# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=211 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 212 --- ## [How much does the electorate change between presidential elections (4 years)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-electorate-change-between-presidential-elections-4-years/766479)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-electorate-change-between-presidential-elections-4-years/766479 "2016-09-21T01:08:55Z")
I’m asking mostly about state level politics as it relates to presidential elections. There have been massive political realignments in history. The south going from solid democrat to solid republican. The northeast goin… --- ## [George H.W. Bush to vote for Hillary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-h-w-bush-to-vote-for-hillary/766412)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-h-w-bush-to-vote-for-hillary/766412 "2016-09-20T21:02:32Z")
…at least according to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of RFK, as reported by Politico. Part of me wondered if something like this might happen. I’m curious if he or any other members of the immediate family will c… --- ## [Are journalists really helpless before Donald?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-journalists-really-helpless-before-donald/766391)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-journalists-really-helpless-before-donald/766391 "2016-09-20T20:13:13Z")
I keep seeing how the rulebook has been thrown out the door by Donald. So therefore Hillary is held to a high standard but only “new rules” apply to Donald. Why should this be? Shouldn’t the interviewers just throw up d… --- ## [Science Debate--At least something completely different...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-debate-at-least-something-completely-different/765964)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-debate-at-least-something-completely-different/765964 "2016-09-20T15:17:07Z")
…Than Hillary’s health or Trump’s taxes. Apparently some science folks, thinking that science and technology is vaguely important to the future of our nation, submitted 20 questions to the candidates, and got replies fr… --- ## [Why are white people the only large demo group that supports republicans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-white-people-the-only-large-demo-group-that-supports-republicans/765211)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-white-people-the-only-large-demo-group-that-supports-republicans/765211 "2016-09-20T11:32:54Z")
This is a continuous curiosity to me and if I recall it did not always used to be the case. I remember that certain asian sub groups used to be more republican, but now it’s almost 75% to 25% democrat to republican from… --- ## [Voices of Trump's supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voices-of-trumps-supporters/766256)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voices-of-trumps-supporters/766256 "2016-09-20T02:22:37Z")
New York Times video. If you don’t want to hear the anger, ethnic slurs, and hate-filled language, leave your sound off-- the text is displayed on the screen. “Deplorables?” “Irredeemable?” I’d say so. NOT saying ALL … --- ## [Political fallout of transgender bathroom issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-fallout-of-transgender-bathroom-issue/754775)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 552\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-fallout-of-transgender-bathroom-issue/754775 "2016-09-19T19:44:51Z")
Right up front, let me say that I’m absolutely in favor of transgender rights. People should be able to use bathroom facilities of their identified gender, period, end of story. That said, as a general liberal and suppo… --- ## [Is there going to be one or more Clinton-Trump debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-going-to-be-one-or-more-clinton-trump-debates/761577)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-going-to-be-one-or-more-clinton-trump-debates/761577 "2016-09-19T19:42:38Z")
I say no? I think his campaign and the Republican Party will make sure there isn’t one. Trump is too much out of control, there’s too much danger he will look like a complete buffoon on the same stage with Hilary. The… --- ## [Johnson in 2nd among voters aged 18-34](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnson-in-2nd-among-voters-aged-18-34/766034)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnson-in-2nd-among-voters-aged-18-34/766034 "2016-09-19T19:04:30Z")
Recent Quinnipiac poll. Question 4 for voters 18-34. Clinton 31% Trump 26% Johnson 29% Stein 15% I’m not shilling for Johnson or anything, but this is rather remarkable. Or it is to me at least. Does this mean anyth… --- ## [Will Trump release his tax returns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-release-his-tax-returns/766286)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-release-his-tax-returns/766286 "2016-09-19T16:28:34Z")
Will Trump release his tax returns? I say no. Will he release a tax summary 1-7 days before the election? Who cares? Will he release 10 years of his tax returns before the last debate? It’s hard to imagine that. Past th… --- ## [Resolved: either party could have easily won this election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-either-party-could-have-easily-won-this-election/766234)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-either-party-could-have-easily-won-this-election/766234 "2016-09-19T12:47:59Z")
We’re far enough in now that it’s pretty much 99.99% likely that if either party had made a different choice, that that party would have easily won the election. First, I present Matt Yglesias’ article in Vox about cand… --- ## [PollyVote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollyvote/766311)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollyvote/766311 "2016-09-19T01:31:37Z")
A mention in a comment on Wang’s site led me to PollyVote and I thought some here might find it of interest - not for it’s reassuring take on the probable outcome (although that be nice) but out of interest in its method… --- ## [Does Trump really want to serve as President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-really-want-to-serve-as-president/766249)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-really-want-to-serve-as-president/766249 "2016-09-18T22:58:03Z")
He wants to win the election, but down in my gut, I just feel like he’s not interested in the position - just the winning and the title. I have nothing specific to cite for this feeling. I may be reading him completely… --- ## ["I'm an energy voter"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-energy-voter/765162)
**Author:** [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-energy-voter/765162 "2016-09-18T18:02:23Z")
Have you seem these commercials? What are the oil and natural gas industries trying to achieve here? Who is this targeting? Is this an anti-green energy ad? --- ## [What constitutes treason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-treason/766112)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-treason/766112 "2016-09-18T15:32:25Z")
What constitutes treason? Yeah, I know: “Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.” But what does giving enemies ai… --- ## [Jason Kander's ad - Democrats trying to out-Republican Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-kanders-ad-democrats-trying-to-out-republican-republicans/766190)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-kanders-ad-democrats-trying-to-out-republican-republicans/766190 "2016-09-18T04:35:33Z")
Jason Kander, a Democrat who is challenging Republican Senator Roy Blunt in this upcoming election, has released one of the best campaign ads ever made, one in which he assembles an assault rifle blindfolded. You can se… --- ## [Mental health](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-health/766046)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-health/766046 "2016-09-18T01:45:43Z")
Since ‘health’ apparently does not included in mental health, I’ll ask here: Trump seems to be misremembering his campaign stop in Flint, MI. In a nutshell: Trump started bashing Clinton. The pastor of the church wher… --- ## [The lack of Trump craziness this week is disturbing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lack-of-trump-craziness-this-week-is-disturbing/763206)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lack-of-trump-craziness-this-week-is-disturbing/763206 "2016-09-17T21:48:35Z")
Did I miss anything? Did he say any non-crazy stuff to anybody? Did somebody glue his mouth shut? Or {shudder} is he actually demonstrating self-discipline? --- ## [2 Trump Questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-trump-questions/766080)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-trump-questions/766080 "2016-09-17T21:16:41Z")
Firstly, I cannot fathom why no one has outright asked him how many of his kids he intends to give jobs in his administration. I’m pretty sure that’s his plan, and I seem to recall him hinting at it, at one time. So why … --- ## [Donald Trump winks and nods to the Second Amendment people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-winks-and-nods-to-the-second-amendment-people/762283)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 480\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-winks-and-nods-to-the-second-amendment-people/762283 "2016-09-17T19:00:01Z")
This is officially the moment at which the Republican party stopped being a party, and became the American fascist movement. Of all the completely beyond the pale things that Donald Trump has said, this is the most di… --- ## [Doubting the statistical analysis at 538](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubting-the-statistical-analysis-at-538/764819)
**Author:** [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubting-the-statistical-analysis-at-538/764819 "2016-09-16T23:42:36Z")
Looking at the list of swing states, the electoral votes in play, and the probabilities of the candidates to win each state – the 27% chance of a win they are giving Trump in the overall election seemed wildly optimistic… --- ## [Sick of media imbalance wrt hillary vs. trump negative stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-media-imbalance-wrt-hillary-vs-trump-negative-stories/765622)
**Author:** [@hulka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hulka)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-media-imbalance-wrt-hillary-vs-trump-negative-stories/765622 "2016-09-16T22:17:42Z")
there is no stronger political myth than that of the ‘‘liberal media’’ story after story, book after book has been written on the subject. one of the best was Mark Hertsgaard’s On Bended Knee, about the supine, enablin… --- ## [What are some of Trump's best words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-trumps-best-words/762436 "2016-09-16T18:31:47Z")
I want to compile a list of Trump’s overused words and phrases, for the purpose of writing satirical Trumpspeak. Some of the ones I have observed are: Tremendous Disaster Amazing Fantastic Terrific Great Loser, t… --- ## [Trump's Taxes/Obama's records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-taxes-obamas-records/765880)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-taxes-obamas-records/765880 "2016-09-16T00:46:23Z")
Turnabout is fair play. Remember when Trump offered to donate big $ if Obama released certain records? You know, because that would prove the President wasn’t born in the US? Well, Reid Hoffman has offered to match on… --- ## [Trump is no longer funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-no-longer-funny/765890)
**Author:** [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-no-longer-funny/765890 "2016-09-15T21:05:18Z")
From here http://macezbrown.macezbrown.com/ I am curious why we don’t see this line of attack more often. --- ## [Does Hillary have a body double?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hillary-have-a-body-double/765935)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hillary-have-a-body-double/765935 "2016-09-15T15:00:09Z")
It’s a weird idea going around the web but you have to admit the Hillary who fainted and had to be carried to her car at the 9/11 event and the Hilary who emerged later do look like 2 different people. Different clothes,… --- ## [What if Hillary took one for the team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248 "2016-09-15T14:23:02Z")
And admitted her health had failed her and she dropped out? BUT, she endorsed her VP Tim Kaine to be President? I have no doubt Kaine would win and still Hillary could go on her way with her head held high and still be… --- ## [How many serious crimes (criminal or civil) has Trump been accused of or investigated for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-serious-crimes-criminal-or-civil-has-trump-been-accused-of-or-investigated-for/765903)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-serious-crimes-criminal-or-civil-has-trump-been-accused-of-or-investigated-for/765903 "2016-09-15T14:02:15Z")
The reason I ask is because I’m having trouble following the accusations. I don’t like Trump, but putting that aside what all civil and criminal crimes has he been accused of? And why is this not news? Off the top of my… --- ## [Politicians lying directly about core beliefs and plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-lying-directly-about-core-beliefs-and-plans/765259)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-lying-directly-about-core-beliefs-and-plans/765259 "2016-09-15T12:14:55Z")
Politicians make promises they can’t keep all the time. They may also fudge their beliefs in order to help tamp down opposition to their candidacy based on particularly problematic issue positions. Sometimes they might e… --- ## [Ignorant questions re: Trump's tax returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-questions-re-trumps-tax-returns/765930)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-questions-re-trumps-tax-returns/765930 "2016-09-15T11:48:31Z")
I know Trump has refused to release his tax returns, giving the fact that the returns are being audited as his justification. I have assumed that these are his personal returns. What about the Trump Organization tax re… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=210) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=212)