What size organization does a U.S. Senator run? [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2008 - 17 answers
How can I accurately predict the overall winner of the 2008 US Presidential Election. I would also like to know the best methods of accurately predicting the winner of the electoral votes of each individual state. [more inside]
posted on Sep 2, 2008 - 21 answers 
Does the fact that the betting markets still give Hillary Clinton a 1 in 55 chance of being President in 2008, mean that that is a reasonable estimate of the chance that Obama is assassinated before the election? What else could justify those odds now?
posted on Sep 1, 2008 - 14 answers
Last week Obama eschewed the public financing system for the general election. It seems that many of the articles I am reading are saying that he is the "first major party candidate to reject public financing and its attendant spending limits." Do they mean in this election, or ever? If they mean "first-ever" (since public financing started) and public financing means a candidate can't raise private funds, then why is there always so much talk of candidates hosting various fund-raising events like $x,000-a-plate dinners? Are the publicly financed campaigns having their PACs raise money or what?
posted on Jun 23, 2008 - 10 answers
Barack Obama now has more than 1.5 million donors. How many donors do Clinton or McCain have? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 3 answers
What happens if the president-elect dies before taking office? [more inside]
posted on Jan 31, 2008 - 12 answers
I was sure I remembered that Geraldine Ferraro cried during the 1984 presidential election, and that the media made the event into a symbol of why women are too weak to hold national office, but now I can't find a headline or news article from that time that mentions her crying. Am I getting this mixed up with Pat Schroeder's famous breakdown when she dropped out?
posted on Jan 27, 2008 - 9 answers
I currently live overseas but am registered to vote in Texas. If I want to help Obama's campaign the most, should I vote in the 4 March Texas primary, or the 12 February Democrats Abroad primary?
posted on Jan 22, 2008 - 12 answers
If the point of a Presidential Primary is to determine how many delegates will vote for a given person in the next phase of picking a nominee, and both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama got 9 pledged delegates in New Hampshire, didn't they tie? [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - 23 answers
As I understand it, though I can't find a reference for this, media outlets alternate the colours they use for political parties. Sometimes the Republicans are red and sometimes the Democrats are. But this didn't happen in the last election, apparently because the two parties (especially the Republicans) invested themselves deeply into their chosen colour.
For 2008 in the U.S. is there any indication that the media will go back to the old way, or further entrench the permanent colours? (FWIW, in Canada the colours have been pretty standardized for a long time it appears.)
posted on Jul 16, 2007 - 13 answers
Help me understand the appeal of Rudy Giuliani as a presidential candidate. (U.S. electoral politics-filter) [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2007 - 22 answers
Could a two-term President be elected/appointed to be the vice president? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2006 - 12 answers
Can anyone help compile links about Republican politicians, Republican organizations or military brass who are formally endorsing Kerry in '04?
posted on Nov 2, 2004 - 3 answers
after yesterday's speech, recent discussions (mefi included) have focused on the potential of illinois' barack obama and the idea that he may, in the near future, sit in the oval office.
which gets me to thinking: what's more realistic/ which will happen first in the united states: a minority president or a woman president? [more...]
posted on Jul 28, 2004 - 25 answers
