# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=170 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 171 --- ## [Is money THE single most important factor in getting elected these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-money-the-single-most-important-factor-in-getting-elected-these-days/810857)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-money-the-single-most-important-factor-in-getting-elected-these-days/810857 "2018-03-21T10:49:22Z")
I’m not so much thinking of the presidential election or strictly local (e.g., city council), but governors and state/national legislators. I heard a story on NPR today about the Illinois governor’s race and apparently … --- ## [Cynthia Nixon running against Andrew Cuomo from the left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cynthia-nixon-running-against-andrew-cuomo-from-the-left/810844)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cynthia-nixon-running-against-andrew-cuomo-from-the-left/810844 "2018-03-20T16:44:56Z")
“Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon has officially announced she is running against Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New York. Does she have a chance? --- ## [Don Jr. getting divorced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630 "2018-03-20T00:56:38Z")
I wonder what she knows about the various business dealings and will she be called in the investigations . http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article205385524.html --- ## [Democrats push to make gun control a 2018 issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-push-to-make-gun-control-a-2018-issue/809184)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-push-to-make-gun-control-a-2018-issue/809184 "2018-03-18T17:28:53Z")
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/02/20/democrats\_push\_for\_gun\_control\_as\_campaign\_issue.html I’ve been sarcastically calling for them to do this, didn’t think they were actually dumb enough to do it. When… --- ## [Trump admits to making up trade deficit claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-admits-to-making-up-trade-deficit-claims/810633)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-admits-to-making-up-trade-deficit-claims/810633 "2018-03-17T00:00:06Z")
There was a bit of brouhaha stirred up yesterday and today between Trump and Canadian officials over trade deficits, which is perhaps most interesting not for the actual trade facts, but for the way it demonstrates the u… --- ## [Tillerson fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tillerson-fired/810484)
**Author:** [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tillerson-fired/810484 "2018-03-16T19:21:12Z")
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been fired. Will be replaced by Pompeo. This staff turnover is crazy! --- ## [Puetro Rican Diaspora Election Effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puetro-rican-diaspora-election-effects/810578)
**Author:** [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puetro-rican-diaspora-election-effects/810578 "2018-03-16T16:47:19Z")
At some point, I heard a Puerto Rican notable mention that the number of people who have left PR for the states would not forget Trump’s response to the hurricane crisis and would be able to vote for president. Is the d… --- ## [ICE spokesman quits rather than make “false” statements for Trump and Sessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-spokesman-quits-rather-than-make-false-statements-for-trump-and-sessions/810520)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-spokesman-quits-rather-than-make-false-statements-for-trump-and-sessions/810520 "2018-03-16T14:23:02Z")
Vice News: “ICE spokesman quits rather than make “false” statements for Trump and Sessions”\*Specifically, Schwab was frustrated over statements, made by officials like Attorney General Jeff Sessions, that Oakland Mayor L… --- ## [Labour to support remaining in Customs Union: UK Politics to get quite interesting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labour-to-support-remaining-in-customs-union-uk-politics-to-get-quite-interesting/809571)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labour-to-support-remaining-in-customs-union-uk-politics-to-get-quite-interesting/809571 "2018-03-15T23:29:28Z")
This is going to be a fascinating week in UK politics. The Labour party announced today that they intend to support remaining in the customs union and there could be an embarrassing defeat for Theresa May in the Commons. … --- ## [Why is Trump always yelling over a helicopter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trump-always-yelling-over-a-helicopter/810518)
**Author:** [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trump-always-yelling-over-a-helicopter/810518 "2018-03-14T22:48:27Z")
It seems like about 1/2 the time when I see clips of the President on US news pieces, he’s yelling over the sound of a helicopter turbine. I would say it doesn’t seem “presidential”, but I guess a lot of the things he d… --- ## [But, his emails!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-his-emails/810202)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-his-emails/810202 "2018-03-11T13:40:01Z")
Via the Indianapolis Star: A very big deal when your opponent does it, but not a big deal when your VP does it, apparently. --- ## [Could Net Neutrality be what finally does the GOP in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-net-neutrality-be-what-finally-does-the-gop-in/802396)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-net-neutrality-be-what-finally-does-the-gop-in/802396 "2018-03-10T05:22:29Z")
Similar to how signing Civil Rights legislation finally made Southern Racists abandon the Democratic party (which they had stuck with due to Civil War bitterness) and make the leap to the GOP, it feels like gutting the I… --- ## [Both Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders need to officially bow out of 2020 now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/both-hilary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-need-to-officially-bow-out-of-2020-now/809476)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/both-hilary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-need-to-officially-bow-out-of-2020-now/809476 "2018-03-09T18:48:30Z")
I’ve gone back and forth about this for a while. On the one hand, they are drawing a lot of fire and keeping the GOP slime machine busy with themselves by allowing the possibility to endure. There has been evidence tha… --- ## [All NC State house and senate races have 2 major party candidates running](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-nc-state-house-and-senate-races-have-2-major-party-candidates-running/810084)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-nc-state-house-and-senate-races-have-2-major-party-candidates-running/810084 "2018-03-08T21:00:02Z")
Last time in 2016, 73 seats of 170 ran unopposed. I’m sure there will be blowouts but this shows how fired up the Dems are , most of those 73 seats that were only 1 party lacked a Dem. --- ## [Republicans & Conservatism after Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-conservatism-after-trump/792951)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-conservatism-after-trump/792951 "2018-03-08T15:44:02Z")
Interesting article in the New York Times: They’re Building a Trump-Centric Movement. But Don’t Call It Trumpism. I’ve had to edit that long article mercilessly, but click on the America Greatness link for a sense of … --- ## [RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns amid scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-finance-chair-steve-wynn-resigns-amid-scandal/807609)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-finance-chair-steve-wynn-resigns-amid-scandal/807609 "2018-03-07T22:58:02Z")
AP story here: Mr. Wynn was apparently pretty successful at getting other rich people to give money to the cause and he gave a bit of his own money too: So what’s the scandal, exactly? Dozens of People Recount Pat… --- ## [Texas' Tuesday Ticket Tally!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tuesday-ticket-tally/810136)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-tuesday-ticket-tally/810136 "2018-03-07T17:32:36Z")
Texans head to the polls today! The article is fairly long and comprehensive so I won’t quote it all. I know we already have a thread about the Beto O’Rourke/Ted Cruz face-off (still potential at this point, eh), but… --- ## [WSJ: "House Speaker Ryan Breaks With Trump Over Steel Tariffs"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsj-house-speaker-ryan-breaks-with-trump-over-steel-tariffs/810069)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsj-house-speaker-ryan-breaks-with-trump-over-steel-tariffs/810069 "2018-03-07T14:19:29Z")
“Paul Ryan issued an implicit warning to the White House to drop a plan to impose levies on imported steel and aluminum” “New waters”…good! Put your life jackets on! Link --- ## [Trump's ongoing collusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-ongoing-collusion/809196)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-ongoing-collusion/809196 "2018-03-06T00:45:59Z")
What does it take? Every time he broaches the subject of Russia he is colluding with him. He is fully cooperating with their effort to interfere with the democratic process, he is covering up their illegal activities. Th… --- ## [Nice cafeteria. Be a shame of you can't use it. Remember DACA!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-cafeteria-be-a-shame-of-you-cant-use-it-remember-daca/805143)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-cafeteria-be-a-shame-of-you-cant-use-it-remember-daca/805143 "2018-03-03T21:29:58Z")
From the actions of United We Dream: Yeah!! Those illegal immigrants have the RIGHT to favorable legislation, and don’t you forget it. Or else. Now, to me, this seems like a poor approach for the subject matter and t… --- ## [Question About Stormy Daniels' NDA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-stormy-daniels-nda/808058)
**Author:** [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-stormy-daniels-nda/808058 "2018-03-03T20:42:06Z")
It is alleged that Donald Trump’s lawyer paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their affair and she has allegedly signed an NDA. According to this Fortune article, a non-partisan watchdog group has “filed… --- ## [How long does Hope Hicks have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746 "2018-03-03T02:05:15Z")
Can anyone read thisarticle and not imagine that Hope Hicks isn’t long for this administration? Relevant quotes: \[ul\] \[li\]“Mercedes \[senior adviser for strategic communications\] has been a godsend … Every time there i… --- ## [John Anderson and Ross Perot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-anderson-and-ross-perot/809538)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-anderson-and-ross-perot/809538 "2018-03-03T01:05:44Z")
I didn’t know this at the time, but I’m reading now that Anderson was actually close to being ahead of Jimmy Carter at one point in the 1980 race. Reagan was at 44, Carter 24, Anderson 22. Most of that support went to Ca… --- ## [Brad Parscale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brad-parscale/809730)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brad-parscale/809730 "2018-03-02T19:40:15Z")
I had never heard of this guy until yesterday, I think, and now he’s all over the news (and not always in a good way). First, I heard here on the SDMB that he had been named Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, then I started… --- ## [Trump simultaneously most and least popular he's ever been](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-simultaneously-most-and-least-popular-hes-ever-been/809550)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-simultaneously-most-and-least-popular-hes-ever-been/809550 "2018-03-02T15:05:37Z")
As of Friday, the Rasmussen daily presidential tracking poll claims that Trump’s approval rating is over 50 percent, the highest it’s ever been. Today, CNN’s presidential approval poll says that his approval rating is 3… --- ## [Netanyahu indictment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netanyahu-indictment/808451)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netanyahu-indictment/808451 "2018-03-02T08:23:05Z")
VICE is reporting that Israeli police will recommend that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “be indicted on charges including bribery, fraud and breach of trust, for allegedly accepting bribes and gifts from wealthy bene… --- ## [Does low voter turnout actually benefit republicans more than democrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-low-voter-turnout-actually-benefit-republicans-more-than-democrats/808547)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-low-voter-turnout-actually-benefit-republicans-more-than-democrats/808547 "2018-02-25T10:23:47Z")
The common argument is that low voter turnout benefits republicans more than democrats. This seems to be based on the argument that millennials, the poor, the disabled and non-whites lean democratic, but also have lower… --- ## [“They're all a bunch of crooks”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-all-a-bunch-of-crooks/807989)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-all-a-bunch-of-crooks/807989 "2018-02-25T10:15:21Z")
I was on the verge of becoming involved in a spirited political discussion when some person spewed out the line, “Yeah, but they’re all a bunch of crooks.” At which point, I kind of backed away. I mean I do indeed find … --- ## [How about Eric Holder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-eric-holder/809396)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-eric-holder/809396 "2018-02-24T07:12:57Z")
Given his baggage it sounds like a stupid idea, but CBS is going to be giving him a nice donation with a show based on his life called Main Justice. Or at least, his version of that story. It is a story a few months o… --- ## [Senate Juduciary refers Christopher Steele to DoJ for criminal prosecution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-juduciary-refers-christopher-steele-to-doj-for-criminal-prosecution/808237)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-juduciary-refers-christopher-steele-to-doj-for-criminal-prosecution/808237 "2018-02-24T05:01:12Z")
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-02-02%20CEG%20LG%20to%20DOJ%20FBI%20(Unclassified%20Steele%20Referral).pdf\[/ur\] It’s heavily redacted, but the short version is: Now they want to see him prosecuted … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=171)