Questions tagged [united-states]
Questions relating to the government or the politics of the United States of America
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What is the United States' true 'real politik' position on the recent Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict?
The re-emergence of hostilities in 2020 between Armenia and Azerbaijan reportedly resulted in thousands of casualties for both sides; while I do not want to comment on the orgins of the conflict and ...
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What is the "It was my understanding, that there would be no math" quote based on?
There is a notorious SNL skit where Chevy Chase portrays Gerald Ford at a debate, and to a budgetary question replies:
It was my understanding that there would be no math during the debates. Now, I ...
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How much of Democrats' advantage with young voters is because of race/ethnicity?
Democrats in the United States have done better with young voters than in the past, and that gap appears to be widening. However, data suggests that some (though not all) of that gap is because of ...
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Do swing states in the US count their votes faster due to external pressure?
On a related question Why do California and New York need so much time to count their votes compared to other states? Arcanist Lupus left the following comment:
Critically, on a macro scale nobody ...
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Why does Arkansas relatively often fail to field major party candidates for US Senate elections?
In the 1966 US Senate election in Arkansas, the Democratic Party candidate won uncontested.
In 1990, the Democratic Party candidate won uncontested.
In 2008, no Republican Party candidate ran.
In 2020,...
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Quantifiation of the actual impact of purging of registration rolls on US elections
Eligibility to vote in the US is affected by two federal laws, NVRA and HAVA. Under NVRA, voters can be purged from the rolls under a variety of complicated criteria and processes, with the law ...
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Has the media reevaluated Schiff's statements in light of the fact there was a second whistleblower?
Only a few days ago the Washington Post gave Schiff "four pinocchios" for his statements regarding his early contacts with the whistleblower. Interestingly, this sentence was part of the WaPo ...
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Was the timing of the armed response to defend the Capitol within the requirements specified in security protocols?
The Department of Defense posted a detailed planning & execution timeline¹ for the National Guard’s involvement in the deadly siege of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
What struck me most was ...
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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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Did the Trump administration release pressers with unnamed "senior administration officials"? If so, were they as numerous as in the present one?
A quick search of the present White House briefings (i.e. in the Biden administration) finds quite a few pressers (i.e. press releases) with unnamed "senior administration officials". e.g. 1,...
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Is the predictive "historical analysis" on the 2021 Taliban strategy (provided to the US Congress) a public document?
An article in The New York Times from August 18 says:
A historical analysis provided to Congress concluded that the Taliban had learned lessons from their takeover of the country in the 1990s. This ...
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Is there a pattern in the US of "abusive" police officers moving around to escape accountability?
This recent PBS story gobsmacked me:
San Francisco may stop hiring cops with records of misconduct
The demand to reform police departments is causing some local governments to look at new regulations ...
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Restrictions to talking with the Press during Impeachment trial?
From my understanding, the impeachment trial of President Trump has almost started as the Senate is now voting on the rules of the trial. I know this might technically need to wait for those rules to ...
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Is there any credible attempt to analyze how cost savings from standardizing healthcare could compensate for extending it to universal system?
A big democratic talking point lately have been switching to a more universal health care system, which republicans obviously are opposed to due to the increased cost.
However, It's well known that ...
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On the mandatory IRS audit of sitting president and vice-president
It's been reported that the sitting president and vice president are subject to mandatory IRS audit.
Two questions regarding this:
Is there some statutory authority that requires the IRS to conduct ...
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