# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=322 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 323 --- ## [One year from now the economy is fully recovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-from-now-the-economy-is-fully-recovered/561061)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-from-now-the-economy-is-fully-recovered/561061 "2011-01-31T16:23:19Z")
…or it’s well on its way to a full recovery. The job growth rate is up, unemployment is down, and all the bestest most glowy predictions for recovery all come true between now and December 2011. Who does this make look … --- ## [Illinois Appeals Court Says Rahm Emanuel Not Eligble for Mayor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-appeals-court-says-rahm-emanuel-not-eligble-for-mayor/568817)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-appeals-court-says-rahm-emanuel-not-eligble-for-mayor/568817 "2011-01-30T03:42:10Z")
Wow. The court seems to base its ruling on the fact that in Illinois, “domicile” and “residence” are not synonyms. I don’t have much in the way of expertise in residency law for elections purposes, but I have to say th… --- ## [Odonnell beats Castle in Delaware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798 "2011-01-23T07:02:29Z")
OK. What does it mean? She is a tea bagger and outside the mainstream ,way outside.she was not backed by the party because they figured Castle could win the senate. It is highly unlikely ,according to Repubs, that she ca… --- ## [How did the 2010 election affect politics in individual states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-2010-election-affect-politics-in-individual-states/562009)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-2010-election-affect-politics-in-individual-states/562009 "2011-01-17T17:23:05Z")
2010 changed Wisconsin significantly. From an extremely liberal Democratic Governor with a large Democratic majority in both the state Assembly and state Senate, to an extremely conservative Republican Governor with a l… --- ## [Alaska Senate race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-senate-race/551607)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-senate-race/551607 "2011-01-02T02:15:16Z")
Lisa Murkowski, a politician from the moment she was put to her mother’s breast, has apparently lost to Tea Partier Joe “Who?” Miller, whose only previous political campaign was a loss in a race for the state legislature… --- ## [Why do teabaggers think liberals are fearful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-teabaggers-think-liberals-are-fearful/559001)
**Author:** [@Olfatbut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olfatbut)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-teabaggers-think-liberals-are-fearful/559001 "2011-01-03T20:12:05Z")
This meme just confounds me. Take for example this unintentionally ironic billboard. It juxtaposes photos of Obama, Hitler and Lenin with the caption “Radical Leaders Prey on the Fearful and Naive”. Now, that statement … --- ## [How did the Tea Party do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-tea-party-do/559321)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-tea-party-do/559321 "2010-12-20T15:44:55Z")
I’ll admit that I’ve lost track of all the candidates who were TP-identified (or TP-enabled) but early results seem to indicate that they’re not exactly taking the country by storm. Of the ones I can remember, Sharron A… --- ## [Does this campaign ad suggest Obama is smoking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-campaign-ad-suggest-obama-is-smoking/558897)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-campaign-ad-suggest-obama-is-smoking/558897 "2010-12-01T20:37:22Z")
Cute. It’s obviously intentional, and completely stupid and pointless. Thank God this election is almost over. It’s not safe to turn on your TV if you live in the 5th district in Virginia. When I say every… --- ## [Meg Whitman is a whore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-whitman-is-a-whore/556475)
**Author:** [@Aswan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aswan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meg-whitman-is-a-whore/556475 "2010-11-27T17:37:36Z")
During yet another acidentally recorded conversation, Jerry Brown is involved in a rant about Meg Whitman and an aide calls her a whore. Jerry lets it go (kind of a tacit acknowledgement in my opinion) and simply continu… --- ## [Nebraska Senate race 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nebraska-senate-race-2012/560434)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nebraska-senate-race-2012/560434 "2010-11-23T21:51:27Z")
Yeah, I know. No one really cares what happens in flyover country. Ben Nelson (D-NE) spent all of his accrued political capital as the swing vote for health care. I do not know if he will run again. The current State… --- ## [Nevada Senate 2010: Reid vs. Angle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-senate-2010-reid-vs-angle/548515)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-senate-2010-reid-vs-angle/548515 "2010-11-22T14:28:26Z")
This race is interesting (and interested in) enough that I thought it should have it’s own thread. Certainly Sharron Angle is a fantastic quote generating machine, or has been in the past, and it would be useful and fun… --- ## [Connecticut election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecticut-election/555616)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecticut-election/555616 "2010-11-21T01:05:17Z")
http://blog.ctnews.com/election2010/2010/09/28/mcmahon-nearly-even-with-blumenthal-in-latest-poll/ OK people of Connecticut ,what’s going on. Linda McMahon whose claim to fame is she married the heir to a wrestling corp… --- ## [Political nobody wins SC Democratic US Senate nomination in strangest political upset of the year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-nobody-wins-sc-democratic-us-senate-nomination-in-strangest-political-upset-of-the-year/542518)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-nobody-wins-sc-democratic-us-senate-nomination-in-strangest-political-upset-of-the-year/542518 "2010-11-20T03:37:41Z")
This article poses a question many of us in South Carolina are asking tonight, who the heck is Alvin Greene? To call this an upset is a bit of an understatement. And before you assume this may be another case of the s… --- ## [Instant Runoff / Ranked Choice - Are people too stupid to understand this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-runoff-ranked-choice-are-people-too-stupid-to-understand-this/560319)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-runoff-ranked-choice-are-people-too-stupid-to-understand-this/560319 "2010-11-19T04:44:54Z")
San Francisco has had such a system for a few years, and Oakland just had its first election with their ranked-choice system. The result was a Mayoral victory for the candidate (Jean Quan) that came in second in the firs… --- ## [Unseating Judges who Legalized SSM in Iowa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unseating-judges-who-legalized-ssm-in-iowa/558894)
**Author:** [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unseating-judges-who-legalized-ssm-in-iowa/558894 "2010-11-14T21:09:00Z")
According to this article, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101025/ap\_on\_el\_ge/us\_iowa\_gay\_marriage, there is a movement afoot to remove some of the Iowa Supreme Court judges for their (unanimous) decision that allowed for s… --- ## [Next Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-senate-majority-leader-and-speaker-of-the-house/542600)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-senate-majority-leader-and-speaker-of-the-house/542600 "2010-11-14T02:58:49Z")
It may be after this November both the position of Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the House will be changed. While the Democrats retain the majority in the Senate there is a good chance despite the fact Tea Party… --- ## [Is there going to be any voter suppression/intimidation in the 2010 midterms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-going-to-be-any-voter-suppression-intimidation-in-the-2010-midterms/555601)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-going-to-be-any-voter-suppression-intimidation-in-the-2010-midterms/555601 "2010-11-09T07:04:13Z")
This is something that has come up in recent election cycles, practically always coming from the GOP side. See these relevant GD threads: Right-wingers trying to block college-student voter-registration drives (2004) C… --- ## [What's Going to Change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-change/559242)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-change/559242 "2010-11-08T23:19:45Z")
Let’s assume the predictions come true and the Republicans gain 6 - 8 Senate seats and 50 - 60 House seats. So the House shifts and the Senate gets closer. What will likely happen through legislation over the next two ye… --- ## [Lonesome Polecat list true/false rating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonesome-polecat-list-true-false-rating/559797)
**Author:** [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonesome-polecat-list-true-false-rating/559797 "2010-11-07T17:22:30Z")
1.Carrie Prejean in the Miss America pageant was punished for dissenting from the left’s position on same sex marriage. 2. Juan Williams was fired for a comment no reasonable person would have found the least bit contro… --- ## [So, Clearly, the Democrats Are Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-clearly-the-democrats-are-dead/559320)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-clearly-the-democrats-are-dead/559320 "2010-11-06T23:00:12Z")
Progressivism, that fond rebranding of liberalism, has gasped its last breath. With last night’s stunning victories of GOP candidates at the House and Senate levels, to say nothing about the takeover of the nation’s stat… --- ## [How do you decide who to vote for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-who-to-vote-for/558473)
**Author:** [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-who-to-vote-for/558473 "2010-11-06T01:46:10Z")
I’ve become more active lately in my county party. As a result, I’ve been asked to join in their various efforts on behalf of candidates – make phone calls, go door to door with literature, march in parades, staff a boot… --- ## [Mass-transit referendum in Hillsborough County (Tampa), Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-transit-referendum-in-hillsborough-county-tampa-florida/550942)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-transit-referendum-in-hillsborough-county-tampa-florida/550942 "2010-11-05T17:48:10Z")
This is a local vote on a local project, but on a topic of national interest. This November, Hillsborough County voters will – at last, after several thwarted attempts in earlier years to get something like this on the … --- ## [How many senate races did the tea party cost/win the GOP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-senate-races-did-the-tea-party-cost-win-the-gop/559343)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-senate-races-did-the-tea-party-cost-win-the-gop/559343 "2010-11-05T15:26:40Z")
They cost them Delware with O’Donnell. Alaska will still be GOP (either murkowski or Miller). However McAdams didn’t have a chance before the 3 way race. Bennet just won against Buck in Colorado. Reid won against Angl… --- ## [Republican Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-congress/559315)
**Author:** [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-congress/559315 "2010-11-05T12:53:43Z")
Well,well, the Republicans won the Congress, now in about 3 months (or so )we should expect every one who wants to work will have a job!!! The country should prosper,there will be no more poor people. Just like it was wh… --- ## [Election Results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-results/559264)
**Author:** [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-results/559264 "2010-11-05T02:51:00Z")
Drudge running the following headline based on exit polling IL 49-43 Kirk \[R\]… KY 55-44 Paul \[R\]… NV TIED… Arkansas: Boozman ® over Lincoln (D) Ohio: Portman ® over Fisher (D) North Dakota: Hoeven ® over Potter (D) … --- ## [Under what circumstances will there be a runoff in Alaska?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-circumstances-will-there-be-a-runoff-in-alaska/559345)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-circumstances-will-there-be-a-runoff-in-alaska/559345 "2010-11-05T02:46:58Z")
Not sure if to put this here or in GQ but here goes. Some people have speculated that the Senate race in Alaska could go to a runoff. Under what conditions might this occur, if it would occur at all? --- ## [From 2009L "This could marginalize the right for a generation, if not longer"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-2009l-this-could-marginalize-the-right-for-a-generation-if-not-longer/559405)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-2009l-this-could-marginalize-the-right-for-a-generation-if-not-longer/559405 "2010-11-05T00:48:40Z")
The Emerging Democratic Majority by John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira 40 More Years: How Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation by James Carville The next items are from from Is the U.S. on the cusp of a Sixth, or Sevent… --- ## [Emergence of New Centre-Right Wing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergence-of-new-centre-right-wing/559392)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergence-of-new-centre-right-wing/559392 "2010-11-05T00:42:14Z")
I think something that was forgotten in the flurry of the 2010 midterm elections was the fact that Mark Steven Kirk (who by getting Barack Obama’s Senate seat was the sweetest victory of all IMO) is a moderate Republican… --- ## [Western Dopers: Factual analysis of election results for California Senate & Gov races?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-dopers-factual-analysis-of-election-results-for-california-senate-gov-races/559461)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-dopers-factual-analysis-of-election-results-for-california-senate-gov-races/559461 "2010-11-05T00:06:48Z")
Explain, it was pretty one sided, over 10% difference for Senate; What is the da straight dope on these two crazy races? --- ## [HOW did you vote today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-vote-today/559257)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-vote-today/559257 "2010-11-04T09:56:37Z")
How did you vote today? I voted by filling out a paper ballot with an inkpen and dropping the ballot in a big metal box. There wasn’t anything electronic in site (well other than the lights & a coffee pot). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=321) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=323)