# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=195 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 196 --- ## [Is 1/3 of judge positions changing every eight years normal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-1-3-of-judge-positions-changing-every-eight-years-normal/772272)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-1-3-of-judge-positions-changing-every-eight-years-normal/772272 "2016-11-17T20:39:21Z")
I think Bill Clinton, Obama and Bush each appointed about 300-400 federal judges. There are something like 900 total at any given time. Under each, 2/9 of the Supreme Court also changed. Is that normal, is the normal … --- ## [Trump children: run the Blind Trust AND get top security clearance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-children-run-the-blind-trust-and-get-top-security-clearance/772112)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-children-run-the-blind-trust-and-get-top-security-clearance/772112 "2016-11-17T20:37:33Z")
Didn’t catch the whole story, but something on CNN about Trump seeking top security clearance for his children? And he previously said they’d be in charge of the Blind Trust running all his businesses while he’s in offi… --- ## [Trump voters: what do you expect and want to happen in the next four years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-what-do-you-expect-and-want-to-happen-in-the-next-four-years/771135)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-what-do-you-expect-and-want-to-happen-in-the-next-four-years/771135 "2016-11-17T14:38:24Z")
Please be as specific as you can. --- ## [Is there any chance that Trump will renominate Garland for the SCOTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-chance-that-trump-will-renominate-garland-for-the-scotus/771497)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-chance-that-trump-will-renominate-garland-for-the-scotus/771497 "2016-11-17T07:16:39Z")
One of the things Trump talked about yesterday when he met with Obama is the need for unifying a divided country. I think renominating Garland would be an excellent sign that he places a unified country above partisan po… --- ## [Dean for DNC chair again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-for-dnc-chair-again/771588)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-for-dnc-chair-again/771588 "2016-11-17T06:20:51Z")
Howard Dean has always been an impressive figure to me. He’s always been one of those guys that as a conservative I actually fear him a little. Not so much in his 2004 run, where just got way too angry and partisan, but … --- ## [If Trump does make trade his first priority, Dems have a decision to make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-make-trade-his-first-priority-dems-have-a-decision-to-make/772151)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-make-trade-his-first-priority-dems-have-a-decision-to-make/772151 "2016-11-17T05:50:18Z")
According to this article, the UAW is quite happy to work with Trump to kill or renegotiate NAFTA: Democrats mostly voted against NAFTA I believe, and still aren’t big fans of trade deals. This seems like an issue tai… --- ## [Would Hillary Clinton have won in 2008 and where would we be now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-hillary-clinton-have-won-in-2008-and-where-would-we-be-now/772157)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-hillary-clinton-have-won-in-2008-and-where-would-we-be-now/772157 "2016-11-17T05:06:57Z")
Thinking about Hillary and her missed chance of being the first woman President of the US I wondered whether she could have pulled it off if she’d beaten Obama for the Democratic nomination and run against John McCain in… --- ## [Was the election result really so surprising?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-election-result-really-so-surprising/771490)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-election-result-really-so-surprising/771490 "2016-11-17T02:20:37Z")
I’ve heard a lot of talk the past couple of days about how everyone, especially the media, failed in their election predictions. The polls were wrong, the pundits were wrong! Here’s a Rolling Stone article on the subject… --- ## [CBS reflects on its complicity in Clinton's loss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-reflects-on-its-complicity-in-clintons-loss/771503)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 280\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-reflects-on-its-complicity-in-clintons-loss/771503 "2016-11-17T01:58:39Z")
Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press Select quotes: Note that bit about mocking: people don’t like to be mocked. Yes. I remember a line or three in Tom Clancy’s Executive Orders when some reporters are t… --- ## [Obama needs to get into Trump's inner circle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-needs-to-get-into-trumps-inner-circle/772180)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-needs-to-get-into-trumps-inner-circle/772180 "2016-11-17T00:35:03Z")
Following the election, Trump visited the White House. He went in saying he would repeal Obamacare, and 90 minutes later came out saying he was going to keep parts of it. I saw an article saying basically that Trump was… --- ## [Predict the outcome after the Electors cast their ballots on 12/19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-outcome-after-the-electors-cast-their-ballots-on-12-19/772198)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-outcome-after-the-electors-cast-their-ballots-on-12-19/772198 "2016-11-16T23:45:57Z")
If we treated the Electoral College vote on December 19 as being akin to something of a sporting event - do you think the odds are on the side of everyone voting as they legally ought to - Trump 306, Hillary 232 - or at … --- ## [The left & right are both happy. Win-win election.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-right-are-both-happy-win-win-election/772048)
**Author:** [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-right-are-both-happy-win-win-election/772048 "2016-11-16T20:00:33Z")
Both sides are secretly happy. All I see on facebook is the alt-right/religious right/far right bragging they won, then a counterbalance from the left (they aren’t divided so we’ll just say the left) that Hillary won the… --- ## [How would you change the method for selecting Electors in your state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-change-the-method-for-selecting-electors-in-your-state/772190)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-change-the-method-for-selecting-electors-in-your-state/772190 "2016-11-16T19:02:58Z")
No one-size-fits-all plans here. There are a few options on the table. Just like 49/51 whoever gets the most votes gets all of the EVs ME/NE Overall winner gets 2 EVs, the rest distributed by congressional district A… --- ## [Some Trump Supporter Please Explain This to Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082 "2016-11-16T17:33:54Z")
I know Trump supporters believe deeply that the media is biased and smearing Trump at every turn. I also know that because of this belief that many Trump voters truely believe that Trump is not a liar, bad person/busines… --- ## [When a candidate/party/political movement is utterly unfalsifiable...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-candidate-party-political-movement-is-utterly-unfalsifiable/772173)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-candidate-party-political-movement-is-utterly-unfalsifiable/772173 "2016-11-16T17:18:10Z")
…by those who have pledged alleigance to same? That’s the thing that struck me most about this election, and still continues to amaze me-literally nothing Trump did or said ever soured his base on him. At worst he woul… --- ## [Soros, close affiliate of Trump.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soros-close-affiliate-of-trump/772141)
**Author:** [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soros-close-affiliate-of-trump/772141 "2016-11-16T16:44:26Z")
Only posting the first paragraph, the link is included if you’re interested in reading the article. Surprised this article hasn’t been blacklisted. Big names back Trump tower Soros, Deutsche Bank said to be in on 90-st… --- ## [The Play-Doh Solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-play-doh-solution/772149)
**Author:** [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-play-doh-solution/772149 "2016-11-16T16:16:34Z")
Apologies if this indicated the 2067th ‘in the great tradition of’ Robert Ludlum, or 97th Tom Clancy. Of all the groups most at risk from this election, just after young women, but before muslims, Students are hit harde… --- ## [Can a president pardon himself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-president-pardon-himself/772024)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-president-pardon-himself/772024 "2016-11-16T15:32:42Z")
Should a president be convicted of a crime could he pardon himself? This must have been asked and answered in the Nixon years. --- ## [Trump is not a bad person, make an effort to like him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-not-a-bad-person-make-an-effort-to-like-him/771149)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-not-a-bad-person-make-an-effort-to-like-him/771149 "2016-11-16T15:24:27Z")
He may not be perfect but he is an honest and a liberal person. He doesn’t hold grudge against opponents. He has won fair and square against odds. He will now be nice to his opponents as well. Even though my equity hold… --- ## [We need #CalExodus not #CalExit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-calexodus-not-calexit/772104)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-calexodus-not-calexit/772104 "2016-11-16T07:05:21Z")
Let’s face it, California is filled to bursting with liberals and we don’t know what to do with them. It is clear to me now we need to send waves of our scions of socialism to tilt the competitive states to be more blue… --- ## [So Trump won and some Clinton supporters seem to be having a hard time accepting that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-won-and-some-clinton-supporters-seem-to-be-having-a-hard-time-accepting-that/771320)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-won-and-some-clinton-supporters-seem-to-be-having-a-hard-time-accepting-that/771320 "2016-11-16T03:24:52Z")
First off, trying to give credit where credit is due, I think Clinton’s concession speech this morning, while about 8 hours late, was very gracious and really, all around, a great speech. Obama also appears to be working… --- ## [To get this out of the way, I don't think Bernie would have won either.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-this-out-of-the-way-i-dont-think-bernie-would-have-won-either/771148)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-this-out-of-the-way-i-dont-think-bernie-would-have-won-either/771148 "2016-11-15T23:08:31Z")
Anyone care to make the argument that he would have? --- ## [So apparently #Calexit is trending](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-calexit-is-trending/771147)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-calexit-is-trending/771147 "2016-11-15T22:55:43Z")
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calexit?src=tren Normally I’m against this sort of thing… but I am tempted. Even so, just out of pure spite I want to stick around to bring down my political enemies in the future. --- ## [Trump Did Better Than Romney With Minorities. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-did-better-than-romney-with-minorities-wtf/771477)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-did-better-than-romney-with-minorities-wtf/771477 "2016-11-15T21:03:49Z")
Anyone want to take a stab at explaining this one? I am completely at a loss. --- ## [Ben Carson considered for...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-considered-for/771686)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carson-considered-for/771686 "2016-11-15T15:00:22Z")
According to this: … Carson is a contender for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Was there also something earlier about being considered for Education? Or did I just have my wires crossed? Thank you in advance… --- ## [Did anyone see Trump on "60 Minutes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-see-trump-on-60-minutes/771939)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-see-trump-on-60-minutes/771939 "2016-11-15T14:59:07Z")
Yeah, I actually watched the whole thing and lived to tell about it. And I also realized what his domicile reminds me of: A Third World tinhorn dictator who acquires massive wealth through corruption, while his (or pos… --- ## [CNN's collusion with Clinton campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-collusion-with-clinton-campaign/771981)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-collusion-with-clinton-campaign/771981 "2016-11-15T13:27:03Z")
I see stories of town-hall questions being released to Clinton’s campaign before the debate and supposedly wikileaks has shown that the DNC helped write some questions. Is there anything there? If so then why isn’t the… --- ## [Will the GOP still reform its primary process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-still-reform-its-primary-process/771908)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-still-reform-its-primary-process/771908 "2016-11-15T01:56:27Z")
Before Election Day, there were some who said that the GOP was going to drastically overhaul and revamp its primary process to prevent a Trump-like insurgent from ever hijacking the party like this again. Now that Trump… --- ## [We can do better than the Electoral College](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-do-better-than-the-electoral-college/771976)
**Author:** [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-do-better-than-the-electoral-college/771976 "2016-11-14T23:42:46Z")
I understand the reasons for it, how it gives a voice to smaller states, but let’s face it. It’s a wacky system. Under the electoral college, when we count up the votes, every African-american living in Mississippi, Loui… --- ## [One week after the incomplete results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-week-after-the-incomplete-results/771950)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-week-after-the-incomplete-results/771950 "2016-11-14T21:52:43Z")
Can someone tell me the results. Who won how many states, how many electoral votes and the popular vote. Has everyone packed up and gone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=196)