# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=242 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 243 --- ## [Bernie wins, and the Dems control Senate and House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-wins-and-the-dems-control-senate-and-house/743163)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-wins-and-the-dems-control-senate-and-house/743163 "2016-01-25T01:18:34Z")
What could we expect? Strong social programs? Changes in foreign policy? Is this a recipe for a better America? Its a dream thread, or nightmare? --- ## [She's back! Palin endorses Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-back-palin-endorses-trump/743633 "2016-01-25T00:56:03Z")
C’mon, you knew it was gonna happen. This election is the gift that keeps on giving. --- ## [Trump and winner-take-all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-winner-take-all/744008)
**Author:** [@Henga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henga)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-winner-take-all/744008 "2016-01-24T04:40:54Z")
Once Trump starts winning winner-take-all primaries but gets less than a majority of the popular vote, will the GOP move towards giving delegates in proportion to the popular vote so a hung convention could choose a comp… --- ## [Impact of Widespread Early Voting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-widespread-early-voting/743700)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-widespread-early-voting/743700 "2016-01-22T19:54:13Z")
Here’s a question / topic about which I don’t have much info. Over the last 20 years a great many states have gone a long ways towards making Election Day in November merely the last day of a multi-week or multi-month(!… --- ## [Does Trump have speech writers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866 "2016-01-22T19:10:32Z")
He says some pretty outlandish stuff. It appears that there is not a PC circuit that filters anything. Granted it gets lots of air play. And maybe that is the goal. Do you think he is speaking off a prepared speech, … --- ## [You know what this election reminds me of right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-this-election-reminds-me-of-right-now/741461)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-this-election-reminds-me-of-right-now/741461 "2016-01-22T12:43:38Z")
That moment before the surgeon starts to cut. For all that the pundits - and us - will waste ink and pixels on how things are going the Republican contest is so unusual that no one knows what the hell is going to happen… --- ## [Could Trump really be that stupid - force US companies to onshore manufacturing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-really-be-that-stupid-force-us-companies-to-onshore-manufacturing/743552)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-really-be-that-stupid-force-us-companies-to-onshore-manufacturing/743552 "2016-01-22T02:35:47Z")
Trump wants to make US companies even less competitive, apparently. http://www.macnn.com/articles/16/01/18/high.tax.on.goods.suggested.by.trump.as.way.to.encourage.us.manufacturing.132084/ Can he really be that clueles… --- ## [Democratic Debate? What Democratic Debate? Jan-17-16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debate-what-democratic-debate-jan-17-16/743473)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debate-what-democratic-debate-jan-17-16/743473 "2016-01-20T20:18:33Z")
It’s going on right now, though you’d hardly know it. I expect Clinton to win. She’s a formidable debater. But I’m looking forward ton see at least a few zingers from Bernie. --- ## [Sanders v Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-v-trump/741272)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-v-trump/741272 "2016-01-20T17:09:57Z")
OK, as unlikely as it is, how does a Trump v Sanders general election play out? Each would mobilize the extreme, and each would be so appalling to the opposite party that some of the more mainstream voters might hold the… --- ## [Next Republican presidential debate Thursday 01/14/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-republican-presidential-debate-thursday-01-14-16/742939)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-republican-presidential-debate-thursday-01-14-16/742939 "2016-01-19T13:33:59Z")
To air on Fox Business Network, from North Charleston, NC. Candidates in the 9pm prime-time debate: Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Carson (yes, he’s still running!), Christie, Bush and Kasich. 6pm kiddie-table debate: Paul (who s… --- ## [NPR found Iowans who have never heard of the caucuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-found-iowans-who-have-never-heard-of-the-caucuses/742535)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-found-iowans-who-have-never-heard-of-the-caucuses/742535 "2016-01-18T23:15:12Z")
Admittedly, I’m a political junkie (like, presumably, most everyone on the Elections sub-board), but I have a hard time understanding how even a politically disengaged person could live in Iowa and not have ever even \*he… --- ## [The KMT is going to get clobbered in Taiwan's upcoming elections.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kmt-is-going-to-get-clobbered-in-taiwans-upcoming-elections/740893)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kmt-is-going-to-get-clobbered-in-taiwans-upcoming-elections/740893 "2016-01-16T22:28:48Z")
It’s as if John Kerry were leading John McCain by 30% in the polls in the 2008 election. Or as if Mitt Romney were leading Hillary Clinton by 30% in the polls in the 2016 election. (I use Kerry and Romney as examples be… --- ## [Hillary will get to the bottom of Area 51!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214 "2016-01-16T21:04:38Z")
Ok, now this I want to see. Hillary has promised a UFO conspiracy person that if elected she will investigate and tell everyone about all the aliens at Area 51. From the article: "The Democratic frontrunner also added… --- ## [Lindsey Graham for president thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsey-graham-for-president-thread/721913)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsey-graham-for-president-thread/721913 "2016-01-16T13:21:45Z")
Is anyone excited about Lindsey Graham running for president? He seems to be more liberal than the other Republican candidates when it comes to domestic and social issues. He states he believes in man made global warmin… --- ## [Why the "emerging Democratic majority" isn't happening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-emerging-democratic-majority-isnt-happening/711842)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-emerging-democratic-majority-isnt-happening/711842 "2016-01-16T08:40:12Z")
This from one of the writers who first posited an “emerging Democratic majority” due to demographic change. Another problem for Democrats is that they are becoming increasingly reliant on upper income, socially liber… --- ## [RACHEL MADDOW msnbc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-maddow-msnbc/743209)
**Author:** [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-maddow-msnbc/743209 "2016-01-15T12:48:24Z")
Hey, I’m not very familiar with american television channels. Before the holiday, I leached some maddow off youtube, but now she seems gone? has ISIS kidnapped her, or is downtime usual in a race(tihi) like this? --- ## [Tomndebb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb/743190)
**Author:** [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb/743190 "2016-01-15T04:17:35Z")
DO you have a question for JEB!? --- ## [Rand Paul on the Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-on-the-daily-show/743112)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-on-the-daily-show/743112 "2016-01-15T01:52:15Z")
Apologies if the wrong forum… I caught of bit of the “debate” between Noah and Paul. Paul, as an example of overregulation, mentioned someone getting 10 years for dumping dirt on their own property. Was that a real thin… --- ## [State of the GOP/Trump voters. Help me understand them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-gop-trump-voters-help-me-understand-them/743065)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-gop-trump-voters-help-me-understand-them/743065 "2016-01-14T22:02:43Z")
I’ve been trying to understand why a significant part of the GOP electorate support Trump. One theme I keep hearing is that these voters are frustrated with or feel ignored by “the establishment.” Ann Coulter bashed Nik… --- ## [Will the latest Bundy clan actions bedevil the GOP candidates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-latest-bundy-clan-actions-bedevil-the-gop-candidates/742116)
**Author:** [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-latest-bundy-clan-actions-bedevil-the-gop-candidates/742116 "2016-01-14T20:44:18Z")
Call it “Action: Occupy Oregon Bird Sanctuary.” I assume the Dem candidates won’t have any trouble denouncing the action, if they haven’t already. But how do the ® candidates respond? Or do they duck and cover? --- ## [Who gives next year's SOTU speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-next-years-sotu-speech/743036)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-next-years-sotu-speech/743036 "2016-01-14T09:03:01Z")
The Guardian is reporting that Obama has just given his last State Of The Union speech. But won’t he still be President this time next year? Even if only for another week. So surely next year’s should be the last? (Mayb… --- ## [Did Hilary make a serious tactical mistake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hilary-make-a-serious-tactical-mistake/742933)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hilary-make-a-serious-tactical-mistake/742933 "2016-01-13T17:23:17Z")
Hilary Clinton went against the white House policy of conducting illegal immigration raids. I think this could throw some voters over to the other side. The current administration is considered by most people I know as b… --- ## [The POLITICS of guns as an issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-politics-of-guns-as-an-issue/742320)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-politics-of-guns-as-an-issue/742320 "2016-01-12T20:46:48Z")
Not debating what should be and why … just the political impact of it. On first blush I read the Clinton and Obama elevating gun control as a political issue right now as a silly thing to do from the election perspectiv… --- ## [Do Politicians Still Kiss Babies at Campaign Events?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-politicians-still-kiss-babies-at-campaign-events/741249)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-politicians-still-kiss-babies-at-campaign-events/741249 "2016-01-12T16:58:59Z")
This is a standard cliche, but I don’t recall seeing it happen. --- ## [Will Hillary Clinton be the next U.S. President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-hillary-clinton-be-the-next-u-s-president/733557)
**Author:** [@Futurist110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futurist110)\ **Replies:** 646\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-hillary-clinton-be-the-next-u-s-president/733557 "2016-01-12T09:25:21Z")
Will Hillary Clinton be the next U.S. President? Any thoughts on this? --- ## [Primaries are coming up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primaries-are-coming-up/742782)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Trinnity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Trinnity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primaries-are-coming-up/742782 "2016-01-12T00:19:29Z")
There are several in February. Monday, February 1 Iowa caucus 52 D, 30 R Closed Tuesday, February 9 New Hampshire 32 D, 23 R Mixed Saturday, February 20 Nevada caucus (D) 43 Closed South Carolina (R) 50 Open Tuesday… --- ## [We are struggling together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-struggling-together/741423)
**Author:** [@HawaiianBeachBoy\_1959](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HawaiianBeachBoy_1959)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-struggling-together/741423 "2016-01-11T16:35:15Z")
Do you think that the conservatives and libertarians in the United States should (or could) unite into one massive rightist mega-coalition, or are the differences far too irreconcilable and this will just end up being th… --- ## [Is anyone else just a teeny bit worried about Trump in the general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-a-teeny-bit-worried-about-trump-in-the-general/742332)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-a-teeny-bit-worried-about-trump-in-the-general/742332 "2016-01-11T15:58:23Z")
I keep hearing how a Trump nomination will guarantee victory for the Dems from the top to bottom of the ticket. But yet in the primaries he keeps surprising everyone. No matter what he says, he thrives, he beats out his … --- ## [Alabama Chief Justice Halts SSM - How do candidates respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-chief-justice-halts-ssm-how-do-candidates-respond/742365)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-chief-justice-halts-ssm-how-do-candidates-respond/742365 "2016-01-08T19:49:29Z")
So Roy Moore is at it again. Today he has ordered all probate judges in the state to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. Is there a precedent of a State Supreme Court issuing a ruling intended to directl… --- ## [Does Gary Johnson's Presidential announcement hurt Rand Paul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gary-johnsons-presidential-announcement-hurt-rand-paul/742348)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gary-johnsons-presidential-announcement-hurt-rand-paul/742348 "2016-01-06T23:29:03Z")
Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who is also the CEO of a marijuana corporation, has announced his candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination. Will his candidacy hurt Rand Paul? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=241) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=243)