# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=186 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 187 --- ## [Will the anti-Trump protests give rise to a "Tea Party of the Left"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-anti-trump-protests-give-rise-to-a-tea-party-of-the-left/779763)
**Author:** [@moldmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldmonkey)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-anti-trump-protests-give-rise-to-a-tea-party-of-the-left/779763 "2017-02-21T00:13:21Z")
First off, I hope this is the correct sub-forum. The description says discussion of political parties. If not, mods please move with my apologies. I had been wondering about some parallels in the form & intensity of t… --- ## [Cabinet question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabinet-question/779992)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabinet-question/779992 "2017-02-20T18:49:32Z")
Trump is currently announcing his replacement pick for Labor Secretary, and it got me wondering; what happens if the President never actually gets someone confirmed for a Cabinet post? Say he keeps putting up candidates… --- ## [Will Trump start explaining his ramblings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-start-explaining-his-ramblings/780321 "2017-02-20T17:47:11Z")
So in response to the ridicule over Trump’s Florida rally statement on “what happened in Sweden last night” he offered this embarrassing clarification on Twitter: Followed the next day by this attempt at deflection: N… --- ## [Prefer Trump or Pence as president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prefer-trump-or-pence-as-president/777653)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prefer-trump-or-pence-as-president/777653 "2017-02-20T12:09:50Z")
On the SDMB there have actually been a few comments to the effect that Pence would be less desirable than Trump, because Trump actually is not conservative and cares relatively little about social issues such as LGBT or … --- ## [Will 2018 be too late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-2018-be-too-late/778358)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-2018-be-too-late/778358 "2017-02-17T22:54:30Z")
From The New York Times (sorry, I lost the link): So, is this it? Have I voted in the last free election in my lifetime? --- ## [Gary Kasparov, Chess Master, Teaches Us How To Rattle Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-kasparov-chess-master-teaches-us-how-to-rattle-trump/779784)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-kasparov-chess-master-teaches-us-how-to-rattle-trump/779784 "2017-02-16T19:07:57Z")
Gary Kasparov, Chess Master, provides a strategy for rattling Trump, fore & aft. \[ol\] \[li\]One lesson is to not to play desperately if your position is worse but still reasonable,” he told Vox. “Lashing out wildly in … --- ## [How is VP selected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-vp-selected/779934)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-vp-selected/779934 "2017-02-16T14:37:23Z")
In the event the president is removed and VP takes over how is the new VP selected. I have this weird feeling that the new VP will be our president. --- ## [New Freedom Riders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-freedom-riders/779427)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-freedom-riders/779427 "2017-02-14T04:35:43Z")
Like in the 60’s when activists from the north went into the deep south to work on voter’s rights issues, do we need a repeat of that today? What I’m suggesting, or thinking about, is a volunteer force that would go in … --- ## [Will the stupidity and incompetence of Trump hurt the GOP going forward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-stupidity-and-incompetence-of-trump-hurt-the-gop-going-forward/779367)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-stupidity-and-incompetence-of-trump-hurt-the-gop-going-forward/779367 "2017-02-13T21:23:13Z")
There was a hope under Bush, due to his ineptitude and cronyism that it would help usher in a more progressive era. It didn’t happen I don’t think. 2006 and 2008 were good years for democrats, and millennials seem to hav… --- ## [Prediction: Trump wins re-election in 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-trump-wins-re-election-in-2020/779200)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-trump-wins-re-election-in-2020/779200 "2017-02-13T16:11:04Z")
I fully expect Trump to keep on doing horrible things for the next four years. But if none of those horrible things cause anyone who voted for him to change their mind, then he at least has an awfully good chance at bei… --- ## [Hypothetical 2016 election with Eisenhower. Who would you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-2016-election-with-eisenhower-who-would-you-choose/778747)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-2016-election-with-eisenhower-who-would-you-choose/778747 "2017-02-12T12:55:44Z")
Let’s contemplate a hypothetical 2016 election. The scenario may sound far fetched, but I think it could reveal something interesting about political polarization. Let’s take a science fiction scenario where Dwight Eisen… --- ## [If she ran Chelsea Clinton would be a disaster for the Democrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-she-ran-chelsea-clinton-would-be-a-disaster-for-the-democrats/779107)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-she-ran-chelsea-clinton-would-be-a-disaster-for-the-democrats/779107 "2017-02-07T21:04:15Z")
So says Observer.com whoever they be (don’t think it’s the British newspaper). Is that a reasonable assessment? I can see she’d carry a lot of baggage but surely by the time she’d run for Congress successfully it would… --- ## [Canada: Electoral Reform Probably Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-electoral-reform-probably-dead/778799)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-electoral-reform-probably-dead/778799 "2017-02-07T00:02:25Z")
This greatly disappoints me. One of the main reasons I voted for Trudeau was for electoral reform. First part the post is such an archaic system, in the 21st century we can do better. This could end up being very costl… --- ## [Trump characterized as 'a turned foreign asset'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-characterized-as-a-turned-foreign-asset/776951)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-characterized-as-a-turned-foreign-asset/776951 "2017-02-06T13:21:27Z")
I don’t have a transcript of the January 11th show, but I think MSNBC’s Chris Hayes just said something very big. Do US intelligence agencies see Trump as actually \[equivalent to\]–Hayes’s words–“a turned foreign asset”? … --- ## [Why did Republicans vote for Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-republicans-vote-for-trump/778136)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-republicans-vote-for-trump/778136 "2017-02-05T06:41:50Z")
They didn’t do it because of anything Clinton did or didn’t do, because she was wasn’t a Republican. She doesn’t factor into this question at all-if they didn’t vote Trump, they would have voted for another Republican c… --- ## [Should/will Rex Tillerson be confirmed as Secretary of State?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-will-rex-tillerson-be-confirmed-as-secretary-of-state/774603)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-will-rex-tillerson-be-confirmed-as-secretary-of-state/774603 "2017-02-04T23:20:01Z")
\[It’s official now: Rex Tillerson is Mr. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State. \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_TRUMP\_STATE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-12-12-23-06-46) So, a few qu… --- ## [Rule Consolidation and Housekeeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-consolidation-and-housekeeping/778964)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-consolidation-and-housekeeping/778964 "2017-02-04T04:24:11Z")
In an effort to consolidate in one location the rulesets for Great Debates and Elections, we’ve outlined all the existing rules for the two forums in a new sticky. As a result, we will unstick the previous threads for h… --- ## [Rules for Great Debates and Elections at SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-at-sdmb/778963)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-at-sdmb/778963 "2017-02-04T04:21:07Z")
The first rule of the Straight Dope Message Board remains, “Don’t be a jerk”. While there are other rules covering posting behavior they derive from that one rule. Moderators in all forums are here to ensure the rules … --- ## [Thoughts about the election that don't seem to belong anywhere else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-the-election-that-dont-seem-to-belong-anywhere-else/772002)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 418\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-the-election-that-dont-seem-to-belong-anywhere-else/772002 "2017-02-04T03:15:00Z")
During the campaign, Trump continuously dropped outrageous statements, surprises, attacks, whatever, for what seemed like the sole purpose of keeping himself on the front page. There have been discussions here and elsewh… --- ## [WhatarejegonnaDO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatarejegonnado/777700)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatarejegonnado/777700 "2017-02-04T02:27:29Z")
So, dear Amercan dopers, you elected by disinterest and incompetence the president from hell. A conman who isn’t hiding what he is. That sucks. My questions: Do you care? If so, what are you planning to do about it? (… --- ## [it all makes sense now: Trump won by new Facebook ad targeting. Very scary.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-all-makes-sense-now-trump-won-by-new-facebook-ad-targeting-very-scary/778691)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-all-makes-sense-now-trump-won-by-new-facebook-ad-targeting-very-scary/778691 "2017-02-02T21:24:19Z")
This is the scariest long-read I’ve come across this month.it explains everything about how the election was lost and how the traditional media did not see that coming. It also points to a way how to fight back, using … --- ## [Trump-" "Require for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-require-for-every-new-federal-regulation-two-existing-regulations-must-be-eliminated/769410)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-require-for-every-new-federal-regulation-two-existing-regulations-must-be-eliminated/769410 "2017-02-02T15:01:37Z")
This is one of the things Trump wants to put through in his first 100 days of office-when he isn’t in a dozen different courtrooms suing a dozen different women for defamation of what little character he has left, I gues… --- ## [A Hypothetical 1930s Election: Huey Long vs HL Mencken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-1930s-election-huey-long-vs-hl-mencken/778574)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-1930s-election-huey-long-vs-hl-mencken/778574 "2017-02-01T15:17:15Z")
Based off of an observation I had in a GD thread. Obviously I would vote for the less bigoted, more liberal candidate-namely Huey Long. --- ## ["Alternative Facts" -- Do not accuse other posters with this phrase.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-facts-do-not-accuse-other-posters-with-this-phrase/778750)
**Author:** [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-facts-do-not-accuse-other-posters-with-this-phrase/778750 "2017-02-01T14:51:57Z")
When Ms. Conway tried to deflect the accusations of lying away from Mr. Spicer with her claim the he was using “alternative facts,” Chuck Todd explicitly noted “Look, alternative facts are not facts. They’re falsehoods."… --- ## ["Of course Trump fucking won! What's everyone so fucking shocked about?" - Jonathan Pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-trump-fucking-won-whats-everyone-so-fucking-shocked-about-jonathan-pie/778132)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-trump-fucking-won-whats-everyone-so-fucking-shocked-about-jonathan-pie/778132 "2017-02-01T14:35:42Z")
In which British newsman Jonathan Pie lays it all out as to why Trump won. Those who are wise will take his words to heart. Those who aren’t, won’t. --- ## [Would this system lead to better or worse presidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-system-lead-to-better-or-worse-presidents/777756)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-system-lead-to-better-or-worse-presidents/777756 "2017-01-31T20:12:44Z")
Suppose we amended the constitution and repealed the twenty-second amendment… and replaced it with a new amendment that stated that a person could serve as many terms as the people wanted to elect them to - but they coul… --- ## [South Dakota openly embraces corruption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-openly-embraces-corruption/778671)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-openly-embraces-corruption/778671 "2017-01-31T19:59:06Z")
I am surprised this isn’t making bigger headlines (maybe it is because South Dakota is a small state population-wise). Last November the people of South Dakota passed a ballot initiative to create and independent ethics… --- ## [If the election was shown to be rigged would you want a do-over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-election-was-shown-to-be-rigged-would-you-want-a-do-over/778316)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-election-was-shown-to-be-rigged-would-you-want-a-do-over/778316 "2017-01-30T23:06:13Z")
If there was actual evidence the Presidential election was rigged, would you want to leave it as is, or do it again? --- ## [Poll: How many Dopers believe President Trump is an illegitimate President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-dopers-believe-president-trump-is-an-illegitimate-president/777644)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-dopers-believe-president-trump-is-an-illegitimate-president/777644 "2017-01-29T06:51:22Z")
How many on the board believe, as John Lewis, that President Trump is an illegitimate President, ie that Trump is in illegal occuation of the White House? And for those who vote illegitimate I’d be interested to know ju… --- ## [Question for the lawyers about the latest FBI scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-lawyers-about-the-latest-fbi-scandal/770944)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-lawyers-about-the-latest-fbi-scandal/770944 "2017-01-29T06:00:14Z")
Comey has just given Hillary another pass, despite having enumerated a minimum of 110 felonies that she committed. Is there any way that a private citizen could file a complaint in federal court to compel the FBI to tur… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=185) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=187)