Questions tagged [campaigning]
Questions related to the process of working in an organized and active way towards a goal from a political standpoint (an example could be a politician campaigning to run for office).
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What happens if a leading Presidential candidate dies with no running mate?
As everyone's probably aware of by now, there was a failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump yesterday. Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for President, with an overwhelming lead in ...
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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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Can campaign promises be enforced by a contract, or has it ever happened they were?
A common problem where I live, and I assume everywhere, for at least the past 4 decades (and I assume it has been a problem for centuries), is that politicians make a lot of campaign promises which ...
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What's the (evidence) basis for calling Robert Kennedy Jr. a "fake anti-vaxxer"? [closed]
According to CNN Kennedy's campaign has been attacking Trump on his association with Fauci (more or less implying that Trump has been Fauci's puppet, as I understand--n.b. that seems to go hand in ...
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Have politicians led recall campaigns?
Why have U.S. politicians (mostly Republican, it seems) fought election fraud in the courts instead of using their following of voters to sign a recall petition against the candidates they thought ...
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Why does Biden associate his campaign with characters that lost their popularity long ago? [closed]
Biden recently appeared in a fundraising event with Obama and Bill Clinton. Both of the co-hosts saw their popularity drop after their term in office. Obama is mostly remembered for all the failed ...
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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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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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Is it illegal to pay someone to endorse a political candidate? [duplicate]
If the DNC paid money to Taylor Swift, Usher, or Patrick Mahomes to shout "I'm voting for Biden!" during the Superbowl, would that be illegal/violate any election laws? They're not directly ...
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How could Trump's campaign benefit from attacking the Netanyahu government(s)?
According to the NY Post, Trump appears to be taking some pot shots at past and present Israeli governments led by Netanyahu:
Former President Donald Trump made an extraordinary attack on the ...
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Was there an official campaign button printed and circulated with the DeSantis name and the likenesses of both Ron DeSantis and Ronald Reagan?
The lead in to the PBS NewsHour full episode, June 16, 2023 includes
...plus we speak with Miami mayor Francis Suarez about why he's joining the already crowded field of republican presidential ...
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Why would being "almost the end of the second quarter for fundraising" be a reason for US presidential candidates not being "out there quite as much"?
In CNN's June 14, 2023 'He’s scared s***less’: Hear John Kelly’s blunt take on Trump indictment at about 08:23, CNN's Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny says:
So one of the reasons the ...
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Preventing fraud by a candidate
What prevents US candidates from misrepresenting or outright lying about themselves?
What laws, regulations, procedures, etc. are in place that address a candidate lying about their own resume/CV and ...
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Has anybody campaigned on reforming the judiciary?
I am struggling to come up with a name of a politician who has ever campaigned on the intention to reform the judiciary (not the justice system in general). Such a campaign, for instance, would ...
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In open-list systems, how do individual candidates promote themselves while being a team player?
In open-list systems, political candidates are expected to promote their party platform while simultaneously advocate for a personal mandate so they can rise higher on the list.
This might create a ...
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