# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=208 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 209 --- ## [Prioritize the Trump target.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prioritize-the-trump-target/767537)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prioritize-the-trump-target/767537 "2016-10-08T09:39:57Z")
You are in charge of Team Clinton. You are aware that Trump has many targets but that the American public needs to have their attention drawn to just two or three tops or else they just shut down and absorb nothing at al… --- ## [Should Trump lead— La Times be ignored?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trump-lead-la-times-be-ignored/767748)
**Author:** [@Sputnikkk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sputnikkk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trump-lead-la-times-be-ignored/767748 "2016-10-08T09:22:11Z")
I go on sites to check the polls every few days— 538, New York Times, Sam Wang Princeton Consortium, then the Stossel betting odds. I check to see the percentage of chance for Hillary to win— and if, on all those sites,… --- ## [Do you think election polls are accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-election-polls-are-accurate/767735)
**Author:** [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-election-polls-are-accurate/767735 "2016-10-08T04:58:45Z")
I don’t, and here are my reasons for thinking this. I’m from Canada and my last Provincial election and the last federal election had results that defied what the polls said “should” happen. Traditionally polls have bee… --- ## [Bad Lip Reading of first Presidential debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-lip-reading-of-first-presidential-debate/767905)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-lip-reading-of-first-presidential-debate/767905 "2016-10-08T04:44:35Z")
Love it! --- ## [Clinton v Trump: Predict the EV count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-predict-the-ev-count/761729)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-predict-the-ev-count/761729 "2016-10-08T04:23:21Z")
My bad if this has already been posted on another thread – feel free to merge it if that’s the case. There’s a website called 270towin, which allows you to create your own electoral college vote map. Post your predic… --- ## [So, why vote for Clinton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-vote-for-clinton/767225)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-vote-for-clinton/767225 "2016-10-08T04:06:46Z")
Trump aside, why should an American vote for Clinton in her own right? Trump? We’re ignoring him here; there are other candidates. She’s a she? Sorry, we’re not sexists here. Experience? Sure she has experience, but l… --- ## [Today's NY Times book review \[Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939, by Volker Ullrich\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-ny-times-book-review-hitler-ascent-1889-1939-by-volker-ullrich/767136)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-ny-times-book-review-hitler-ascent-1889-1939-by-volker-ullrich/767136 "2016-10-08T01:56:07Z")
Everyone should read today’s NY Times book review. It is a review of a bio of Hitler. Trump is not mentioned by name, nor should he be. But every other sentence of the description of the book under review is redolent … --- ## [What's so great about the Portman campaign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-the-portman-campaign/766664)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-the-portman-campaign/766664 "2016-10-08T01:44:23Z")
I keep hearing pundits saying that it is the textbook campaign that we will be reading about in poli sci texts for years, but they don’t explain it now. Strickland is a popular former governor and it seemed like a winnab… --- ## [Trump voters: a taxonomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-a-taxonomy/767788)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-a-taxonomy/767788 "2016-10-08T00:28:51Z")
As a white professional-type deep in the sticks of a red state, I think it’s fair to say that I’m acquainted with more Trump voters than most liberals. My mind is as boggled as anybody else’s that so many people are will… --- ## [Vote on or post questions for 10/09/2016 POTUS debate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-on-or-post-questions-for-10-09-2016-potus-debate/767660)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-on-or-post-questions-for-10-09-2016-potus-debate/767660 "2016-10-07T18:28:04Z")
Open Debate Coalition. \*Search and vote for questions about issues that are important to you! The “town hall” debate will feature questions from the Internet – ABC and CNN moderators agreed to consider the Top 30 questi… --- ## [If Trump dies before the election - Cause of death? Obituary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-dies-before-the-election-cause-of-death-obituary/767863)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-dies-before-the-election-cause-of-death-obituary/767863 "2016-10-07T17:47:42Z")
Someone recently posted a link to Snopes debunking a rumor that Trump had died. That got me thinking about what would happen if he died before the election. No, not what would happen with the election - we’ve discussed… --- ## [Serious questions for candidates.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-questions-for-candidates/767867)
**Author:** [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-questions-for-candidates/767867 "2016-10-07T17:02:58Z")
A popular position is to be in favor or cutting government spending. The problem is that there is probably no government program that someone doesn’t like and/or benefit from. I’d like for any candidate who wants to cu… --- ## [Why the 70-point diff between Pivit and Predictit on the Election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-70-point-diff-between-pivit-and-predictit-on-the-election/767801)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-70-point-diff-between-pivit-and-predictit-on-the-election/767801 "2016-10-07T08:55:42Z")
Lott and Stossel’s map based on PredictIt prediction market data ElectoralMap.net’s similar map based on Pivit prediction market data Pivit participants see Clinton as losing Ohio, Florida, and North Carolina and predi… --- ## [why is following the tax code a big issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-following-the-tax-code-a-big-issue/767679)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-following-the-tax-code-a-big-issue/767679 "2016-10-07T03:02:37Z")
Right now a lot of people are attacking trump because of his tax return but it seems like a lot of crap to me. Nobody is saying that he broke the law or even did anything that unusual. I suspect you wouldn’t find a singl… --- ## [The bizarre race for leadership of UKIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bizarre-race-for-leadership-of-ukip/767767)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bizarre-race-for-leadership-of-ukip/767767 "2016-10-07T01:47:49Z")
Nigel Farage resigned as leader of the U.K. Independence Party after the EU referendum. There was a leadership race with an odd twist in which Steven Woolfe was disqualified because he submitted his leadership applicati… --- ## [Ted Cruz Presidential campaign discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 1105\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774 "2016-10-06T22:50:31Z")
Talking at Liberty University (Jerry Fallwell’s) where all the students are required to attend the speech like North Koreans, he is making every controversial whacky right-wing point to forced applause. He is forcing ev… --- ## [\*\*\* SDMB Live coverage, VP Debate. 10/04/2016 \*\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-live-coverage-vp-debate-10-04-2016/767354 "2016-10-06T20:58:09Z")
Time to set the card for the match. Join with the SDMB pundits in discussing, reviewing, then analyzing the upcoming VP debate. It’s not too early to start focusing the upcoming week as we head into the last month of… --- ## [The Election and the Press](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-and-the-press/767793)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-and-the-press/767793 "2016-10-06T20:36:32Z")
The press is solidly against Trump, to an extent unseen since 1964 since then. Papers who have never endorsed a Democrat are endorsing Hillary, and papers who always endorse Republicans are sitting it out this year. I’m… --- ## [Tax: Trump vs Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-trump-vs-clinton/767703)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-trump-vs-clinton/767703 "2016-10-06T19:52:21Z")
Trump is getting a lot of heat for using a dodge to not pay tax. I wonder, how much tax have he and his businesses paid since he was born? How about Clinton? --- ## [Tales from the Ground Game: Political Volunteering in 2016 - your stories here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-ground-game-political-volunteering-in-2016-your-stories-here/767284)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-ground-game-political-volunteering-in-2016-your-stories-here/767284 "2016-10-05T22:05:44Z")
So, as I may have mentioned, I do volunteer work for the HRC campaign here in Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas. Some info: Bexar County went for Obama in '08 and '12, slightly higher % in 08 than 12. Almost 70% Hispanic… --- ## [What is the psychology behind people and the media's desire to grade Trump on a curve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-psychology-behind-people-and-the-medias-desire-to-grade-trump-on-a-curve/767590)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-psychology-behind-people-and-the-medias-desire-to-grade-trump-on-a-curve/767590 "2016-10-05T22:01:16Z")
Faux paus that cause massive headaches for other candidates (Romney, Johnson, etc) are brushed off when Trump commits something similar. Johnson doesn’t know what Aleppo is. Romney mentions “binders full of women”. Why a… --- ## [Is Obama's stumping for Hillary Unprecedented](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obamas-stumping-for-hillary-unprecedented/766484)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obamas-stumping-for-hillary-unprecedented/766484 "2016-10-05T21:21:32Z")
My pro-Trump friend is annoying me with attacks on Obama and Hillary. One of his contentions is that no sitting president has stumped for their preferred successor (and that Obama is the devil incarnate for doing so). S… --- ## [\*\*\*Join the SDMB panel of experts for live debate coverage - 9/26/2016\*\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 1102\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-sdmb-panel-of-experts-for-live-debate-coverage-9-26-2016/766946 "2016-10-05T16:58:23Z")
Just setting up the furniture and getting ready for tonight. Hopefully we’ll all tune in and share our POVs. Hence the early notice. Alcohol optional but suggested. 9 PM Eastern. Do not adjust your TV, he really … --- ## [How should Clinton press the debate advantage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-clinton-press-the-debate-advantage/767099)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-clinton-press-the-debate-advantage/767099 "2016-10-05T14:01:07Z")
She is getting some attention now, finally … maybe she can talk a bit more about her positive vision for America’s future, her priorities, and her plans. I am voting for her and have always seen a lot to vote for. Last … --- ## [Keep the suspension going....why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093 "2016-10-05T13:51:04Z")
This is exactly the right behavior for a P.T. Barnum/Evel Knievel type showman, but for a potential world leader? I still don’t understand why people vote for this idiot. Other than, of course, “… but…but…Hillary!” w… --- ## [Average American college graduate in presidential debate vs. Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-american-college-graduate-in-presidential-debate-vs-trump/767182)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-american-college-graduate-in-presidential-debate-vs-trump/767182 "2016-10-05T09:02:50Z")
With Trump’s disastrous performance in the first debate (and likely in the next two debates to come as well,) and also Trump’s ignorance of the world and many things in general, I would like to pose the hypothetical of h… --- ## [Two more Trump scandals -- there are so many now I can't keep count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-more-trump-scandals-there-are-so-many-now-i-cant-keep-count/767668)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-more-trump-scandals-there-are-so-many-now-i-cant-keep-count/767668 "2016-10-04T23:40:28Z")
I don’t know if either of these have already been posted – I can’t possibly keep up with the entire Elections board. Apologies if this is old news. The Trump Organization did business with an Iranian bank linked to te… --- ## [Meals Tax \[State of Virginia\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-tax-state-of-virginia/767636)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-tax-state-of-virginia/767636 "2016-10-04T21:50:15Z")
So there is a referendum on the ballot that is going to increase the tax on sales of prepared foods from 6% to 10%. There are several arguments for and against this but the primary driver is that the county shaved som… --- ## [Is Trump going to have a "Code Red" moment during one of the two last debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597 "2016-10-04T21:30:05Z")
In other words: “The Truth?! You can’t handle the truth!” moment. I felt Hillary did a pretty good job baiting him in the last debate. And if so, what form will Trump’s code red take? Alicia Machado? Bill’s affairs? Mu… --- ## [Questions on the Presidential race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-the-presidential-race/766439)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-the-presidential-race/766439 "2016-10-04T17:29:05Z")
Hi, Given former President George Bush Sr’s intention and that of other GOP leaders to vote for Hillary Clinton, I have the following questions: 1.When in US history has such party defection been so conspicuous? 2.Whi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=209)