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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Did Macron win any of the young left-wing voters in the 2nd round of the elections?
If one reads France24's vignettes of the young, left-wing voters before the 2nd round of the 2022 French presidential election, you could almost swear none were going to vote Macron:
"Macron or ...
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Are unsuccessful presidential candidates expected to retire?
Are unsuccessful presidential candidates expected to retire? I ask this because it seems that the candidates work their whole political lives to make a presidential nomination, and if they are then ...
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Is there any law that prohibits a 3rd presendential term? [duplicate]
Is there an actual law prohibiting a 3rd precedential term by a US President. I wonder because Roosevelt did 4 terms. There was a world war that made an exception prudent. No lack of mitigating ...
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Who were Cathy Brown and Sabrina Allen (independent candidates in 2000 US presidential election)?
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Brown and Allen got 1,606 votes. They had ballot access in a single state - Tennessee.
For context, the Prohibition party got 208 - a fringe but well-known ...
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How are unavailable United States Presidential elector's replaced before the electoral college meets to vote? [duplicate]
The members of the U. S. Electoral College are chosen in each state on election day in early November. They meet to cast their formal votes In early December.
What happens if an individual elector, ...
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Any acknowledged opposition whatsoever to Xi as a potential candidate for party leader this October? Any others publicly discussed?
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party begins October 16, 2022 and
It is believed that either current Chinese leader Xi Jinping will be re-elected as the general secretary of the ...
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Legal weight of the Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA)
I've been a bit (well, very) confused regarding the proposed Electoral Count Reform Act.
Purportedly, it apparently attempts to (among other things) do the following:
Dictate which state official(s) ...
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Why didn't Russia intervene in the Ukrainian elections?
If we accept Russia's constant meddling in US elections for a fact, and also accept that the efforts were successful, then a question arises as to why Russia couldn't or wouldn't want to prevent ...
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If a US State passed a law regarding the eligibility of Presidents, could it be enforced?
Suppose (the citizens of) a state were tired of government shutdowns and they or their legislature passed a law prohibiting members of Congress and Presidents involved in a governmental shutdown from ...
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Why did Virginia turn blue after G.W.Bush?
The historical map of presidential elections shows that Virginia was for decades a red state till 2008, when Obama won this state. Interestingly enough, since then it has always voted for Democrats. ...
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How does Liz Cheney's losing the Republican primary impact the future of the GOP? [closed]
Liz Cheney has lost the Republican primaries. As I know, she represents a group of Republicans who criticized Trump. What does this loss mean for the GOP?
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Why would a former US president's announcement of a reelection bid cut off legal defense funds?
At the end of CNN's August 9, 2022 video Analysis: How FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago could help Trump in 2024 (after about 10:00) host Brianna Keilar asks about the former US president potentially ...
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If instances of electoral fraud were found, or suspected, in a presidential election, what would be the constitutional procedure for resolution?
The Trump administration seemed to be of the view that if they could show that a state had suffered electoral fraud, the Vice President or the Attorney General could simply demand that those states ...
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At what point in the election process must someone aspiring to be president meet the requirements established in the constitution? [duplicate]
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will reach the constitutionally required age to be eligible for presidency mere weeks before the 2024 Presidential elections. This means she definitely is ...
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2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election had just 1 candidate: What was the HK people's response to this?
Note: I live in Hong Kong too same as the answerer, but I don't have any idea. Don't judge me please.
I'm possibly overlooking something in this Wikipedia page 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election,...
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