# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=200 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 201 --- ## [Damn... Kodos Won](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-kodos-won/771184)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-kodos-won/771184 "2016-11-09T12:34:13Z")
I have been wrong about Trump in every way imaginable. A year ago, I was sure he wouldn’t really run. Six months ago, I was sure he couldn’t win the GOP nomination. A month ago, I was sure he was toast. And now? I’m sur… --- ## [Spare a thought for the Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spare-a-thought-for-the-republicans/771180)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spare-a-thought-for-the-republicans/771180 "2016-11-09T12:10:06Z")
Remember all those Republicans who repudiated Trump? I bet Trump does. --- ## [Has the blue wall crumbled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-blue-wall-crumbled/770549)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-blue-wall-crumbled/770549 "2016-11-09T10:42:28Z")
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/nh/new\_hampshire\_trump\_vs\_clinton\_vs\_johnson\_vs\_stein-6022.html For most of October, Hillary had a comfortable path to 270 EV in states where she was up by 4 points… --- ## [California Prop 64 (Legal Recreational Marijuana, 2016 ed.) - how will you vote? And discussion.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-prop-64-legal-recreational-marijuana-2016-ed-how-will-you-vote-and-discussion/760174)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-prop-64-legal-recreational-marijuana-2016-ed-how-will-you-vote-and-discussion/760174 "2016-11-09T09:46:45Z")
So here comes our second chance to legalize weed for everyone this November. Even though it failed in '12, I think it will pass this time thanks to the examples of Colorado/Oregon/Washington. Some resources: LA Times Ar… --- ## [What result would make you satisfied tomorrow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-result-would-make-you-satisfied-tomorrow/770942)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-result-would-make-you-satisfied-tomorrow/770942 "2016-11-09T09:19:57Z")
Of course if there’s a total sweep by your party you’ll be happy, but that’s not what I’m going for here. What’s the minimum result where you’d think, “Okay, we did all right, had a good night.” I don’t have much of a s… --- ## [If Trump loses, will he give a concession speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-loses-will-he-give-a-concession-speech/760830)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-loses-will-he-give-a-concession-speech/760830 "2016-11-09T09:12:30Z")
I’m wondering about this. I know from reading biographies that it is hard for politicians to lose, because you feel rejected by an entire city/state/country. Trump likes to say ‘the blacks love me’, or ‘women love me’ o… --- ## [Trump Victory Speech Live Thread and Drinking Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159 "2016-11-09T08:55:54Z")
Rules: Drink whenever Trump says something stupider and/or more terrifying than you would have expected. --- ## [Alternate reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156 "2016-11-09T08:54:56Z")
Did I just wake up in a dystopian alternate reality? Has someone altered the timeline? I seem to be in a universe where Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. How can I get back? --- ## [Of all the things Trump Promised he would do come Inauguration Day, how many are possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-the-things-trump-promised-he-would-do-come-inauguration-day-how-many-are-possible/771144)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-the-things-trump-promised-he-would-do-come-inauguration-day-how-many-are-possible/771144 "2016-11-09T08:42:06Z")
Come Inauguration Day, Trump is supposedly going to do a shitload of amazing things per his campaign promises. Which ones are actually possible? --- ## [A Wish for After Today's US Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wish-for-after-todays-us-election/771116 "2016-11-09T07:43:44Z")
Circulating on Facebook and I want to share it here: \*\*After the election… If you win, don’t gloat. If you lose, don’t despair. This has been hard on all of us. Treat others the way you want to be treated. We all w… --- ## [Is 2016 a realigning election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-2016-a-realigning-election/771141)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-2016-a-realigning-election/771141 "2016-11-09T07:42:23Z")
Now that Trump has pretty much apparently wrapped this election up, is this a realigning election? Trump has won Wisconsin, might win Pennsylvania, close in Michigan. He won Iowa and Ohio decisively. --- ## [Trump vs Clinton in the General Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 706\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989 "2016-11-09T07:23:53Z")
These latest polls suggest that Clinton does not have the general election in the bag. I have always heard that IF Trump got the Republican nomination, then President Hilary was a foregone conclusion. But the latest poll… --- ## [The American electoral system has jumped the shark. I think I'm out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-electoral-system-has-jumped-the-shark-i-think-im-out/771154)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-electoral-system-has-jumped-the-shark-i-think-im-out/771154 "2016-11-09T07:23:27Z")
I think I’m probably done with national electoral politics. I mean, I’m still going to vote, and give Democrats a few bucks when I can spare it. But as far as closely following national politics as a kind of hobby, as … --- ## [Michael Moore on Trump supporters -nails it for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-on-trump-supporters-nails-it-for-me/770107)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-on-trump-supporters-nails-it-for-me/770107 "2016-11-09T06:19:44Z")
I kind of had it with MM, felt like he was content for a while preaching to the converted - taking the easy bucks. Maybe it was me. Anyway, he really IDs my perspective in these four Youtube minutes - almost refreshing … --- ## [Will the Republicans Cut Trump Loose After a While?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-republicans-cut-trump-loose-after-a-while/771137)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-republicans-cut-trump-loose-after-a-while/771137 "2016-11-09T06:09:02Z")
While I was originally holding back, because I wanted to see how the election would go. But now it seems all but inevitable Donald Trump will be our next president. And I have to tell you all, believe it or not, all my … --- ## [Bumper stickers. Where are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-where-are-they/770982 "2016-11-09T04:58:41Z")
Just noticed an election phenomenon that I’ve never seen before. I live in the great Pacific Northwest, a region noted for being very liberal, at least as far as elections are concerned. (I don’t think we’ve elected a … --- ## [Hillary's coattails suck. Only Trump's are worse. Who would have been better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillarys-coattails-suck-only-trumps-are-worse-who-would-have-been-better/769774)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillarys-coattails-suck-only-trumps-are-worse-who-would-have-been-better/769774 "2016-11-09T04:13:39Z")
I have never seen a race where so many downticket politicians have run away from the top of their ticket one both sides. I have never voted for a Clinton in my life and I hate that I have to this time around. Sure, she… --- ## [Trump could win the election in a nowcast by FiveThirtyEight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-win-the-election-in-a-nowcast-by-fivethirtyeight/760846)
**Author:** [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Replies:** 1965\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-win-the-election-in-a-nowcast-by-fivethirtyeight/760846 "2016-11-09T03:29:15Z")
I’ve been checking out the forecasts by FiveThirtyEight today, and their latest nowcast now shows Donald Trump winning the election. Here’s the data (there’s 6 images in the album, all data was print screened from the si… --- ## [America, go vote.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-go-vote/771053)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-go-vote/771053 "2016-11-09T03:06:21Z")
If there’s one thing you should do to day, it’s vote if you’ve not already done so. I’m not American so I can’t tell you who to vote for, but I’ll respect your decision whichever way. I can’t say that I’ll like one of th… --- ## [Looks like the conservative hicks gave Florida to Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-the-conservative-hicks-gave-florida-to-trump/771123)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-the-conservative-hicks-gave-florida-to-trump/771123 "2016-11-09T02:32:01Z")
Even worse in Ohio. Lovely. As of the time of this writing he is up around 100k, I think he took Florida, the angry white uneducated masses win the day. Stay tuned, we’ll see if it is enough to take out the nation. N… --- ## [Could a R senator switch parties under a Clinton presidency and a 51/49 senate split?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-r-senator-switch-parties-under-a-clinton-presidency-and-a-51-49-senate-split/771054)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-r-senator-switch-parties-under-a-clinton-presidency-and-a-51-49-senate-split/771054 "2016-11-09T00:33:34Z")
Here’s another hypothetical, because we haven’t had enough election hypotheticals yet :D. Let’s say Clinton wins and the senate ends up 51/49 in favor of the Republicans. I figure this is a somewhat likely scenario, not … --- ## [How might Tuesday's winner try to "unite America?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-tuesdays-winner-try-to-unite-america/770910)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-tuesdays-winner-try-to-unite-america/770910 "2016-11-09T00:15:16Z")
Both candidates, whoever wins, are likely to say “I’m going to unite a divided nation,” but how is this going to actually be tried? Even for the crazies Trump has, like KKK types, white nationalists, he’s not the only o… --- ## [The "I've Voted" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-voted-thread/767352)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-voted-thread/767352 "2016-11-08T23:40:47Z")
I figured it was about time to start one, since people are starting to get their ballots or be able to go to their early voting stations. So come in, tell us who/what you’ve voted for and why (if you want), discuss what… --- ## [Talk Me Off the Ledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge/770408)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge/770408 "2016-11-08T21:50:20Z")
OK, I admit it. I am starting to freak a little bit. I really believe that Trump would be a disaster for this country. Domestically the damage he can do it limited. But internationally, he really could hurt us. Best cas… --- ## [Trump shown as independent on Ballot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-shown-as-independent-on-ballot/771097)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-shown-as-independent-on-ballot/771097 "2016-11-08T21:30:41Z")
How many people might scan down to independent and vote not realizing it is a vote for Trump. Trump is listed as an independent on the Ballot. --- ## [What Will Dow Do The Day After?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-dow-do-the-day-after/770986)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-dow-do-the-day-after/770986 "2016-11-08T20:34:32Z")
What do experts expect to happen to the Dow if Trump wins? …if Hillary wins? --- ## [Why do some people think Utah may be in play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-think-utah-may-be-in-play/762583)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-think-utah-may-be-in-play/762583 "2016-11-08T20:33:48Z")
I’ve read in more than one place (sorry, no cites) that Utah may go to Clinton, or at least not go to Trump. But fivethirtyeight’s Polls Plus says it’s 95.8% likely that Utah will go for Trump. I’m curious – what indic… --- ## [What does it matter if voters don't accept the election's results?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-matter-if-voters-dont-accept-the-elections-results/771094)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-matter-if-voters-dont-accept-the-elections-results/771094 "2016-11-08T19:40:52Z")
I keep coming across articles about what percentage of Democrats and Republicans won’t “accept” the results of the election if their candidate doesn’t win. What does it mean for a voter - not someone running for office … --- ## [Two Residences = Two Votes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-residences-two-votes/771068)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-residences-two-votes/771068 "2016-11-08T18:31:50Z")
If I have one home in one state and 2nd home in a neighboring state AND assume I am a licensed driver in both states, do the Local Election Boards have any check to prevent me from registering to vote in BOTH places? Is … --- ## [Presidential results prediction thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-results-prediction-thread/769319)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-results-prediction-thread/769319 "2016-11-08T18:27:24Z")
Let’s see who can come closest: My own prediction: Clinton-47% Trump-44% Johnson-6% McMullin-1.5% Stein-1.5% I don’t know about the final electoral college outcome, but I do predict McMullin is going to win Utah, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=199) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=201)