# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=255 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 256 --- ## [Where is the excitement for Hillary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-excitement-for-hillary/720925)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-excitement-for-hillary/720925 "2015-06-08T16:38:13Z")
She seems like the inevitable candidate (yes, I know the media will make every effort to create a contender, but who is a serious threat to her?) But - and please tell me if I’m wrong here - I’m not seeing a lot of exci… --- ## [Ia ANYBODY Enthusiastic ABout Hillary Clinton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ia-anybody-enthusiastic-about-hillary-clinton/721480)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ia-anybody-enthusiastic-about-hillary-clinton/721480 "2015-06-07T23:43:25Z")
Don’t get me wrong- if Hillary Clinton is the Democrats’ nominee in 2016, as everyone (including me) thinks she will be, I expect that almost every Democrat will vote for her. But I don’t see anything resembling enthusi… --- ## [The NYC mayoral race 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-mayoral-race-2013/665916)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-mayoral-race-2013/665916 "2015-06-06T23:05:34Z")
This thread being mostly about Anthony Weiner’s sexting-antics, etc., I think we need one to look at that election from a less Weiner-focused perspective. Christine Quinn is a frontrunner, apparently, but comments in th… --- ## [Hillary's running mate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillarys-running-mate/721054)
**Author:** [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillarys-running-mate/721054 "2015-06-05T04:07:05Z")
None come readily to mind. I mean, obviously, it can’t be another woman…Bernie would be nice, but some actually consider Hillary as too “radical.” It strikes me a governor with military experience would be ideal, but…who… --- ## [Alberta Election 2015: "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Alberta Tories?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-election-2015-mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-alberta-tories/717970)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-election-2015-mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-alberta-tories/717970 "2015-06-04T06:25:54Z")
The Alberta Progressive Conservatives (a/k/a Tories) have held office continuously since 1971. It’s the longest run in office in any Canadian province. Only Albertans who are 69 or older have participated in an electio… --- ## [Bernie Sanders, presidential candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-presidential-candidate/707692)
**Author:** [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-presidential-candidate/707692 "2015-06-03T15:02:30Z")
So, everyone’s favorite sweater-wearing self-proclaimed socialist, Sen. Sanders of Vermont, is considering entering the Democratic presidential primary in 2016. It’s widely agreed that there’s essentially zero chance he… --- ## [Centrist Republican Chris Hill: Does he have a snowball's chance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centrist-republican-chris-hill-does-he-have-a-snowballs-chance/721362)
**Author:** [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centrist-republican-chris-hill-does-he-have-a-snowballs-chance/721362 "2015-06-02T21:54:19Z")
I found a list of all of the Republicans that have declared or are exploring a 2016 Presidential run. One of the many I had never heard of is Christopher V. Hill. There is a synopsis of his positions here: http://2016.… --- ## [Republicans: who would you pick for 2016?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284 "2015-06-01T12:46:24Z")
How are you guys feeling about this group of presidential hopefuls? As someone who is moderate-left, it looks a bit weak, but maybe that’s just my bias? Who would you like to see as the Republican nominee, and is that b… --- ## [Hillary Clinton v. Bernie Sanders 2016 Predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-v-bernie-sanders-2016-predictions/719328)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-v-bernie-sanders-2016-predictions/719328 "2015-05-29T18:20:22Z")
The race for the 2016 Republican nomination has always been seen as a giant scrum, a kicking, screaming, writhing mass of bodies composed of anyone and everyone from that side of the aisle with a hope, prayer or fantasy … --- ## [What's the general opinion of George Pataki...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-general-opinion-of-george-pataki/720585)
**Author:** [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-general-opinion-of-george-pataki/720585 "2015-05-29T01:38:03Z")
In another recent thread there was a comment joking about the idea that Julian Castro is superficially similar to the Matt Santos character from ‘The West Wing’. I’ve subsequently been browsing through some of the Repub… --- ## [Danish PM Calls Snap Elections.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danish-pm-calls-snap-elections/720988)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danish-pm-calls-snap-elections/720988 "2015-05-27T21:54:05Z")
Denmark’s Prime Minister, Elle Thorning-Schmidt has called for snap general elections scheduled for June 18. Thorning-Schmidt who has been Denmark’s prime minister since 2011, will see her center left party the Social De… --- ## [If there was no minimum age requirement for the U.S. presidency...what could have been.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-no-minimum-age-requirement-for-the-u-s-presidency-what-could-have-been/720404)
**Author:** [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-no-minimum-age-requirement-for-the-u-s-presidency-what-could-have-been/720404 "2015-05-27T21:27:17Z")
The Constitution sets a minimum age of 35 as president. The two youngest presidents -Theodore Roosevelt at 42 and John F. Kennedy at 43 cleared this by several years. A few potential presidents have been closer to this c… --- ## [Ireland SSM referendum heats up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-ssm-referendum-heats-up/720106)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-ssm-referendum-heats-up/720106 "2015-05-27T12:02:13Z")
I’m surprised not to see a thread about this as I know we have a few Irish types here, although I suppose UK Dopers who might also have chimed in will have been occupied by the OTHER recent election. Anyway, this is hap… --- ## [Hillary goes down: what happens next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-goes-down-what-happens-next/720381)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-goes-down-what-happens-next/720381 "2015-05-26T20:05:30Z")
Hillary Clinton is still being dogged by questions about the Clinton Foundation and her private e-mail server. (Stories about both are easily found, and the point of this thread isn’t to debate them.) Let’s say, hypoth… --- ## [So tell me about John Bolton...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-john-bolton/719967)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-john-bolton/719967 "2015-05-23T12:47:18Z")
John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations is likely to announce his candidacy for POTUS as a republican. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/john-bolton-ambassador-united-nations-president-2016-… --- ## [Is there a good reason that candidates are so coy about officially announcing their run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-reason-that-candidates-are-so-coy-about-officially-announcing-their-run/717355)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-reason-that-candidates-are-so-coy-about-officially-announcing-their-run/717355 "2015-05-22T03:07:57Z")
Other than that’s just how everyone else does it? Here’s why I think they do it and some counterarguments that also make sense, to me at least: Less attacks from opponents before officially declaring Maybe some candi… --- ## [UK General Election May 2015 (Population Share Version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 749\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612 "2015-05-22T02:20:17Z")
With the election now underway, and new topics cropping up every day, I thought it might be worth trying another general General Election thread. Given the documented tendency for these threads to become perhaps a touch… --- ## [IS Julian Castro as Hillary Running Mate a Done Deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-julian-castro-as-hillary-running-mate-a-done-deal/720366)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-julian-castro-as-hillary-running-mate-a-done-deal/720366 "2015-05-22T01:15:13Z")
Obviously, people have been eying Julian Castro for bigger and better things for some time now, and no one (including myself) would have been shocked if Hillary had picked him as her running mate next year. But in some q… --- ## [Quayle for President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quayle-for-president/719125)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quayle-for-president/719125 "2015-05-21T19:01:55Z")
Can anyone here ever see Marilyn Quayle running for President in the future? --- ## [Exploratory Committee Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploratory-committee-question/720440)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploratory-committee-question/720440 "2015-05-21T15:32:20Z")
According to the 2016 US Presidential Candidates wiki page, there are eight potential candidates that have not formally announced their candidacy but have formed either an exploratory committee, a PAC, or a 527 organizat… --- ## [SNL introduces Republican nominees for 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-introduces-republican-nominees-for-2016/719818)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-introduces-republican-nominees-for-2016/719818 "2015-05-19T18:08:45Z")
Had me rolling. Rand Paul and Marco Rubio took it over the top. --- ## [What do people see in Marco Rubio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-marco-rubio/720331)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-marco-rubio/720331 "2015-05-19T16:12:24Z")
Full disclaimer: remember a few years ago, there was a woman who hit a homeless man with her car, and he ended up crashing through her windshield with his body half in and half out, and she just kept on driving, parked i… --- ## [The FEC throws up its hands and surrenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fec-throws-up-its-hands-and-surrenders/719156)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fec-throws-up-its-hands-and-surrenders/719156 "2015-05-19T04:09:35Z")
Article. The Federal Election Commission chair has stated that 2016 election abuses cannot be curbed because of the composition of the the commission and the fact that they vote 3-3 on party lines. What this means is t… --- ## [Are Dems going to be better poised to win back the senate in 2016?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dems-going-to-be-better-poised-to-win-back-the-senate-in-2016/703414)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dems-going-to-be-better-poised-to-win-back-the-senate-in-2016/703414 "2015-05-18T19:42:38Z")
I know a lot can happen in two years, but what would your best guess be? --- ## [Jeb Bush & the political dynasty issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-the-political-dynasty-issue/710334)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-the-political-dynasty-issue/710334 "2015-05-16T05:55:13Z")
First & foremost, this is an issue that will absolutely bog down Hillary as well if & when she decides to run, though I can’t imagine it being as much of a drag in her case given that most people - Hell, even most Republ… --- ## [Does America spend too long electing a president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-spend-too-long-electing-a-president/612152)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-spend-too-long-electing-a-president/612152 "2015-05-11T18:25:50Z")
I mean, it seems like we’ve been living and breathing presidential-election politics since November at least . . . and it’s another seven months yet just to the Republican Convention. --- ## [audit finds voting machines used in three states were breathtakingly easy to hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audit-finds-voting-machines-used-in-three-states-were-breathtakingly-easy-to-hack/717782)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audit-finds-voting-machines-used-in-three-states-were-breathtakingly-easy-to-hack/717782 "2015-05-10T16:39:55Z")
From Ars Technica: From the report (PDF) on the state website: I’m not sure how long these machines were in use, or in how many precincts. But, wherever these machines were in use, someone with not a lot of skill co… --- ## [Describe a 2016 presidential candidate in one sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-2016-presidential-candidate-in-one-sentence/719331)
**Author:** [@parkona\_driveway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parkona_driveway)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-2016-presidential-candidate-in-one-sentence/719331 "2015-05-09T10:21:24Z")
I have a short attention span and limited enthusiasm, so this should help bring me up to speed. Thanks in advance. I’ll start by borrowing from the Mike Huckabee thread: --- ## [Which Presidential Candidates Have Been Killed in the Primaries by One Specfic Event?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-presidential-candidates-have-been-killed-in-the-primaries-by-one-specfic-event/719179)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-presidential-candidates-have-been-killed-in-the-primaries-by-one-specfic-event/719179 "2015-05-09T02:32:35Z")
While most Presidential candidates have lost in the primaries because of a large number of factors, which of them do you associate their loss with one event? For example to me what comes to mind are George Romney being … --- ## [Bridgegate indictments coming in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridgegate-indictments-coming-in/719007)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridgegate-indictments-coming-in/719007 "2015-05-06T13:49:55Z")
So how fucked are Christie’s White House chances now? This is in Elections because that’s why it matters to anyone, btw. His guy at the Port Authority is pleading guilty. And that isn’t the end of it, not by any means… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=256)