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
for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not ...
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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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