# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=247 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 248 --- ## [Is Sarah Palin to blame for the state of today's GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-to-blame-for-the-state-of-todays-gop/735808)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-to-blame-for-the-state-of-todays-gop/735808 "2015-10-28T02:55:22Z")
According to former WH Chief of Staff William Delay she is. Of course, the GOP may not agree that there is a problem. Or, if there is a problem, it’s because they are not Sarah Palin enough. Delay draws a line directly… --- ## [Can Donald Trump Actually Win The White House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-donald-trump-actually-win-the-white-house/735325)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-donald-trump-actually-win-the-white-house/735325 "2015-10-27T20:55:11Z")
I’m starting to think I was wrong a while back when I posted an electoral college projection with Hillary having over 400 EVs vs Trump. Trump is starting to look like teflon. I thought he’d potentially get thru the GOP p… --- ## [How would a Rubio-Carson ticket play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-rubio-carson-ticket-play/735751)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-rubio-carson-ticket-play/735751 "2015-10-27T01:47:09Z")
Let us imagine against a Clinton-Warner ticket. How much do each base’s core relied upon demographics vote for or against follow the superficialities of race, ethnicity, and gender, and how much on what they stand for i… --- ## [Canada 2015 election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-2015-election/735732)
**Author:** [@Nikki66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki66)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-2015-election/735732 "2015-10-26T20:15:34Z")
It has been decided, Justin Trudeau will now lead Canada. What does this mean for us? Middle Class income earners get tax cuts. ok. What else? Justin Trudeau wins; what now? Your complete guide to the day after - The Glo… --- ## [Help me debunk this chart, please (Pres./Cong. "Lifetime Salaries")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-debunk-this-chart-please-pres-cong-lifetime-salaries/648859)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-debunk-this-chart-please-pres-cong-lifetime-salaries/648859 "2015-10-26T11:12:36Z")
I’m sure all of us who have seen a political posting on Facebook have seen the numbers in the following chart: In a fit of goodwill toward the acquaintance who posted that, I responded with a request that she stop shar… --- ## [U.S. passport not acceptable ID for voting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-passport-not-acceptable-id-for-voting/733718)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-passport-not-acceptable-id-for-voting/733718 "2015-10-25T18:44:48Z")
Just got my Board of Elections reminder postcard for Ohio’s Nov. 3 election. Acceptable ID: Ohio driver’s license, state ID, military ID, “or a current (within the past six months) utility bill, bank statement, governme… --- ## [If the IRS or FEC crack down on this, the GOP will claim another "scandal"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-irs-or-fec-crack-down-on-this-the-gop-will-claim-another-scandal/735364)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-irs-or-fec-crack-down-on-this-the-gop-will-claim-another-scandal/735364 "2015-10-25T18:35:40Z")
Political nonprofit spent nearly 100 percent of funds to elect Tillis in ’14 No doubt if the IRS cracks down, as per the law and as it should, GOPers will proclaim yet another IRS scandal. And it’s a damned shame th… --- ## [Where are the young Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-young-democrats/735275)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-young-democrats/735275 "2015-10-25T16:39:26Z")
Bernie Sanders: 74 Hillary Clinton: 67 Joe Biden: 72 Elizabeth Warren: 66 It seems odd for a party that I associate with young voters and youthful progressive vigor, that they don’t have anyone with name recognition … --- ## [Have you SEEN the David Brooks article "The Republicans’ Incompetence Caucus"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-david-brooks-article-the-republicans-incompetence-caucus/735640)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-david-brooks-article-the-republicans-incompetence-caucus/735640 "2015-10-25T16:37:38Z")
Conservative commentator takes on the Freedom Caucus. A must read! The gloves are off! The Freedom Caucus energy was great for the GOP … to a point, and I guess that point has been reached. The Republicans’ Incompetenc… --- ## [Who would be the top contender for the Fed Liberal party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-top-contender-for-the-fed-liberal-party/735284)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-top-contender-for-the-fed-liberal-party/735284 "2015-10-25T15:40:15Z")
If Trudeau was removed for any particular reason, haven’t paid any attention to the libs since the little guy from shawinigan was in power. Declan --- ## [Which GOP Nominee would best help them downticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-gop-nominee-would-best-help-them-downticket/735511)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-gop-nominee-would-best-help-them-downticket/735511 "2015-10-23T20:50:13Z")
For the sake of discussion in this thread let us accept that Hillary is a good enough nominee against any of the current GOP contenders to do no more than two percent worse than Obama with the White vote and GOP Black sh… --- ## [Lincoln Chaffee Presidential campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584 "2015-10-23T20:15:04Z")
I don’t know why Democrats would vote for a guy who was a Republican just three years ago, but good luck to him. I do love that his campaign positions include switching the US to the metric system. --- ## [Democratic Donors Urge Biden to Run. Should he?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-donors-urge-biden-to-run-should-he/731714)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-donors-urge-biden-to-run-should-he/731714 "2015-10-23T14:19:17Z")
Democratic Donors Urge Joe Biden To Challenge Hillary Clinton I don’t know. On the one hand, I am concerned about Biden’s penchant to put his foot in his mouth and his abrasive confrontational style. I also think the t… --- ## [The House should elect a speaker who is not a congressman.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-should-elect-a-speaker-who-is-not-a-congressman/735438)
**Author:** [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-should-elect-a-speaker-who-is-not-a-congressman/735438 "2015-10-23T09:02:31Z")
Perhaps one of the Presidential candidates could get a big experience and credibility boost by doing the job for a while. I’d be for one of the FL / OH guys. Kasich? This would really raise his profile and make him a ser… --- ## [GOP platform question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-platform-question/735467)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-platform-question/735467 "2015-10-22T20:52:35Z")
I consider myself a moderately informed voter. I seldom dig for information but stay on top of whats in front of me in the news and internet. I do a little digging but not much. I feel like the GOP is either grossly out… --- ## [Hillary's place in a Bernie Presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillarys-place-in-a-bernie-presidency/735121)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillarys-place-in-a-bernie-presidency/735121 "2015-10-22T12:57:11Z")
In response to this thread, an almost as silly question. Obama gave Hillary a cabinet post when he really didn’t have to, thus plumping her resumé nicely. (Isn’t he a nice young man!) If Sanders wins, will he offer Hil… --- ## [Top-Of-Head, Bottom-Of-Gut, Direct-From-Rectum: 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-of-head-bottom-of-gut-direct-from-rectum-2016/723875)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-of-head-bottom-of-gut-direct-from-rectum-2016/723875 "2015-10-22T11:11:23Z")
I’m sleep-deprived, caffeine-saturated, and Xanax may still be an issue, I don’t know. Let’s do this. By the middle of the primaries, it’s going to be Hillary versus Jeb. There’s no last names or doubt about it: The In… --- ## [Why so few Cabinet officials for President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-cabinet-officials-for-president/733680)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-cabinet-officials-for-president/733680 "2015-10-22T04:29:27Z")
I was reading some history of Great Britain and I was struck by how often Chancellors of the Exchequer became Prime Minister. I don’t think we’ve ever had a Treasury Secretary become President. But when you think about i… --- ## [When is the latest date someone can practibly stand for US President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-latest-date-someone-can-practibly-stand-for-us-president/735340)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-latest-date-someone-can-practibly-stand-for-us-president/735340 "2015-10-22T04:24:28Z")
It’s still a long way to the Primaries. When is the latest someone can jump in? Assuming they want to run as a R or D? How about if they were to run as independent? --- ## [13 October 2015 Democratic debate (for commentary during & after)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-october-2015-democratic-debate-for-commentary-during-after/734593)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-october-2015-democratic-debate-for-commentary-during-after/734593 "2015-10-21T22:04:13Z")
Okay, we’re about 10 minutes away from the debate on CNN.com. Popcorn? Check. Soda? Check. Comfy chair? Check. I even have a pizza ready to put in the oven during halftime. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Joe Biden? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-really/728915)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-really/728915 "2015-10-21T16:57:10Z")
Every political blog and website that I read has been buzzing with talk about Joe Biden. The reason, I suppose, is not hard to understand. Mainstream, big money Democrats are watching Hillary’s gaffes and scandals pile… --- ## [\[Speculation\] Does Biden have the physical capacity to not be a gaffe machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-does-biden-have-the-physical-capacity-to-not-be-a-gaffe-machine/735240)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-does-biden-have-the-physical-capacity-to-not-be-a-gaffe-machine/735240 "2015-10-21T16:54:46Z")
Because I actually like the guy if he didn’t do random “creepy” things or speak so off the cuff. It’s like Im seeing myself as VP - knows the policy pretty well and is principled but a little too off the cuff…Which is co… --- ## [Bernie Sanders's place in a Hillary Clinton presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanderss-place-in-a-hillary-clinton-presidency/734945)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanderss-place-in-a-hillary-clinton-presidency/734945 "2015-10-19T22:46:19Z")
Assume Hillary gets elected President. Where do you see Bernie Sanders in her administration? Vice-President? (Other than being the 101st senator, what good could he do? Assume Hillary won’t be killed or otherwise re… --- ## [First Democratic presidential-candidates debate 10/13/15 -- what can we expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate-10-13-15-what-can-we-expect/733151)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate-10-13-15-what-can-we-expect/733151 "2015-10-17T01:34:45Z")
The first debate will be held October 13 at the Wynn, a casino-hotel in Las Vegas. Don’t ask me why. Biden won’t be in it. Not in the first one, anyway. That leaves Clinton, Sanders, and supporting cast. --- ## [Did you read what the print New York Times said about the Democratic debate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-read-what-the-print-new-york-times-said-about-the-democratic-debate/734691)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-read-what-the-print-new-york-times-said-about-the-democratic-debate/734691 "2015-10-17T00:38:12Z")
If you did, please tell me. Because I get the National edition of the Times. That gets printed early, so you learn to expect that some things won’t be in it. Nighttime sports scores, e.g. When big events like the Oscars… --- ## [Voted in the Advance Poll today (Canadian federal election)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voted-in-the-advance-poll-today-canadian-federal-election/734514)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voted-in-the-advance-poll-today-canadian-federal-election/734514 "2015-10-16T03:12:40Z")
It’s Thanksgiving today in Canada, and Mrs Piper and I are both going to be busy on Election Day a week from now, so we bundled up the Cub and went off to vote in the advance poll, thinking it wouldn’t be very busy. Too… --- ## [Corbyn is screwed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corbyn-is-screwed/734197)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corbyn-is-screwed/734197 "2015-10-15T09:13:45Z")
Looks like Jeremy Corbyn’s terrorist sympathies have been somewhat understated. The Telegraph has a piece running tomorrow that sheds some rather unwholesome light on exactly what his position on the IRA was (is?) It i… --- ## [Prediction: what Republicans will be saying Nov. 9, 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-what-republicans-will-be-saying-nov-9-2016/727945)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-what-republicans-will-be-saying-nov-9-2016/727945 "2015-10-15T05:10:26Z")
“We woulda won if it wasn’t for @%#! Trump.” That won’t be true, but it will at least give them a convenient excuse and allow them to continue to evade the real truth: namely, that the predilections of old white Souther… --- ## [Will Kevin McCarthy be the next speaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-kevin-mccarthy-be-the-next-speaker/733121)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-kevin-mccarthy-be-the-next-speaker/733121 "2015-10-14T01:42:50Z")
Or will this gaffe cost him that position? From the article: “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee. A select committee,” McCarthy told Hannity afte… --- ## [Bush or Perot in 1992?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-or-perot-in-1992/734500)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-or-perot-in-1992/734500 "2015-10-14T01:32:26Z")
Suppose that Clinton, for some reason, just wasn’t going to win in 1992. Who would you have preferred to win instead; Bush Sr. or Perot? I say Perot; I think his election could have really shaken up the Republican-Democ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=246) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=248)