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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How does Biden staying in the presidential race hurt Democrats in Congress?
I was reading an article on Yahoo about people trying to convince Biden to exit the race.
There was a quote in the article where some Democratic leaders came to Biden with information
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When Trump ex-rivals, who previously gave Trump terrible comments, now turn to praising him, what benefits could they gain?
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/nikki-haley-ron-desantis-ex-rivals-draw-cheers-trump-boosters-gop-conv-rcna162249
Trump ex-rivals like Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis praised Trump ...
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Can a state appoint Presidential electors from out-of-state to get around the difficulty of Presidents and VP's being from the same state?
The twelfth amendment to the United States constitution reads:
The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot
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Does the Democratic Party have an alternative nominee to Joe Biden? [closed]
From what I understand, Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The Democratic Party will formally name its nominee this August at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Can the RNC supplement the security provided by Secret Service and law enforcement and to what extent?
Secret Service and local law enforcement representatives said Sunday
there are no plans to change the security measures for the Republican
National Convention in Milwaukee this week.
Law enforcement ...
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Why call for Biden to step down now?
Why did the Democrats wait so long to start calling for Biden to step down for the next election? Why didn't they back another candidate during their primaries?
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Does surviving an assassination attempt increase your chance of getting elected?
BUTLER, Pennsylvania, July 14 (Reuters) - Donald Trump was shot in the
ear in an attempted assassination during a campaign rally on Saturday,
an attack that will likely reshape this year’s ...
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Is the Presidential Debate mandatory in the United States? [closed]
President Joe Biden botched his shot at re-election following the CNN presidential debate that took place on the 27th of June with his weak performance against former president Donald Trump.
Is the ...
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Is the Democratic Convention bound by the primary results? [duplicate]
The Democratic primaries resulted in a large majority of "pledged delegates" for Joe Biden to the Democratic National Convention in August 2024.
I could not find a conclusive answer to the ...
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If Biden decides to step back or is replaced, When is the latest that can happen?
If Biden steps down, his candidate successor will have a hard time, as being lesser known. (S)he will need time to "build up". That is clearly a disadvantage, and probably it is the strong ...
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any USA polling on what if presidential/congressional election were ranked-choice voting
A lot of people who are dissatisfied with the American political system have suggested ranked-choice voting.
I cannot find any polling where the people are asked, "What if the presidential or ...
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If Trump picks Rubio, when would he need to move to avoid losing Florida's electoral votes, and would he then have to resign as Florida senator?
After 03:30 in the June 17, 2024 They were once rivals. Rubio is now helping Trump with debate prep CNN's Randi Kaye explains:
...it's complicated because of this provision in the constitution. Long ...
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Has Biden ever explained why he is running for president (2024)?
There've been several poll that suggest that Democrats would rather the party nominate someone else for president, e.g. this or this. There've also been indications that Americans as a whole would ...
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Has a relationship been identified between a state's position on abortion and its political leanings?
There are 21 states that have a 15-week or less abortion restriction law. Of those, only Arizona and Georgia voted for Democrat Biden in 2020, and both narrowly. Also, Arizona has the least ...
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Why is the Democratic convention after State ballot deadlines?
There is an existing question about why the democratic convention is so late, with both answers focusing on it not actually being much later than usual and how generally the situation is resolved ...
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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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