# Who Will Be The Next POTUS?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201 "2017-07-26T22:11:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@golffan1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/golffan1963)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/1 "2017-07-26T22:11:16Z")
Whether it be in 2020 or 2024, make your predictions. Who will be the next President of The United States? Someone we know of well now, or (if 2024) someone who is beginning their rise through the ranks?
It can be anyone. Have fun.
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### Author:  [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/2 "2017-07-26T22:13:50Z")
No name now, but when you get a dozen or so, throw up a poll. (Also including as an option that trump will be the _last_ president.)
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/3 "2017-07-26T22:29:08Z")
Kamala Harris.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/4 "2017-07-26T23:00:29Z")
I think Pence has got a decent chance of becoming President before 2020.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/5 "2017-07-26T23:06:09Z")
Trump is going to be a two term President.
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### Author:  [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/6 "2017-07-26T23:22:13Z")
My money’s on a white man.
Too bad; I liked Booker for 2020.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/7 "2017-07-26T23:36:15Z")
> [@Velocity](#):
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> Kamala Harris.
[Unlikely.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris#Death_penalty) I’ll be shocked if she even runs.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/8 "2017-07-26T23:41:45Z")
I’m thinking Al Franken.
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/9 "2017-07-27T00:32:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I think Pence has got a decent chance of becoming President before 2020.
Agreed. More than decent.
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### Author:  [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/10 "2017-07-27T00:55:54Z")
Oh, yeah, good point. My money’s on Pence.
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### Author:  [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/11 "2017-07-27T01:57:53Z")
Pence is complicit in the Russia stuff. More likely he will be in a prison cell on Inauguration Day 2021 than taking an oath of office.
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/12 "2017-07-27T02:11:23Z")
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/13 "2017-07-27T02:17:57Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> My money’s on a white man.
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> Too bad; I liked Booker for 2020.
Don’t get too far out on that limb, there. 😃
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### Author:  [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/14 "2017-07-27T03:07:59Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
Indeed! It wasn’t meant to be a documentary but here we are.
[http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/270642-idiocracy-writer-i-never-expected-my-movie-to-become-a](http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/270642-idiocracy-writer-i-never-expected-my-movie-to-become-a)
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### Author:  [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/15 "2017-07-27T03:13:39Z")
I would say either Mike Pence or Oprah Winfrey.
(The scary thing is you can’t _really_ be sure if I’m kidding or not)
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/16 "2017-07-27T03:16:02Z")
Eric Garcetti
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### Author:  [@pjacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjacks)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/17 "2017-07-27T03:28:07Z")
Paul Ryan or Nancy Pelosi, depending on how 2018 shakes out.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/18 "2017-07-27T04:00:51Z")
I’m not even going to hazard a guess. I don’t think Bernie or Hillary will be able to run, because they’re a very good chance that they’ll both be dead. ☹
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/19 "2017-07-27T04:18:41Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#):
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> Pence is complicit in the Russia stuff. More likely he will be in a prison cell on Inauguration Day 2021 than taking an oath of office.
I find that doubtful. Impeachment is a very extraordinary event. It’s unlikely to be used twice in the same administration.
Besides, Pence is a lot less vulnerable than Trump. He’s got a base that supports him and he’s got political skills; he’ll act a lot smarter than Trump is. And the connections with the Russians are much more direct to Trump then they are to Pence. Plus the Democrats know they can remove Trump from office and make it look principled. But if they go after Trump and Pence, it would look partisan and petty and there’ll be a backlash. And for what? A chance to put a different Republican in the White House?
Plus Trump might leave office over health reasons, which is unlikely to be a factor for Pence.
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### Author:  [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-next-potus/792201/20 "2017-07-27T04:30:50Z")
I find it totally absurd to think I have even a remote chance of nailing this so far in advance, but:
I’m going with Brian Sandoval for the GOP and Eric Garcetti or Gavin Newsom for the Democrats.
And I’m thinking this is more likely to be in 2024 than 2020.
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