# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=194 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 195 --- ## [Tell Donald Trump What He Should Focus On In His First 100 Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-donald-trump-what-he-should-focus-on-in-his-first-100-days/772478)
**Author:** [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-donald-trump-what-he-should-focus-on-in-his-first-100-days/772478 "2016-11-20T02:34:50Z")
I subscribed to his email list, back during the election. I’m on Hilary’s, too, but I only got a couple. The Donald has been relentlessly sending out emails through the final months of his campaign and is still at it now… --- ## [If the protests continue, what might Trump be provoked into doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-protests-continue-what-might-trump-be-provoked-into-doing/771547)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-protests-continue-what-might-trump-be-provoked-into-doing/771547 "2016-11-19T23:50:50Z")
Trump is not happy with the protests that have taken place in many US locations over the past three days and nights. At first he said the protesters were paid, though he didn’t say by whom. And he noted that the media s… --- ## [Do we really "owe" Trump a chance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-owe-trump-a-chance/771733)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-really-owe-trump-a-chance/771733 "2016-11-19T23:04:12Z")
He has spent the last year telling and showing us exactly who he is. After every “holy crap!” moment, both sides kept expecting him to start behaving like a mature individual. He never did. So why NOW to we expect him to… --- ## [Has anyone studied who Trump's voters voted for in 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-studied-who-trumps-voters-voted-for-in-2012/772394)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-studied-who-trumps-voters-voted-for-in-2012/772394 "2016-11-19T21:57:34Z")
Did the people who voted for Trump vote for Romney in 2012, Obama, or did they not vote at all? I’m guessing 80-90% of Trump’s voters were Romney voters, and the remaining 10-20% were Obama voters or didn’t vote. But I … --- ## [How overdetermined is the cause of Hillary's loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-overdetermined-is-the-cause-of-hillarys-loss/772284)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-overdetermined-is-the-cause-of-hillarys-loss/772284 "2016-11-19T21:09:46Z")
Back in 2000, when the margin of victory for Bush in Florida was just a few hundred votes, virtually anything could have been identified as the “cause” of Gore’s loss. Butterfly ballots, hanging chads, the Lewinski thing… --- ## [Is it against the actual law for the president to use his office to enrich himself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-against-the-actual-law-for-the-president-to-use-his-office-to-enrich-himself/772415)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-against-the-actual-law-for-the-president-to-use-his-office-to-enrich-himself/772415 "2016-11-19T19:57:56Z")
This is a factual question, but factual questions about election-related stuff keep… evolving… into debate questions so I’m pre-emptively putting it here. :wink: I have assumed that there are actual laws either directly… --- ## [How can I be an effective political activist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-be-an-effective-political-activist/772201)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-be-an-effective-political-activist/772201 "2016-11-19T15:57:53Z")
I have been trying to think of some way I can personally become active in opposing the onrushing tide of fascist insanity. I have been guilt tripping myself for not being “politically active” my entire adult life, but th… --- ## [The coolest cat always wins the presidential race theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-cat-always-wins-the-presidential-race-theory/635005)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-cat-always-wins-the-presidential-race-theory/635005 "2016-11-19T15:33:29Z")
In the modern era. . . say since TV became a big deal. . . the coolest cat has always won the presidential race: Kennedy\* - Nixon: No one’s cooler than JFK, come on! Johnson\* - Goldwater: Johnson seemed to have a prett… --- ## [LGBTQ rights going forward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbtq-rights-going-forward/771219)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbtq-rights-going-forward/771219 "2016-11-19T14:32:20Z")
I know there are dozens of thread about what happens next, and LGBTQ rights aren’t on the top of most peoples list, but with Trump in the WH & the R’s in control of both houses of Congress, I can’t help but be concern. W… --- ## [Nixon and well, kinda Trump...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixon-and-well-kinda-trump/772399)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixon-and-well-kinda-trump/772399 "2016-11-19T13:30:52Z")
I am wondering what the older SD community recalls about what Nixon’s first election was like. Since Nixon was once McCarthy’s right-hand man in the Communist Witch Hunt, did Nixon’s election spread paranoia throughout t… --- ## [The Religious Right Is Dumb, And the Secular Left Is Paranoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-religious-right-is-dumb-and-the-secular-left-is-paranoid/772075)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-religious-right-is-dumb-and-the-secular-left-is-paranoid/772075 "2016-11-19T05:58:37Z")
Speaking as a religious conservative (boo, hiss)… I opposed Donald Trump from the start, for a host of reasons. Partly because of his personal scumminess, and partly because (to steal an apt quote from John Boehner), h… --- ## [Who do the Democrats run in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-the-democrats-run-in-2020/771207)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-the-democrats-run-in-2020/771207 "2016-11-19T05:49:56Z")
So any care to speculate on who the Democratic presidential candidate will be in 2020? And for the sake of argument let’s try avoid sparky comments about the election being cancelled, a nuclear apocalypse, etc. Sent fro… --- ## [Kellyanne Conway Demands Obama, Hillary Denounce Anti-Trump Protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kellyanne-conway-demands-obama-hillary-denounce-anti-trump-protests/772355)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kellyanne-conway-demands-obama-hillary-denounce-anti-trump-protests/772355 "2016-11-19T01:39:48Z")
From here: Sounds reasonable. It’s been a week since she said that, has there been any movement on this? --- ## [I apologize to DC Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apologize-to-dc-comics/772360)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apologize-to-dc-comics/772360 "2016-11-18T23:44:19Z")
Back in 1999 or so, DC Comics started a major storyline that culminated in the election of Lex Luthor as President of the United States. At the time this outraged many a fan(myself included)-who the hell would believe t… --- ## [Paul Ryan stops vote to bring back earmarks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-stops-vote-to-bring-back-earmarks/772251)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-stops-vote-to-bring-back-earmarks/772251 "2016-11-18T23:34:16Z")
Postponed actually, but thank you Paul Ryan for at least preventing what was going to be a secret ballot during the lame duck period. Taking power and then bringing earmarks back would be a sure sign that the GOP was … --- ## [Tea Partier to head CIA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partier-to-head-cia/772329)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partier-to-head-cia/772329 "2016-11-18T22:47:48Z")
Trump has appointed far right-winger Mike Pompeo to head the CIA. Lifelong member of the NRA, of course. He want not only wants to keep Gitmo open, when he came back from a visit there, of prisoners that were on a hung… --- ## [Writer of fake news blames himself for Trump's election.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writer-of-fake-news-blames-himself-for-trumps-election/772294)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writer-of-fake-news-blames-himself-for-trumps-election/772294 "2016-11-18T20:50:37Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/ Apparently the guy intended no harm but dude, c’mon, know when to stop… --- ## [Candidates and voluntary disclosures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidates-and-voluntary-disclosures/772365)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidates-and-voluntary-disclosures/772365 "2016-11-18T20:44:24Z")
Trump is the first president in roughly 40 years to be elected without disclosing his tax returns. I have a feeling that this will change things in future elections–probably not all at once. I imagine that at least one… --- ## [Will the Clinton political dynasty continue with Chelsea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-clinton-political-dynasty-continue-with-chelsea/772359)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-clinton-political-dynasty-continue-with-chelsea/772359 "2016-11-18T20:26:47Z")
Chelsea Clinton being groomed to run for Congress I am skeptical. To have a dynasty you need more than one kid. Too many eggs for that one basket. Where would the Kennedys have been if they’d only had Joe Jr? On a lar… --- ## [Will the Democrats run their own celebrity candidate in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-democrats-run-their-own-celebrity-candidate-in-2020/772357)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-democrats-run-their-own-celebrity-candidate-in-2020/772357 "2016-11-18T19:41:16Z")
From here: --- ## [Lindsay Graham vows to uphold the filibuster. Can Republican senators get two more votes for this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-graham-vows-to-uphold-the-filibuster-can-republican-senators-get-two-more-votes-for-this/772165)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-graham-vows-to-uphold-the-filibuster-can-republican-senators-get-two-more-votes-for-this/772165 "2016-11-18T18:52:04Z")
The Senate will be 52-48 with gop control. Assuming all 48 Democrats vote to uphold the filibuster along with Graham that means two more Republicans are needed to avoid changing the rules by a majority vote. I’m assumi… --- ## [Democrats decide to work with Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-decide-to-work-with-trump/772307)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-decide-to-work-with-trump/772307 "2016-11-18T18:30:58Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/us/politics/democrats-house-senate.html?\_r=0 IMO, it’s a smart strategy as long as it’s an actual strategy. The main risk is further dampening minority turnout in future elections beca… --- ## [If the left usurps the right & somehow wins...what will happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-left-usurps-the-right-somehow-wins-what-will-happen/772138)
**Author:** [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-left-usurps-the-right-somehow-wins-what-will-happen/772138 "2016-11-18T17:56:36Z")
This is a real possibility, given the multiple petitions, the fact Obama can probably invoke some kind of executive order if he really wanted to, Soros could pay off just enough electors (who are typically low/middle wag… --- ## [Rise of right-wing authoritarianism in USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-right-wing-authoritarianism-in-usa/772335)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-right-wing-authoritarianism-in-usa/772335 "2016-11-18T17:42:42Z")
Trump as President is the biggest example of this, but he is not the only one. People like him have won several governorships over recent years. Like Pence, Lepage, Christie, and Brownback. Why is this style becoming… --- ## [Has anyone ever been elected by delivering a hard message no one wanted to hear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-elected-by-delivering-a-hard-message-no-one-wanted-to-hear/772194)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-been-elected-by-delivering-a-hard-message-no-one-wanted-to-hear/772194 "2016-11-18T16:52:59Z")
In the US, or in any other country that has had elections, did anyone ever win an election who was telling the voters a hard truth, i.e., a fact that none of them wanted to be true, but that s/he was offering to try to h… --- ## [1 Trump voters thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-trump-voters-thoughts/771727)
**Author:** [@notheretoargue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notheretoargue)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-trump-voters-thoughts/771727 "2016-11-18T10:20:02Z")
I have enjoyed reading this board for probably about a year now. Never agreed with the political views but that’s ok, I mostly avoided it, and if I wanted to read it there was nothing that offended me. A lot of things t… --- ## [Trump won WI, MI and PA by a combined 117k votes. Comey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-won-wi-mi-and-pa-by-a-combined-117k-votes-comey/771769)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-won-wi-mi-and-pa-by-a-combined-117k-votes-comey/771769 "2016-11-18T07:46:54Z")
120,000 votes between HRC and the White House. If there was no Comey letter on Oct. 28th, could she have reversed that tiny margin? Also, most successful October Surprise ever? You really have to hand it to the republic… --- ## [Amendment XXVIII: Borderline Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amendment-xxviii-borderline-elections/772280)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amendment-xxviii-borderline-elections/772280 "2016-11-18T05:11:05Z")
Here’s a question to consider: What would you say to an amendment that said something like: When the President-Elect fails to win the popular vote by majority or wins the popular vote by a plurality, the President-Elect … --- ## [How does one deport a few million people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-deport-a-few-million-people/772115)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-deport-a-few-million-people/772115 "2016-11-18T04:33:57Z")
Seem to me one must have willing countries to receive the deported. I can see how one might surreptitiously dump a few dozen on a beach at night, but millions? How? --- ## [Has anyone changed their minds since the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-changed-their-minds-since-the-election/772148)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-changed-their-minds-since-the-election/772148 "2016-11-17T20:55:18Z")
I’ve learned not to include polls in a DNC stronghold, they would be lopsided anyway, but has anyone here changed their mind after they voted? Trump is the president elect and all the kings men can’t put Hillary back on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=193) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=195)