apparently been called out by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada assembly woman, for alleged non-consensual kissing, touching. It’s also being reported… --- ## [Biden 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-2020/774023)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-2020/774023 "2019-04-25T11:39:15Z")
Trump will be the oldest person to begin their tenure as president at 70. Clearly, electing an older person as POTUS, isn’t an impediment to the electorate. Biden is currently 74, so he would be 78 if elected in 2020. … --- ## [Trump's realistic path to reelection in 2020 (if any exists)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-realistic-path-to-reelection-in-2020-if-any-exists/832828)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-realistic-path-to-reelection-in-2020-if-any-exists/832828 "2019-04-23T23:10:43Z")
Looks like the only way Trump can win reelection in 2020 is if there is some unforeseen big October surprise, or somehow the economy not only does not crater but in fact becomes even hotter than before. And even then tha… --- ## [Did Trump have the power to fire Mueller, Rosenstein, etc. directly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-have-the-power-to-fire-mueller-rosenstein-etc-directly/832944)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-have-the-power-to-fire-mueller-rosenstein-etc-directly/832944 "2019-04-23T21:41:27Z")
Or is a middle-man officially required? --- ## [Politician strategies to avoid being quoted out of context](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-strategies-to-avoid-being-quoted-out-of-context/832890)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-strategies-to-avoid-being-quoted-out-of-context/832890 "2019-04-23T17:55:05Z")
With “You didn’t build that” and other such things being taken out of context, I wonder just what politicians could do if they didn’t want to be misquoted. One strategy would be that one should never play devil’s advoca… --- ## [Another plot to oust Mrs May](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-plot-to-oust-mrs-may/832644)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-plot-to-oust-mrs-may/832644 "2019-04-22T13:12:49Z")
Telegraph article here, probably paywalled. It expands on one of the options discussed at Conservative Home here. However, Conservative Home says IMHO the sooner she goes the better. She’s simply not a leader. --- ## [What will Republicans come up with next (to run for president)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-republicans-come-up-with-next-to-run-for-president/832829)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-republicans-come-up-with-next-to-run-for-president/832829 "2019-04-22T12:35:14Z")
Talkin’ just the last 6 decades or so: from “Ike” (with whom - and although I wasn’t around when he was president - I’d always had the impression that he was a “straight-up” guy - you know: former Army general, honest, s… --- ## [UK Tories would lose 60 seats in election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-tories-would-lose-60-seats-in-election/832514)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-tories-would-lose-60-seats-in-election/832514 "2019-04-21T18:17:48Z")
Thanks to May’s incompetent leadership and failure to deliver Brexit, the Tories could lose 60 seats were a General Election held today. Telegraph article here (may be paywalled). The article goes on: Serves the bug… --- ## [“Trumpism” without Trump...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpism-without-trump/831564)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpism-without-trump/831564 "2019-04-20T16:49:35Z")
A comment or two along the lines of “the Republican Party is all in on Trumpism” got me thinking. First, it might be helpful to define the term. I’m not 100% sure myself; it seems that everyone using it has a different … --- ## [Economic recession and Trump defeat, or economic boom and Trump reelection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-recession-and-trump-defeat-or-economic-boom-and-trump-reelection/832040)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-recession-and-trump-defeat-or-economic-boom-and-trump-reelection/832040 "2019-04-20T15:04:53Z")
The state of the economy is usually one of the biggest factors in whether an incumbent president gets reelected or not. Would you rather that there be a severe economic recession (like Great Recession or even Great Depre… --- ## [Would you be sacrifice your own life for a guaranteed Trump loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-sacrifice-your-own-life-for-a-guaranteed-trump-loss/832280)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-sacrifice-your-own-life-for-a-guaranteed-trump-loss/832280 "2019-04-20T01:14:30Z")
Inspired by this thread. I was a bit appalled by the apparent willingness of people to play with millions of people’s lives to get Trump out. This was a devils’s bargain, since we have no ability to induce a major rece… --- ## [Will the FBI/DOJ investigate the Democratic presidential nominee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fbi-doj-investigate-the-democratic-presidential-nominee/832777)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fbi-doj-investigate-the-democratic-presidential-nominee/832777 "2019-04-20T00:33:45Z")
I basically feel at this point that it doesn’t matter one iota who the Democrats nominate for the 2020 election; they could nominate a pet rock and there would still be calls from Trump and his supporters to investigate … --- ## [Move over Louie Gohmert, there's a new idiot in town.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-louie-gohmert-theres-a-new-idiot-in-town/832407)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-louie-gohmert-theres-a-new-idiot-in-town/832407 "2019-04-18T13:44:45Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce to you the Congressman from Kentucky, Rep. Thomas Massie. The video is a five minute interaction between Sec. John Kerry and Rep. Massie. In the conversation, Massie does not under… --- ## [Dopers alive for Watergate: honest comparison of then vs. now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-alive-for-watergate-honest-comparison-of-then-vs-now/831541)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-alive-for-watergate-honest-comparison-of-then-vs-now/831541 "2019-04-18T13:29:33Z")
I’m sort of getting the sense that Watergate and its results are romanticized in some circles, like Nixon had a 0% approval rating and was forced to resign by Democrats and Republicans in equal measure working together s… --- ## [Trump tax returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tax-returns/832538)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tax-returns/832538 "2019-04-18T02:08:44Z")
One thing I’ve wondered about: Trump has all along said he can’t/won’t release his tax return because it’s under audit. Has anyone ever followed up with “OK then, how about releasing the previous years’ returns, or other… --- ## [Bernie Sanders makes it official. How far will he go in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-makes-it-official-how-far-will-he-go-in-2020/829821)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-makes-it-official-how-far-will-he-go-in-2020/829821 "2019-04-16T11:51:03Z")
So much has been made of Sen. Bernie Sanders since 2016 and in the time since November 2016. I’m wondering what dopers think of his chances in 2020. What, if anything, will be different about his campaign this time arou… --- ## [Planning for a post-Trump era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-for-a-post-trump-era/832383)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-for-a-post-trump-era/832383 "2019-04-15T15:19:51Z")
Obviously we don’t want to take our eye off the ball, but it’s worthwhile to look more than two years ahead periodically. We have to make sure we keep the GOP pinned to the mat after their shit-flinging monkey is gone. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=150)