# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=227 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 228 --- ## [So what's this electorate, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-electorate-anyway/753482)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-electorate-anyway/753482 "2016-04-30T05:42:21Z")
Following are a couple of informative links describing the makeup of the electorate: Pew Research Electorate Demographics Gallup Polls Electorate Demographics The Pew survey is a year old, but it’s the latest one they… --- ## [Another Monster at the End of this Primary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-monster-at-the-end-of-this-primary/753250)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-monster-at-the-end-of-this-primary/753250 "2016-04-30T03:07:30Z")
Especially after yesterday’s 5-state primaries in the Northeast, the spectacle of Ted Cruz and John Kasich Joining Forces to Stop Trump reminds me irresistibly of Grover and Elmo working to stop the revelation of Another… --- ## [Who thinks Republican elecected officials WON'T kiss the Pres nominee's ass, no matter what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-thinks-republican-elecected-officials-wont-kiss-the-pres-nominees-ass-no-matter-what/753359)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-thinks-republican-elecected-officials-wont-kiss-the-pres-nominees-ass-no-matter-what/753359 "2016-04-29T12:45:24Z")
There wasn’t enough space to finish the thread title, which would be “… no matter what nasty opinions they expressed about him before.” This applies pretty equally to both Trump and Cruz, though not so much to Cruz late… --- ## [Mini Tuesday April 26 Primaries discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-tuesday-april-26-primaries-discussion-thread/753095)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-tuesday-april-26-primaries-discussion-thread/753095 "2016-04-29T10:43:24Z")
Here’s a thread to discuss the 5 primaries being held on April 26. Pennsylvania: 71 R delegates (54 are unbound) 181 D delegates Maryland: 38 R delegates 105 D delegates Delaware: 16 R delegates 27 D delegates Rhode … --- ## [So, what do think Ted Cruz's "Big Announcement" is going to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256 "2016-04-29T02:28:56Z")
I think he’s going to announce his wife is pregnant. Any other guesses? --- ## [Trump vs Clinton: Rural/Urban divides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-rural-urban-divides/753339)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-rural-urban-divides/753339 "2016-04-28T23:47:34Z")
For a long time now Democratic strength has been in cities with increasing success moving into suburbs, and the GOP has been strongest in White rural America. Within their respective primary campaign (Trump’s performanc… --- ## [What do you dislike most about your preferred candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dislike-most-about-your-preferred-candidate/752793)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dislike-most-about-your-preferred-candidate/752793 "2016-04-28T22:57:34Z")
I’m a Hillary supporter, by default. Meaning, I really dislike all the others so much that I’ll hold my nose and vote for her. But the one thing I really dislike about her is that she’s never challenged the basic assert… --- ## [Sanders verse Clinton, Trump verse Cruz tax plans (YouTube videos)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-verse-clinton-trump-verse-cruz-tax-plans-youtube-videos/753367)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-verse-clinton-trump-verse-cruz-tax-plans-youtube-videos/753367 "2016-04-28T21:18:12Z")
I don’t know if anyone has sat down and gone through the various tax proposals being floated, but I found some really interesting videos that first discuss Sanders verse Clinton (here) and then Trump verse Cruz (here). … --- ## [Numbers: Pretend the Primaries are the November Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-pretend-the-primaries-are-the-november-election/753230)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-pretend-the-primaries-are-the-november-election/753230 "2016-04-28T16:35:44Z")
Yes, Trump is winning a lot of states, and Clinton is winning a lot of states… How do their numbers match up, head to head? If we pretended that these elections were the General Election, how many states has Clinton wo… --- ## [Elizabeth Warren's role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warrens-role/751227)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warrens-role/751227 "2016-04-28T14:25:55Z")
Warren, beloved of the progressive set, has been dutifully not endorsing anyone. My take: she knows that she has some power and is saving it to use when it will be of most good to the result in November. The primary pr… --- ## [Predict Sanders' final pledged delegate count and impact on Clinton's campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-sanders-final-pledged-delegate-count-and-impact-on-clintons-campaign/753333)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-sanders-final-pledged-delegate-count-and-impact-on-clintons-campaign/753333 "2016-04-28T14:24:32Z")
Short version: how will he do from here, now that he is transitioning trying to win the nomination to winning as many delegates as possible in order to have the power to impact the platform as much as possible? Slightly… --- ## [Best guess - will the California primary be relevant this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guess-will-the-california-primary-be-relevant-this-year/753139)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guess-will-the-california-primary-be-relevant-this-year/753139 "2016-04-27T20:06:13Z")
Especially after this Tuesday’s 5 primaries, with around 450 Democratic delegates and 172 Republican delegates at stake\*. 6 weeks after that to California, with only Indiana of significance in between. You see, it’s alw… --- ## [George McFly is running for Portland mayor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-mcfly-is-running-for-portland-mayor/753235)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-mcfly-is-running-for-portland-mayor/753235 "2016-04-27T19:25:01Z")
AKA Ted Wheeler. --- ## [Clinton "realists" vs. Sanders "idealists"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-realists-vs-sanders-idealists/744615)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-realists-vs-sanders-idealists/744615 "2016-04-27T17:48:46Z")
While the internal divisions and faction-fights going on within the GOP/conservative side of American politics are much more high-profile and getting much more attention right now, there is also a – somewhat but not enti… --- ## [Are Trumpism and Clintonism the future of the Republicans and Democrats respectively?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trumpism-and-clintonism-the-future-of-the-republicans-and-democrats-respectively/752749)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trumpism-and-clintonism-the-future-of-the-republicans-and-democrats-respectively/752749 "2016-04-27T16:16:07Z")
Michael Lind writes in the New York Times that they are. Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were “transitional figures”: The exchange of party constituencies that began in 1968 – the conservative white working-class Democra… --- ## [What are the goals of the modern progressive movement in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-goals-of-the-modern-progressive-movement-in-the-us/753224)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-goals-of-the-modern-progressive-movement-in-the-us/753224 "2016-04-27T14:31:45Z")
Aside from world domination and reanimating Hitlers corpse, are there clear goals of the movement? \[ul\] \[li\]Combatting climate change via various measures (carbon tax, subsidies and credits for alternative energy, etc)… --- ## [The Hawkishness of Hillary Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkishness-of-hillary-clinton/752893)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkishness-of-hillary-clinton/752893 "2016-04-26T23:50:48Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/magazine/how-hillary-clinton-became-a-hawk.html?\_r=2 Great article on how she’s much more hawkish than your average Democrat, as well as some neat inside scoops on disagreements with Ob… --- ## [The Smug Style in American Liberalism and the 2016 Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smug-style-in-american-liberalism-and-the-2016-election/752877)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smug-style-in-american-liberalism-and-the-2016-election/752877 "2016-04-26T20:42:47Z")
Vox published a truly superb piece on what it calls the “smug style” in American liberalism I found the article remarkably insightful and congruent with my own thoughts on these matters. There is very much a tendency i… --- ## [Defining a "landslide" in US presidential elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-a-landslide-in-us-presidential-elections/753015)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-a-landslide-in-us-presidential-elections/753015 "2016-04-26T09:21:03Z")
I know someone who claimed that the 2012 presidential election was a “landslide,” which IMHO is a stretch - the difference in the popular vote was a margin of about 5%. In your own definition, what constitutes a “landsl… --- ## [Why is US Presidential election cycle so long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-us-presidential-election-cycle-so-long/752825)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-us-presidential-election-cycle-so-long/752825 "2016-04-26T03:47:43Z")
Read in the paper today that there are 7 weeks left in the primaries. Good god! What are the factors causing us to have such a long election cycle? I realize there is little that can be done to restrict “speech” in th… --- ## [Is this a preparation to unite or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-preparation-to-unite-or-something-else/752855)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-preparation-to-unite-or-something-else/752855 "2016-04-25T21:42:30Z")
This morning I think. I am most interested in hearing how those who have been supporting Sanders hear this, and what they think his rhetoric regarding his support for a Clinton general campaign in the case of her being… --- ## [GOP Convention from the POV of a Peon Delegate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-convention-from-the-pov-of-a-peon-delegate/751854)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-convention-from-the-pov-of-a-peon-delegate/751854 "2016-04-25T20:47:16Z")
Tell me about GOP convention delegates you have met, ones that are neither members of Congress, governors or mayors of one of our 10 largest cities. What’s it like waiving a banner for a given Presidential candidate, whe… --- ## [Will the GOP (inadvertently) destroy itself to stop Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-inadvertently-destroy-itself-to-stop-trump/751963)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-inadvertently-destroy-itself-to-stop-trump/751963 "2016-04-25T16:20:04Z")
The #NeverTrump crowd appear to be getting serious (and worried). This article claims that the GOP is planning to hand the nomination to Kasich / Rubio after a contested convention: And we’ve just seen that Colorado s… --- ## [Will Democrats sweep the House and Senate as well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-democrats-sweep-the-house-and-senate-as-well/752885)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-democrats-sweep-the-house-and-senate-as-well/752885 "2016-04-24T02:02:38Z")
Looks like it. In addition to the Trump anchor that will drag down Republican voting in down ticket races, donations of usually reliable conservative big donors is way off, resulting in much less support for Republican … --- ## [Children and Spouses of the Presidental Candidates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-and-spouses-of-the-presidental-candidates/752849)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-and-spouses-of-the-presidental-candidates/752849 "2016-04-24T00:26:30Z")
Has anyone noticed that the children and spouses of the presidential candidates often seem to be more interesting and likeable than the candidates themselves Part of this may be that the candidates are very much in the … --- ## [Pennsylvania - Democratic side](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-democratic-side/751962)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-democratic-side/751962 "2016-04-23T03:29:17Z")
Clinton is ahead by 16 in the RCP rolling average for this 4/26 race but it could get very interesting … mainly because of divergent views on fracking and the Democratic primary for Senate. Closed primary. Previous poll… --- ## [Senate primary threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-primary-threads/752850)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-primary-threads/752850 "2016-04-23T00:22:42Z")
I believe this Tuesday we have the Edwards vs. Van Hollen race in Maryland, and coming soon is the PA primary, where Joe Sestak is leading but the Democrats really don’t want him to be the nominee. Then of course there’s… --- ## [Corey Lewandowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corey-lewandowski/750650)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corey-lewandowski/750650 "2016-04-21T17:32:06Z")
So I am not supporting Trump to say the least but: I can’t see how the clip of CL touching the Breitbart reporter can be interpreted to have caused a bruise. My favorite guy on MSNBC, Chris Hayes, got more indignant ove… --- ## [New York Primary Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-primary-discussion-thread/752461)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-primary-discussion-thread/752461 "2016-04-21T13:29:02Z")
So we finally get a big state primary after a month of small caucus states. New York votes on April 19, with 95 Republican delegates and 277 Democratic delegates at stake. It’s a super closed primary, you had to change e… --- ## [What Hillary Clinton accomplishment are you most proud of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hillary-clinton-accomplishment-are-you-most-proud-of/752547)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hillary-clinton-accomplishment-are-you-most-proud-of/752547 "2016-04-20T23:01:20Z")
One of my Democratic friends wasn’t able to answer this question and he’s pretty well informed. As a conservative, it’s actually not too hard for me to name some things Clinton has done that I’m proud of her for: voting … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=226) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=228)