Questions tagged [presidential-election]
For questions regarding the process by which a person attains the role of president over a governing body or country.
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Would a viable third party candidate legally have a chance in the House of Representatives?
Suppose there was an American third party candidate, who won a quarter of the popular vote, and a single large state or a handful of smaller ones: specifically with enough electoral votes so that ...
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How does the situation in the Gaza Strip affects the voters' view of the two candidates for the US Presidential election?
As far as I know many democrats voters are unhappy with the current situation in the Gaza strip and the other occupied territories. I guess that they view negatively Biden's inability to constrain the ...
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Why was the Democratic National Convention scheduled so late?
At least 3 states have given notice that the Democratic National Convention will occur too late for state legal deadlines for filing the appropriate paperwork to appear on the November US presidential ...
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How would the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact handle non-FPTP elections?
It seems that people who argue that the President of the United States should be elected by popular vote, and supporting the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC or NaPoVoInterCo), are ...
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What would happen if a US presidential candidate used campaign cash for government purposes?
Trump raises over $20 million in February with nearly $42 million in cash on hand, far behind Biden and Democrats
US presidential candidates regularly spend millions of dollars every election to win ...
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Could Congress veto the NPVIC via its control of DC's electoral votes?
The 23rd amendment begins
1: The District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President...
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What is the official reason for the low error rate of the 100k signature requirement for presidential candidates in Russia
In Russia, you need 100.000 signatures to be allowed to run for presidency. However, if I understood the article below correctly, only 105.000 signatures may be turned in. While the minimal support is ...
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Why do some political parties in the US have open primaries, but not others?
In the recent California primary elections, any NPP (no party preference) voter was allowed to choose ballots for presidential primaries for American Independent Party, Democratic, and Libertarian. ...
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What was the original context of Margaret Thatcher's quote by Nikki Haley?
In Nikki Haley's speech suspending her campaign on 6 March 2024, she said:
I have always been a conservative Republican and always supported the Republican nominee.
But on this question, as she did ...
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Did Democratic party leaning voters in the US have an alternative candidate in mind for the US presidential election in 2024?
This week there were primary elections in a large number of states in the US for the upcoming presidential election in November 2024 and it turned out that likely the two major candidates will be Joe ...
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Is it considered possible to win a modern Presidential election on a (monetary) shoestring?
The Republican candidate for President currently has a lead in the polls. On the other hand, the Republican party has much less money than the Democrats, eight months before the election. Of course, &...
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Does the US Supreme Court judgement preventing States from barring Trump in the ballot make any rulings on the 'insurrectionist' charges against him?
The Justices unanimously reversed a December 19 decision by Colorado's top court to kick Mr. Trump off the State's Republican primary ballot after finding that the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment ...
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What exactly are the "stridencies" in the majority opinion on the Colorado ballot exclusion to which the two concurrencies refer? [closed]
In CNN's March 5, 2024 Retired federal judge blasts Supreme Court ruling: 'Stunning in its overreach' retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig says the following (excerpted from YouTube auto-transcript ...
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How did California voters by age group vote in the 1984 U.S. Presidential Election?
Is there information on how voters of different age groups in California voted in the 1984 election? For example, what percent of the 18-24 vote in California went to either Reagan or Mondale? Or ...
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Who did White voters in California vote for in the 1984 U.S. Presidential Election?
California exit poll 1984: https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/ipoll/study/31090659
I'm not able to download that exit poll myself, but if anyone here has access to it, does it show what percent of White ...
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