# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=263 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 264 --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1860](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1860/694262)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1860/694262 "2014-07-31T17:09:55Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1860 Voting for Lincoln and Liberty! --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1960/691669)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1960/691669 "2014-07-31T14:25:41Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1960 JFK. --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1964/692330)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1964/692330 "2014-07-31T14:24:14Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1964 All the way with LBJ. --- ## [How much weight do you give endorsements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-do-you-give-endorsements/693768)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-do-you-give-endorsements/693768 "2014-07-30T11:56:05Z")
Here in Georgia there’s a runoff today, and one of the runoff races is for a local judge. The two candidates apparently have the following platforms, based on the bonkers amount of flyers I’ve gotten in my mailbox the pa… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1856](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1856/693048)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1856/693048 "2014-07-28T19:11:35Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1856 Voting for Fremont, the only candidate willing to stand up to Slave Power. Also there is this amusing political cartoon (in retrospect) about the e… --- ## [Computer crash loses 2 years of Lois Lerner emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-crash-loses-2-years-of-lois-lerner-emails/690759)
**Author:** [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-crash-loses-2-years-of-lois-lerner-emails/690759 "2014-07-26T02:37:54Z")
Unfortunately the IRS has lost up to 2 years of Lois Lerner’s emails. Through some very hard work the IRS has managed to retrieve her internal emails. However, her external emails are now lost. What’s even more unfortuna… --- ## [If demographic changes are supposed to be good for Democrats...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-demographic-changes-are-supposed-to-be-good-for-democrats/685767)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-demographic-changes-are-supposed-to-be-good-for-democrats/685767 "2014-07-24T20:06:17Z")
How come we haven’t seen evidence of demographic change in Europe helping the more lefty parties in Europe? If anything, it looks like Europe’s center-right parties(and far right parties too) are doing better than ever. … --- ## [Boehner's lawsuit against Obama.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boehners-lawsuit-against-obama/692870)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boehners-lawsuit-against-obama/692870 "2014-07-21T19:04:05Z")
So Boehner has announced what the Republicans are going to sue Obama over. One gets the impression that they decided to sue before they even knew what they were going to sue over. And what are they going to sue over? O… --- ## [Three polls show Rand Paul the most electable Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-polls-show-rand-paul-the-most-electable-republican/693371)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-polls-show-rand-paul-the-most-electable-republican/693371 "2014-07-20T20:44:10Z")
Three polls in three states doing trial heats between Hillary Clinton and likely GOP contenders shows Rand Paul doing better against her in all three than the other GOP candidates. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epoll… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1848](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1848/691668)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1848/691668 "2014-07-18T08:09:01Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1848 Without hindsight I’d have voted for Taylor but with hindsight for Van Buren. --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1844](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1844/691027)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1844/691027 "2014-07-18T08:07:59Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1844 Would have backed Polk for his expansionist views. --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1956](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1956/691029)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1956/691029 "2014-07-18T08:06:57Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956\_US\_Presidential\_Election Would have switched to Ike since Stevenson wasn’t much different policy-wise and Ike made a good caretaker President. --- ## [Handicapping the 2014 midterms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2014-midterms/677960)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2014-midterms/677960 "2014-07-18T03:30:31Z")
United States Senate elections, 2014. United States House of Representatives elections, 2014. Will control of either house shift? What role will the Tea Party play this year? --- ## [International opinion of the USA under Obama is far, far better than it was under Bush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-opinion-of-the-usa-under-obama-is-far-far-better-than-it-was-under-bush/689654)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-opinion-of-the-usa-under-obama-is-far-far-better-than-it-was-under-bush/689654 "2014-07-17T21:42:44Z")
Article here. Polling results here. It’s been a popular refrain from the right that the world sees us as weaker under Obama. I think these results show that this is wildly false. In 2007, only 26% of international re… --- ## [Tea Party vs. GOP thread 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-vs-gop-thread-2014/687836)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-vs-gop-thread-2014/687836 "2014-07-16T17:56:26Z")
The AP ran a story today on how this is once again going to be a spectacularly incendiary primary season, what with Tea Party candidates trying to oust more moderate GOP candidates all across the country:\[ \](http://hos… --- ## [Ed Klein Annointed Official Prognosticator by Rupert Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-klein-annointed-official-prognosticator-by-rupert-murdoch/692602)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-klein-annointed-official-prognosticator-by-rupert-murdoch/692602 "2014-07-14T20:43:22Z")
Dateline New York: Edward Klein, the noted author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas has been named by Rupert Murdoch, owner of The New York Post and the FOX News Channel, as his… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1852](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1852/692328)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1852/692328 "2014-07-11T21:54:15Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1852 Old Fuss and Feathers has my vote. --- ## [Do you agree with Paul Ryan's lambasting of the IRS commissioner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-agree-with-paul-ryans-lambasting-of-the-irs-commissioner/691442)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-agree-with-paul-ryans-lambasting-of-the-irs-commissioner/691442 "2014-07-04T06:12:35Z")
I know he’s not a popular figure in these parts, but in regard to the content of the dressing down given by Paul Ryan to the IRS commissioner, do you agree or disagree? Poll to follow. --- ## [Explain the Democratic obsession with Hillary Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-democratic-obsession-with-hillary-clinton/691621)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-democratic-obsession-with-hillary-clinton/691621 "2014-06-30T00:28:16Z")
Keep in mind that this post is coming from somebody who is about as left wing as humanly possible. Yes, I’d vote for HRC as POTUS before any 'Pub, but the thing is, I wouldn’t cast that vote with a sense of overwhelming… --- ## [2014 Ontario Provincial Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-ontario-provincial-election/690559)
**Author:** [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-ontario-provincial-election/690559 "2014-06-26T15:30:36Z")
Well, the election’s tomorrow, and there doesn’t seem to be anything posted about it yet. I’d heard of the general feeling of apathy that Ontarians seem to be holding towards their politicians this go-round but seeing n… --- ## [Old tape Hillary Clinton interview tape emerges from 1974.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tape-hillary-clinton-interview-tape-emerges-from-1974/690966)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tape-hillary-clinton-interview-tape-emerges-from-1974/690966 "2014-06-25T19:08:31Z")
It sounds like a fairly common interview for a lawyer proudly discussing a case she had won. I’ve always heard that Hillary could have been one heck of a good trial lawyer. But she and Bill went into politics. Hillary ga… --- ## [Elizabeth Warren and the Presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-and-the-presidency/653838)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 459\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-and-the-presidency/653838 "2014-06-25T16:05:22Z")
Could she win? I’ve never been more impressed with a politician and cannot help but to hope she runs for the Presidency. My question is: will she do it and does she have a chance? --- ## [Finally someone said it out loud \[racist opposition to the ACA\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-someone-said-it-out-loud-racist-opposition-to-the-aca/682230)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-someone-said-it-out-loud-racist-opposition-to-the-aca/682230 "2014-06-25T00:50:11Z")
On NPR’s Morning Edition this morning, there was a story I will let the story speak for itself: I was gratified that NPR had the balls to let that statement stand. The reporter didn’t comment on it, but it lay there… --- ## [Indian elections and Narendra Modi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-elections-and-narendra-modi/686067)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-elections-and-narendra-modi/686067 "2014-06-16T09:33:37Z")
So the largest democratic exercise in the world is underway, and a man named Narendra Modi is the frontrunner. What little knowledge and discussion of this event there is on the board tends to be along these lines , … --- ## [Andrew Cuomo and the Working Families Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-cuomo-and-the-working-families-party/689921)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-cuomo-and-the-working-families-party/689921 "2014-06-14T15:58:57Z")
The Working Families Party, a left-progressive political party founded in 1998 from the remnants of the New Party, is only known in a few states, but apparently, in New York, it is a big enough deal to demand concessions… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1840](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1840/690453)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1840/690453 "2014-06-12T19:09:20Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1840 Harrison again. --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1952](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452 "2014-06-12T11:17:04Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952\_US\_Presidential\_Election I’d probably have voted for Stevenson especially with hindsight about the CIA coup against Mossadegh and Arbenz. --- ## [Quebec Election: Federalist Liberals take lead in polls over separatist Parti Québécois](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-election-federalist-liberals-take-lead-in-polls-over-separatist-parti-quebecois/684273)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-election-federalist-liberals-take-lead-in-polls-over-separatist-parti-quebecois/684273 "2014-06-11T18:57:53Z")
There will be a general election in the province of Quebec on April 7. The Parti Québécois is currently in power, but with a minority government prior to calling the general election. The PQ had a lead in the polls whe… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1824](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1824/685224)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1824/685224 "2014-06-11T03:30:37Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1824 J.Q. Adams has my vote. --- ## [SSM honored by states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-honored-by-states/681213)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-honored-by-states/681213 "2014-06-10T20:31:07Z")
Are there any states that refuse to host SS marriages, but DO honor ones performed in other states. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=264)