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Why does the the Democratic Party want Biden to quit when he's not that far behind in the opinion polls? [closed]
Top Democratic Party faces are publicly asking Joe Biden to step down, apparently believing he won't win the election against Trump.
However, in reality, he is only 4 percentage points behind Trump, ...
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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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Could Senator Bernie Sanders be in a better position than the Administration to be informed regarding Israeli-Palestinian relations?
Senator Sanders is Jewish, which is to say that anything regarding the Israel and Palestine situation affects him directly. So here are the main variations of my question:
If the Democrats pursued ...
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What motives would Democrats have to vote either in favor or against vacating Mike Johnson's speakership if a motion to vacate were voted on?
Marjorie Taylor Greene is currently floating the idea of issuing a motion to vacate the Speakership of Mike Johnson in the House of Representatives in US Congress. This would be the second such motion ...
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Have any Congresspersons from the Democratic Party opposed more aid to Ukraine in itself, and if so what reasons did they give for that?
I'm aware that opposition for more aid to Ukraine mostly comes from the Republican camp these days. Nonetheless, some House Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did oppose some earlier omnibus ...
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What did the Democrats have to gain by ousting Kevin McCarthy?
The Guardian in the UK reports that:
eight hard-right Republicans joined 208 Democrats in supporting McCarthy’s removal
So it was really the Democrats who ousted McCarthy. But McCarthy seemed as ...
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What divisive issues are least correlated with political alignment (e.g. whether you're on the left/right)?
Inspired by this reddit post that shows that ones opinion on AI-generated art/text is basically independent of whether one is a Democrat, Independent, or Republican.
My question is: what big issues ...
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Why did Democrats on the House Rules Committee vote against the debt ceiling bill?
Yesterday the House Rules Committee advanced a bill to raise the debt ceiling, but with no Democratic support. From the New York Post:
The GOP-controlled committee voted 7-6 to move the 99-page piece ...
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Why are American liberals more prone to in-fighting than conservatives? [closed]
In America at least, there tends to be far less unity within liberal factions when compared to conservative ones. One just has to point to the last few presidential elections.
2008:
There was a ...
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Origin of "longtime House Republican principle that states no bill should pass without a 'majority of the majority' on board"?
Politico's March 22, 2023 McCarthy’s newest challenge: Keeping the House GOP peace on war power includes the following:
Should a standalone war powers repeal bill come up, only a handful of ...
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How do these contradictory claims about the US national debt square against each other?
(Not sure if this should be on the Economics SE or Skeptics SE)
The first source is this, from which there is an image:
This clearly implies that the US federal budget decreased under Obama, Carter, ...
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Why didn't Democrats legalize marijuana federally when they controlled Congress?
A notable majority of the US is supportive of legalizing marijuana, with Democrats having a much higher level of support, and Biden's own platform including legalizing it. Given the overwhelming ...
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Can the House Committee that gained access to Trump's tax return information release it publicly?
Since the Supreme Court cleared the way for a House committee to receive Trump’s tax returns, can that committee make the information public? Could this allow House Democrats to use this information ...
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How historically successful is the 2022 midterms for the Democrats?
I read in some places (Twitter feeds of Democratic officials mostly) that this election was better for the president's party than most (if not any) in history.
How much is that true, with respect to ...
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Why are there only the Democratic party and the Republican party currently in the US?
I was looking at the history of the political parties, and I found out that John Adams was a member of the Federalist party, while his son John Quincy Adams was a member of Thomas Jefferson's ...
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