# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=251 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 252 --- ## [An old pol thinks following polls is bad for the country...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-pol-thinks-following-polls-is-bad-for-the-country/728503)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-pol-thinks-following-polls-is-bad-for-the-country/728503 "2015-08-22T18:24:17Z")
…and especially for any reformist movement that hopes to make things actually better as opposed to “slightly different in a way with good marketing.” But now I’m putting words in his mouth. \[QUOTE=Bill Curry\] It is p… --- ## [On the asking of hard questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-asking-of-hard-questions/728461)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-asking-of-hard-questions/728461 "2015-08-22T17:12:42Z")
There’s been some talk lately of “hardball” and “softball” questions asked by the media of presidential candidates. For instance, in the Pit right now, there are some asserting that Megyn Kelly “attacked” Trump by askin… --- ## [Aug. 2007 - Who did you think the nominees would be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aug-2007-who-did-you-think-the-nominees-would-be/728040)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aug-2007-who-did-you-think-the-nominees-would-be/728040 "2015-08-22T05:20:28Z")
I remember that I thought Hillary would hold out and win the Democratic nomination. She was polling 12-15 points over Obama with Gore and Edwards still hitting noticeable numbers. I thought she would be the establishment… --- ## [Hillary vs Sanders vs Biden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-vs-sanders-vs-biden/728357)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-vs-sanders-vs-biden/728357 "2015-08-21T17:07:18Z")
Who do you nominate? --- ## [Florida redistricting lawsuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-redistricting-lawsuit/689478)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-redistricting-lawsuit/689478 "2015-08-21T14:58:22Z")
Latest stage in the long, long fight against gerrymandering in Florida. General outline on Ballotpedia. In 2005 there was a movement to put an initiative on the ballot to take the redistricting power away from the stat… --- ## [What I don't like about Hillary Clinton (non-partisan observations and impressions)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-dont-like-about-hillary-clinton-non-partisan-observations-and-impressions/722472)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-dont-like-about-hillary-clinton-non-partisan-observations-and-impressions/722472 "2015-08-21T01:59:40Z")
These may all be perception issues, or they might be indicators of real shortcomings. I don’t have enough reliable information to decide. Here they are, in no special order, for what they are worth. I don’t like the w… --- ## [What if no Repulbican Front runner ever emerges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-no-repulbican-front-runner-ever-emerges/725426)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-no-repulbican-front-runner-ever-emerges/725426 "2015-08-20T16:30:14Z")
This may be more of a GQ question, but what happens if throughout the primaries there is no consolidation among the Republican candidates and each of say 8 candidates each get somewhere between 10 and 20% of the vote in … --- ## [Hypothetical Kasich vs Sanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-kasich-vs-sanders/727857)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-kasich-vs-sanders/727857 "2015-08-20T15:56:15Z")
Kasich played a moderate on TV during the debate. He is polling fairly well in NH and an upset there could propel him to a real shot, albeit a longshot one. Sanders has no real shot, even if he wins in NH, but let’s pre… --- ## [This cycle what are 'gotcha questions' asked of Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cycle-what-are-gotcha-questions-asked-of-democrats/728141)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cycle-what-are-gotcha-questions-asked-of-democrats/728141 "2015-08-20T10:04:02Z")
I have a lot to say, but I don’t want to poison the well in the OP. This election cycle, what questions are being asked (or should/will be) of Democratic candidates that they won’t answer because it will piss off some o… --- ## [Is there a good resource for how each party allocates the delegates from the presidential primaries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-resource-for-how-each-party-allocates-the-delegates-from-the-presidential-primaries/728171)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-resource-for-how-each-party-allocates-the-delegates-from-the-presidential-primaries/728171 "2015-08-20T05:11:06Z")
Is there a website somewhere that shows how many delegates each state has for each parties presidential primary, and how they divide those delegates? I know the Republicans have some winner take all states and the Democ… --- ## [Polling and John Podhoretz column.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-and-john-podhoretz-column/728251)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-and-john-podhoretz-column/728251 "2015-08-19T17:47:07Z")
I recently ran across this opinion piece by John Pohoretz on polling. Trump’s in the lead — but these polls are junk It has to do with why Donald Trump’s lead in the polls shouldn’t be trusted because polls these days c… --- ## [What will happen if Trump actually gets the nomination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-trump-actually-gets-the-nomination/727935)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-trump-actually-gets-the-nomination/727935 "2015-08-19T14:59:36Z")
It seems like either Trump is a cat on his 8th life (after Birther, “Rapists,” John McCain, Obama and future black prez remarks, 3rd party threat, Megyn Kelly, etc.) ready to use up his 9th, or he’s simply unstopped beca… --- ## [Clicking on candidates click-through ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-on-candidates-click-through-ads/728266)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-on-candidates-click-through-ads/728266 "2015-08-19T14:38:30Z")
I came across a thread on a different message board, that was organizing a student led campaign to have people click on particular candidates click through on-line advertising to cause their campaign ad costs to go up. … --- ## [Are the blm protesters right that the Democratic party is not the answer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blm-protesters-right-that-the-democratic-party-is-not-the-answer/727446)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blm-protesters-right-that-the-democratic-party-is-not-the-answer/727446 "2015-08-18T14:42:46Z")
I read about how the offshoot of blm who disrupted Sanders claimed the Democrats are not the answer because many areas where police violence occurs are I areas with democratic party leadership, and nothing changes. I fe… --- ## [Who do you think will do well in the debate tonight (8/6/15)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-do-well-in-the-debate-tonight-8-6-15/727146)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 421\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-do-well-in-the-debate-tonight-8-6-15/727146 "2015-08-18T11:43:18Z")
And conversely, who do you think will not do well? I’m hearing lots of speculation. I don’t know that I feel terribly comfortable with a prediction, but I think Jeb! may step in it somehow. He’s been surprisingly inart… --- ## [Donald Trump finds out where the GOP draws the line & it's at Megyn Kelly's bloody vagina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-finds-out-where-the-gop-draws-the-line-its-at-megyn-kellys-bloody-vagina/727408)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-finds-out-where-the-gop-draws-the-line-its-at-megyn-kellys-bloody-vagina/727408 "2015-08-17T23:45:48Z")
I did not know where that line was going to be drawn, but apparently attacking a Fox News Anchor is goring one ox too many. Donald Trump banned from RedState over menstruation jibe at Megyn Kelly --- ## ["I'll leave the US if so-and-so-is-elected-president" claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-leave-the-us-if-so-and-so-is-elected-president-claims/728101)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-leave-the-us-if-so-and-so-is-elected-president-claims/728101 "2015-08-17T21:08:32Z")
Seems to me that many people exaggerate their opposition to a particular presidential candidate. I recall plenty of liberals claiming that they would move abroad if Bush was reelected in 2004. Bush got reelected and ther… --- ## [Which US presidential candidate from the party you don't support scares you the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-us-presidential-candidate-from-the-party-you-dont-support-scares-you-the-most/726402)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-us-presidential-candidate-from-the-party-you-dont-support-scares-you-the-most/726402 "2015-08-17T14:49:23Z")
Among the current group of candidates for POTUS, which candidate worries you the most? Take into consideration both their positions and their electability. As a Democrat, I find Scott Walker the scariest of the bunch. … --- ## [Do Ben Carson and Scott Walker not believe humans have souls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ben-carson-and-scott-walker-not-believe-humans-have-souls/727365)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ben-carson-and-scott-walker-not-believe-humans-have-souls/727365 "2015-08-15T23:08:47Z")
Carson said the following at Thursday’s debate, and Walker could be seen alongside him, nodding vigorously (I couldn’t see the other candidates, so I don’t know if others did as well): I would have thought these devout… --- ## [Scandal! Presidential Love Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandal-presidential-love-child/727743)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandal-presidential-love-child/727743 "2015-08-15T20:45:07Z")
Breaking news folks! Warren G. Harding had an affair and a daughter outside of wedlock. Well maybe, DNA testing is finally going to resolve this matter. Is it too late for impeachment? --- ## [So tell me about Ben Carson...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-ben-carson/706154)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-ben-carson/706154 "2015-08-15T08:11:41Z")
Somebody asked me this past weekend about Ben Carson. I had never heard of him. I apparently don’t watch enough Fox News. So this morning I read today’s CNN article about him: http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/02/politics/be… --- ## [Why I'm Not A Democrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-democrat/727869)
**Author:** [@JustThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustThinking)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-im-not-a-democrat/727869 "2015-08-15T01:10:51Z")
Just learned about this guy on the radio and was able to find the transcript…it’s written by a really sharp individual in Milwaukee by the name of Dan Odonell who has a site called “Common Sense Central”. He’s one of th… --- ## [What would Trump... (Hillary Conspiracy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-trump-hillary-conspiracy/727835)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-trump-hillary-conspiracy/727835 "2015-08-14T22:28:43Z")
Do differently if he were secretly working with Hillary to split the Republicans and insure her election? This is the question asked by conservative pundit Allen Ginzburg. Made me laugh, then think. Then I realized th… --- ## [Who Will Be the NEXT Generation of Democratic Contenders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-generation-of-democratic-contenders/727692)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-generation-of-democratic-contenders/727692 "2015-08-14T04:02:31Z")
Up front, I acknowledge that my own party has all kinds of problems of its own. There is no need to address that issue in this particular thread, which is addressed to one specific issue the Democrats face at the moment. … --- ## [How would President Sanders =/= President Carter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-president-sanders-president-carter/727107)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-president-sanders-president-carter/727107 "2015-08-13T21:54:08Z")
Sorry for two Sanders threads, but after two months my fevered mind has accepted Hillary’s inevitable flameout and the inability of the Republican Party to take this presidency thing seriously. So work with me on a hypo… --- ## [Cast the 2016 election.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-2016-election/727414 "2015-08-13T19:15:32Z")
Not sure if this should go here or in Café Society, but supposing you were making a movie of the 2016 election cycle. Who would play Bush, Rubio, Trump, Clinton, Sanders, et al? --- ## [Yet Another prospective Dem Prez candidate: Lawrence Lessig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-prospective-dem-prez-candidate-lawrence-lessig/727611)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-prospective-dem-prez-candidate-lawrence-lessig/727611 "2015-08-13T03:08:28Z")
You read it here first! Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig says he will join the Democratic race for President if he can raise $1 million by September 7. He promises to be a one-issue candidate: Yes, he promises t… --- ## [The Trump Card \[Trump Candidacy as Conspiracy\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-card-trump-candidacy-as-conspiracy/727325)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-card-trump-candidacy-as-conspiracy/727325 "2015-08-13T02:42:28Z")
Who’s Donald Trump working for, anyway? He’s not seriously running for President. Is he working for the Republicans? Is he being paid to ham it up, so that when the nominee is announced, the nominee will look reasonab… --- ## [If Trump has the power to put Hillary in the White House, what can the GOP offer him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-has-the-power-to-put-hillary-in-the-white-house-what-can-the-gop-offer-him/727613)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-has-the-power-to-put-hillary-in-the-white-house-what-can-the-gop-offer-him/727613 "2015-08-13T02:01:19Z")
Per FiveThirtyEight, Trumps threat to run as third party and suck votes from the GOP is not an idle one. Trump can’t be president, but he’s…actually popular in the polls. He can suck enough votes away to shift the odds… --- ## [Are there any candidates that could challenge the Bernie/Hillary race?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-candidates-that-could-challenge-the-bernie-hillary-race/727476)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-candidates-that-could-challenge-the-bernie-hillary-race/727476 "2015-08-13T01:49:56Z")
Are there any serious challenges to the Bernie/Hillary race in the primary? Elizabeth Warren is the only one that comes to mind. Is there a real-world X-factor we’re not thinking of? Or is it pretty much going to be eit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=250) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=252)