Questions tagged [united-states]
Questions relating to the government or the politics of the United States of America
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Is the FBI's report on January 6th available in PDF format? [closed]
Is the FBI's report on their investigation into the January 6th Capitol riot available anywhere in PDF format?
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Trump��s use of the term deportation
Trump promises "to launch the largest deportation operation"in history? You Tube - CBS News
There is a debate currently in Italy on the use of the term “deportation” by Trump in a recent ...
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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
indicating that ...
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Why does quickly calling for new elections change anything in parliamentary based systems [closed]
For context I understand the American political system quite well, and have a somewhat weaker understanding of how the UK government works. With this disclosure...
My understanding is that the basic ...
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Could Biden's supreme court reform ideas have any chance to happen, or is it empty talk to please his base? [closed]
Biden has been talking about Supreme court reforms, such as adding term limits and ethics restraints.
Some of them, like term limits, would almost certainly require a constitutional amendment. Other'...
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Donald Trump: Rhetorical Impact on Societal Divisions
How did Donald Trump's rhetoric and actions impact societal divisions during his first term presidency according to polls, surveys, or case studies?
Specifically, I'm looking for the most prominent ...
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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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Would it be possible to start a new town in America with its own political system?
How feasible would it be to start a town in the US where instead of mayors, senators and other legislator bodies, they use software and popular vote?
With everything coming down to popular vote, it ...
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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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Presidential Rhetoric: Historical Impact on Public Safety and Social Stability [closed]
What are some historical examples of US presidents whose rhetoric significantly impacted public safety and social stability, and what evidence supports these impacts? Please provide specific incidents ...
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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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Barack Obama: Rhetorical Impact on Societal Divisions
How did Barack Obama's rhetoric and actions impact societal divisions during his presidency according to polls, surveys, or case studies?
Specifically, I'm looking for the most prominent examples ...
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Strengthening Secret Service Protocols Through Legislation
What specific legislative measures have been proposed or could be implemented to improve Secret Service protocols and prevent security breaches during major public events?
Precedent
I understand these ...
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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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Official version of Trump shooting [closed]
What part of information about shooting of Donald Trump is coming from the official sources and can be considered beyond doubt, and what are just journalistic conjectures and/or political narrative?
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Is there any policy from the Trump administration that would have a deflationary effect?
In markets it is known as the “Trump trade”, a bet that Donald Trump’s
return to the White House would herald more inflation and higher
interest rates. Many of Mr Trump’s core policies push in this
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What do the makers of Project 2025 consider "pornography"?
The foreword of Project 2025, "The Conservative Promise", Chapter 1, contains a text about restoring and "protecting" the family, including this passage:
Pornography, manifested ...
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Was the head of the Secret Service ever removed for a security failure?
SAN ANTONIO — SAN ANTONIO- Right now, the number one question people
have is, how can something like this happen at a place where former
president Trump is supposed to be the most secure? There are ...
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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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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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Does Przeworski et al.'s alternation rule imply the U.S. during Roosevelt administration shall be categorized as dictatorship?
In Przeworski et al.'s Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990 (pages 28-29), four rules for regime classification are proposed:
A regime is ...
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What is the difference between a domestic lobbying group representing American supporters of a foreign country and an agent lobbying for that country?
I just came across this AIPAC's post by their account on X:
All 90 AIPAC-endorsed Democrats have won their primaries so far this
cycle!
Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!
My ...
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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 there any reason why the following system of politics won't work? [closed]
Thought experiment: the majority of the modern-day U.S. nation and its elected officials somehow collectively decide that the moral obligation of the U.S. is to focus primarily on American innovation ...
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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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Doesn't the running a presidential campaign distract an incumbent POTUS from the job?
It seems to me that every US president who spends the last year of his presidency campaigning to be re-elected must have much less time to do the current job.
Has the extent to which it is true ever ...
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Can the democratic party kick Biden without his consent and replace him? [duplicate]
Can the democratic party kick Biden without his consent and replace him? Some people are discussing whether Biden should step down so that the Democrats have a higher chance of winning the election, ...
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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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