# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=266 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 267 --- ## [Sanders 2016?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-2016/683086)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-2016/683086 "2014-03-10T20:52:54Z")
Bernie Sanders has indicated that he is considering running for President in an interview with the Nation: http://www.thenation.com/blog/178717/bernie-sanders-i-am-prepared-run-president-united-states I have mixed feeli… --- ## [Hypothetical 2016 US Presidential Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-2016-us-presidential-election/683256)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-2016-us-presidential-election/683256 "2014-03-10T19:18:48Z")
I’d vote for Casey/Lynch in a heartbeat obviously. --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1900](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1900/678758)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1900/678758 "2014-03-10T11:06:22Z")
Voting for William McKinley even if I disagree with the annexation of the Philippines due to Bryan’s free silver stance. --- ## [Charlie Crist (D) v. Rick Scott (R) (Inc) FL Governor's Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-crist-d-v-rick-scott-r-inc-fl-governors-race/673157)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-crist-d-v-rick-scott-r-inc-fl-governors-race/673157 "2014-03-08T15:35:10Z")
So it’s official. former Republican Charlie Crist (D-Windsock) is challenging Rick Scott (R-Douchebag) for the Florida Governor’s seat. So, I hate Charlie Crist. I mean really, really hate him. I think he completely lac… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1808](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1808/682895)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1808/682895 "2014-03-08T04:34:02Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1808 Voting for Madison on this occasion. --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1920](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1920/682902)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1920/682902 "2014-03-07T23:36:44Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1920 Casting a vote for Cox --- ## [John Bolton (R, duh) for Prez? Has he a prayer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-bolton-r-duh-for-prez-has-he-a-prayer/683058)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-bolton-r-duh-for-prez-has-he-a-prayer/683058 "2014-03-07T19:57:40Z")
Am I the first to mention this here lately? I just noticed this article, in which Former U. N. Ambassador John Bolton (remember him? If so, regret it?) hints that he’s thinking of running for Prez in 2016. John Bolton… --- ## [Y'know, the word "conservative" is also demonizable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yknow-the-word-conservative-is-also-demonizable/680365)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yknow-the-word-conservative-is-also-demonizable/680365 "2014-03-06T00:33:30Z")
Ever since the '80s people on the American right have been using “liberal” as a snarl-word, to the point where many liberals have sought shelter under the name “progressive” even though that word, IMO, means something en… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1804](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1804/682295)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1804/682295 "2014-03-05T07:31:56Z")
A week long as usual. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1804 Voting for Jefferson again. --- ## [What do you think will happen with Arizona's "religious freedom" bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-happen-with-arizonas-religious-freedom-bill/681929)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-happen-with-arizonas-religious-freedom-bill/681929 "2014-03-04T17:29:36Z")
A story about it, in case you haven’t heard of it. Personally, I think that even if the governor signs it (which she may or may not, despite her veto before — the circumstances are different now), I don’t see any way th… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1912](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1912/681604)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1912/681604 "2014-03-04T16:38:17Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1912 Would have voted for Teddy once again. Incidentally I must say that the Progressive Party platform of 1912 was one of the finest in American history… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1800](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1800/681603)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1800/681603 "2014-03-04T15:38:49Z")
Sorry for the delay in posting a new one. Seven days as usual. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1800 Would have voted for Jefferson this time around. Please vote in this thread rather … --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1916](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1916/682296)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1916/682296 "2014-03-04T15:30:37Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1916 This is a difficult choice but I’d ultimately have gone with Wilson sbecause he was the more pro-labour of the two major-party candidates. --- ## [In hindsight are the neo-cons of the 80's & 90's as foolish & ignorant as they looked a decade ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-hindsight-are-the-neo-cons-of-the-80s-90s-as-foolish-ignorant-as-they-looked-a-decade-ago/682124)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-hindsight-are-the-neo-cons-of-the-80s-90s-as-foolish-ignorant-as-they-looked-a-decade-ago/682124 "2014-03-01T01:59:40Z")
When the ascendent neo-cons finally got their turn at governing during the Bush Presidency and the Iraq War it appeared the governing equivalent of the Keystone Cops had been let loose. The 2006 book Fiascoby Thomas Rick… --- ## [Bill Maher - Flip The District](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-flip-the-district/680205)
**Author:** [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-flip-the-district/680205 "2014-02-24T18:37:13Z")
From HuffPo From NY Times This could be very interesting… --- ## [what political views do I have now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-views-do-i-have-now/681456)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-views-do-i-have-now/681456 "2014-02-22T17:12:54Z")
I was mostly liberal but have some conservative views along with some anarchy and libertarian views that I cannot pin point what I A’m any more. So here is some of my views. When it comes to war ,dealing with other cou… --- ## [What will be the general issues in the 2014 U.S. elections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-general-issues-in-the-2014-u-s-elections/681198)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-general-issues-in-the-2014-u-s-elections/681198 "2014-02-20T01:49:54Z")
For instance, everybody bitches about NSA surveillance and the national security state, but I haven’t yet heard of any Congressional candidate running against it. Will it emerge as an issue this year? Or what will? Is… --- ## [What Is Your Political Typology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-political-typology/679822)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2014, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-political-typology/679822 "2014-02-18T10:39:08Z")
http://www.people-press.org/typology/quiz/?src=typology-report Got New Coalition Democrat --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1800](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1800/681602)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1800/681602 "2014-02-18T05:38:53Z")
Sorry for the delay in posting a new one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1800 Would have voted for Jefferson this time around. Due to errors in the poll’s question, I ask that everyb… --- ## [New Jersey as a bellweather for 2014?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-as-a-bellweather-for-2014/672514)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-as-a-bellweather-for-2014/672514 "2014-02-17T22:38:09Z")
I don’t normally follow politics but lately I’ve been reading the stray article like this one in the local news. Political fallout of shutdown could hurt New Jersey Republicans Most people think of NJ as true blue but… --- ## [Colorado Recall Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-recall-elections/668555)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 325\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-recall-elections/668555 "2014-02-13T16:10:35Z")
The people of Colorado have spoken. During the last session of the Legislature, the Democrats, spearheaded by Senate President John Morse, rammed through some extreme, unconstitutional restrictions on gun ownership. On… --- ## [How did Mike Gravel twice get elected to the Senate from Alaska?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-mike-gravel-twice-get-elected-to-the-senate-from-alaska/668689)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-mike-gravel-twice-get-elected-to-the-senate-from-alaska/668689 "2014-02-10T17:43:43Z")
I have never been to the state and I know no one from there. But everything I can find on Wikipedia and Google gives me no indication of what that anomaly was about. All their other modern era election results seem to be… --- ## [Florida medical marijuana ballot initiative 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-medical-marijuana-ballot-initiative-2014/679870)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-medical-marijuana-ballot-initiative-2014/679870 "2014-02-09T00:23:50Z")
Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative (2014) Enough petition signatures have been collected to put it on the ballot. However, Florida AG Pam Bondi is still fighting to keep it off the ballot. --- ## [ISO right-wing Twitter outrageousness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-right-wing-twitter-outrageousness/680135)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-right-wing-twitter-outrageousness/680135 "2014-02-07T16:04:59Z")
A friend of mine on Facebook posted an outrageous comment from a left-wing comedian, and is claiming that he has never seen comparable outrageousness from right-wing sources. I offered to post a list of such. Immediately… --- ## [Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes (1909-2001) 'forgotten' "chicken hawk"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-governor-jim-rhodes-1909-2001-forgotten-chicken-hawk/680548)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-governor-jim-rhodes-1909-2001-forgotten-chicken-hawk/680548 "2014-02-06T10:32:36Z")
I did not start this thread to discuss the Kent State Massacre. Also, if it doesn’t belong here, please move it to the correct category. Yes this guy was the governor of Ohio during the infamous “Kent State Massacre” … --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1796](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1796/680109)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1796/680109 "2014-02-06T07:12:01Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1796 Voting for John Adams --- ## [State of the Union - media access to speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-media-access-to-speech/680013)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-media-access-to-speech/680013 "2014-02-03T17:15:17Z")
I find it annoying that they pan to the people that Obama is about to talk about… before he talks about them. How many people get a copy of his speech beforehand? How long has this practice of handing the speech out in… --- ## [Will The Republicans ever figure out why they lost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-republicans-ever-figure-out-why-they-lost/645224)
**Author:** [@SmilinJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmilinJack)\ **Replies:** 2659\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-republicans-ever-figure-out-why-they-lost/645224 "2014-02-03T16:48:31Z")
I think not…and they will continue to lose unless there is a major reform in the party…which unfortunately I do not see happening. It is a little too early to say for sure but most likely they will try and become even m… --- ## [SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1908](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1908/680111 "2014-02-03T00:59:56Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1908 Definitely voting for Taft-he’s a moderate progressive and doesn’t have William Jennings Bryan’s baggage. --- ## [So, should we get used to saying, Inmate Christie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-should-we-get-used-to-saying-inmate-christie/679234)
**Author:** [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-should-we-get-used-to-saying-inmate-christie/679234 "2014-02-01T23:22:24Z")
Just asking. It appears that right now that fate is just as likely as him becoming President. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=267)