# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=180 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 181 --- ## [What Are The Odds of Another UK General Election before 2022?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-of-another-uk-general-election-before-2022/788904)
**Author:** [@golffan1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/golffan1963)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-of-another-uk-general-election-before-2022/788904 "2017-06-27T20:39:02Z")
Simple question…have at it. --- ## [GA special election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-special-election/787575)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 340\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-special-election/787575 "2017-06-27T13:22:45Z")
I just took my PredictIt winnings from Gianforte’s victory and bought HANDEL.GA06.2017 shares at 42 cents. That is: I predict, with not just a voice but real world money, that Handel beats Ossuff. --- ## [Comey Memo: Trump Told Him - Shut Down Flynn Probe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 1004\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792 "2017-06-26T07:12:44Z")
Here’s the breaking news: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/16/comey-memo-says-trump-asked-him-to-shut-down-flynn-probe-nyt.html. The President may not survive this. --- ## [Why Obama can't do anythin g about the Russian hacking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-obama-cant-do-anythin-g-about-the-russian-hacking/774848)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-obama-cant-do-anythin-g-about-the-russian-hacking/774848 "2017-06-25T23:47:42Z")
The article I’ve linked below points out some interesting reasons as to why Obama is powerless to respond to Russia’s hacking with anything more than rhetoric. Fred Kaplan, the author, points out that we have better cy… --- ## [Benjamin Franklin's proto Trump rhetoric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-franklins-proto-trump-rhetoric/789660)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-franklins-proto-trump-rhetoric/789660 "2017-06-24T21:44:26Z")
"Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs, any more than … --- ## [PredictIt Political Betting Bonus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictit-political-betting-bonus/789694)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictit-political-betting-bonus/789694 "2017-06-23T16:51:49Z")
If, like me, you’ve been inspired to create an account at PredictIt to make some political wagers, you might want to go all the way up to the point of funding your account, then do nothing for a few days. I got an email… --- ## [Alternate 1968 scenarios](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-1968-scenarios/789649)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-1968-scenarios/789649 "2017-06-23T02:36:17Z")
How do you foresee history proceeding if any of the following scenarios pan out: LBJ stays in the race and wins against Nixon Humphrey wins against Nixon Rockefeller wins the nomination and election Reagan wi… --- ## [France - The Legislative elections 2017 (june)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-the-legislative-elections-2017-june/787682)
**Author:** [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-the-legislative-elections-2017-june/787682 "2017-06-21T15:41:39Z")
Lacking attention here, but as I am enjoying very much Macron,and the most recent polls are showing a good performance, surprising. and --- ## [Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions vs. the Senate Intelligence Committee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atty-gen-jeff-sessions-vs-the-senate-intelligence-committee/788667)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atty-gen-jeff-sessions-vs-the-senate-intelligence-committee/788667 "2017-06-21T09:36:18Z")
\[Attorney General Jeff Sessions has agreed to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee! \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_SESSIONS\_CONGRESS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-10-21-47… --- ## [Supreme Court agrees to hear Wis partisan Gerrymandering case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-wis-partisan-gerrymandering-case/789404)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-wis-partisan-gerrymandering-case/789404 "2017-06-20T16:21:14Z")
Though they did not rule that the previous divisions be used, so the 2018 elections will most likely be using the current maps. Brian (sorry for the title typo) --- ## [Rosenstein to Recuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosenstein-to-recuse/789370)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosenstein-to-recuse/789370 "2017-06-20T00:23:44Z")
Apparently strongly under consideration. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledges he may need to recuse himself from Russia probe, sources say - ABC News The muted position from the Democrats on this is inter… --- ## [Is the Democrats identity politics paradigm helping or hurting in the age of Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-democrats-identity-politics-paradigm-helping-or-hurting-in-the-age-of-trump/788673)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-democrats-identity-politics-paradigm-helping-or-hurting-in-the-age-of-trump/788673 "2017-06-19T00:09:20Z")
From wikipedia ( section below) re the definition of identity politics it does seem that the idea of a “common basis” for culture is more fragmented that it has ever been and the focus of the Democratic Party often seems… --- ## [Trump apparently considering firing Mueller - If he does that what's the real world impact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-apparently-considering-firing-mueller-if-he-does-that-whats-the-real-world-impact/788867)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-apparently-considering-firing-mueller-if-he-does-that-whats-the-real-world-impact/788867 "2017-06-16T19:33:24Z")
Trump has apparently given his buddies the go ahead to say this out loud. We’re dialing “11” on the crazy knob at this point. What are you going to do with a President that’s gone rogue? If he actually follows through o… --- ## [Trump's first cabinet meeting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-first-cabinet-meeting/788834)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-first-cabinet-meeting/788834 "2017-06-15T15:24:06Z")
I’m just reading news reports about Trump’s cabinet meeting which as held today (June 12). It’s being described as his first cabinet meeting. I’m not looking to bash him, but is that correct? Isn’t it unusual for a Pres… --- ## [Puerto Rico Status Vote, 11 Jun 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puerto-rico-status-vote-11-jun-2017/788691)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puerto-rico-status-vote-11-jun-2017/788691 "2017-06-15T13:52:04Z")
Since the most recent thread on the matter is in GQ, I felt that FWIW rather than bump that I’ll make one for this event specifically in case anyone has interest in the results or feels like inserting opinion. But firs… --- ## [UK Snap Election: 8 June 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Replies:** 1254\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-snap-election-8-june-2017/784690 "2017-06-14T21:52:23Z")
Well, that’s unexpected. Evidently she’s either getting Labour to vote for this, or she’s going to manufacture a loss of confidence. Edit: She’s daring the opposition to vote for it. --- ## [Alternate history thread: What's the Hillary Clinton presidency up to by now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-history-thread-whats-the-hillary-clinton-presidency-up-to-by-now/788880)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-history-thread-whats-the-hillary-clinton-presidency-up-to-by-now/788880 "2017-06-14T21:42:30Z")
So, 100,000 votes in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania went the other way, due to Hillary spending more time there and less in Arizona, and now HRC is the first woman president. But Republicans retain a 52-46-2 maj… --- ## [NC 2017 Special Elections Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-2017-special-elections-discussion-thread/783497)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-2017-special-elections-discussion-thread/783497 "2017-06-14T16:32:08Z")
We’ve tossed this around a bit before on the board, but I figured it’d be good to have a thread specifically for this issue. Some background: \[side-question: I removed bracketed footnote numbers from the quote. Is that… --- ## [Would paid Twitter ads targeted at FOX/Trump followers influence them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-paid-twitter-ads-targeted-at-fox-trump-followers-influence-them/788342)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-paid-twitter-ads-targeted-at-fox-trump-followers-influence-them/788342 "2017-06-14T04:54:58Z")
Trumpfans and the rest of the world live in totally separate Twitter worlds, research shows.. So all the news that reaches us, and outrages us, never reaches Trumps loyal following. They filter the world through Trumps T… --- ## [I miss campaign Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-campaign-trump/788697)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-campaign-trump/788697 "2017-06-13T17:16:37Z")
I was watching some news show and they were playing some clips from Trump’s campaign rallies, and I realized that we haven’t seen this version of Trump in a while. He was actually pretty funny and entertaining at the ral… --- ## [Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-campaign-aides-had-repeated-contacts-with-russian-intelligence/779874)
**Author:** [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-campaign-aides-had-repeated-contacts-with-russian-intelligence/779874 "2017-06-13T08:28:35Z")
Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence Breaking… \[QUOTE=NYTimes\] Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump asso… --- ## [Vote: HR Clinton vs. B. Sanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-hr-clinton-vs-b-sanders/788712)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-hr-clinton-vs-b-sanders/788712 "2017-06-12T23:17:22Z")
Both the recent US and UK elections had a stiff, female, not easily relatable, centre-ish candidate (HRC and Theresa May). They also both had ‘blow up the system’/new paradigm opponents despised/dismissed by most mainstr… --- ## [What are the Policies of the DUP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-policies-of-the-dup/788526)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-policies-of-the-dup/788526 "2017-06-12T19:57:35Z")
What are the policies of the DUP? How are they different from the policies of the Tories? What demands will the DUP make for it to agree to support the Tories? --- ## [Who did you vote for? May Vs Corbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-you-vote-for-may-vs-corbin/788743)
**Author:** [@dopey21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dopey21)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-you-vote-for-may-vs-corbin/788743 "2017-06-12T10:12:34Z")
Who did you vote for? Why?:smiley: --- ## ["Comey is a leaker"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-is-a-leaker/788517)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-is-a-leaker/788517 "2017-06-11T11:28:38Z")
So a conservative talking point about Comey recently (both before and after his testimony) is that he is a leaker, because he admitted that he made public some of the contents of his conversations with the president. (a… --- ## [Fiscal conservative BUT social liberal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiscal-conservative-but-social-liberal/788255)
**Author:** [@Alittlesmitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alittlesmitten)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiscal-conservative-but-social-liberal/788255 "2017-06-11T10:47:49Z")
Hey people, So I was reading up on Clint Eastwood–scimming, that is, and who knew he was such a manwhore–and he claims to be a “social liberal and fiscal conservative.” And there were all these other quotes over the cou… --- ## [Jeremy Corbyn is still a disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-corbyn-is-still-a-disaster/767239)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-corbyn-is-still-a-disaster/767239 "2017-06-11T03:55:53Z")
Here’s a new thread to continue the discussion of the Labour Party. So Corbyn was able to win the Labour leadership contest with another ‘mandate.’ He’s looking to seize complete control of Labour and drive out dissent… --- ## [Michael Bloomberg gives President Trump 55% chance of being re-elected in 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-bloomberg-gives-president-trump-55-chance-of-being-re-elected-in-2020/787809)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-bloomberg-gives-president-trump-55-chance-of-being-re-elected-in-2020/787809 "2017-06-10T23:43:10Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/opinion/michael-bloomberg-philanthropies-health.html If you’re a stalwart Democrat, does this concern you? Or do you think he’s wildly mistaken? Do you think he’s lying and this is ju… --- ## [New Yorker article: Koch Brothers responsible for withdrawal from Paris Agreement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-article-koch-brothers-responsible-for-withdrawal-from-paris-agreement/788243)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-article-koch-brothers-responsible-for-withdrawal-from-paris-agreement/788243 "2017-06-09T16:00:34Z")
--- ## [Obama "Most Divisive" Figure in US Politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-most-divisive-figure-in-us-politics/622525)
**Author:** [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-most-divisive-figure-in-us-politics/622525 "2017-06-09T13:27:09Z")
Mark Rubio has calledObama the most divisive figure in US politics. Where do conservatives get this stuff? It’s as though there is no such thing as reality anymore. Hell, it’s hard to think of a president who has acted l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=181)