I was speaking with my non-American wife today and she asked what would happen if Trump died today in a manner that could not reasonably be considered foul play...i.e. health related, transport accident, etc. We are before the official nomination process and before the announcement of a VP selection. What do you see are the real potentialities of such a scenario with regard to the GOP and to the 2024 election? I have explored several paths I think would be plausible, yet I wonder if there is a consensus among people who follow/discuss/debate American politics or if there are avenues that I ha ..read more

Not attempting to be partial to either side here. A lot of the time online I will see lots of people openly talking about Trump in a negative way or Biden in a positive way, but usually if a Trump supporter openly discusses Trump in a positive way or Biden in a negative way, it will receive loads of dislikes, negativity, and hate comments about why they're "wrong." Will these roles reverse if Trump wins the 2024 election? To be clear, I don't want either side to be hated upon for their opinion, at most receiving reasonable explanations about why things may not be as they seem or why a person ..read more

The Sixth Amendment guarantees Trump "the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed." As Trump now faces criminal trial, how can this realistically be done within the United States of America? Having been president, he is presumably familiar to virtually all citizens, and his public profile has been extremely high and controversial in the last decade. Every potential juror likely has some kind of existing notion or view of him, or has heard of potentially prejudicial facts or events relating to him that do no ..read more

I hope this doesn't count as a rhetorical/loaded question but basically to make the title short I phrased it that way. What I mean is that why do people on both sides seem to forget that other people are people and that almost no one is "fully Republican" or "fully Democratic" if that even means anything. It seems to me that people tend to associate people with the more extreme/"progressive" sides of their party. For example, people think if you're Republican you love Trump, you want social security abolished, you want zero immigration and to deport everyone. Or if you're Democratic people th ..read more

In Geauga County, Trump won by almost 25 points (30,227-17,569) in 2016, and by slightly over 23 points (34,143-21,201) in 2020 while increasing the raw vote margin by around 250 votes, which are the biggest and second biggest Republican victories since 1988. In Medina County, Trump won by around 24.5 points (54,810-32,182) in 2016, and by around 23.4 points (64,598-39,800) while netting an additional 2,200 votes in 2020, which are the best and second best results for the Republicans since 1984. Considering that the nationwide vote shifted left by around 2.4 percent in 2020, you might as well ..read more

Donald Trump is the first former (or current) US president to face criminal charges. Which US presidents should have also faced charges and why? Nixon is an easy one. Reagan for Iran-Contra? Clinton for lying to Congress? submitted by /u/CaptainAwesome06 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Presently, Biden told Netanyahu not to retaliate against Theran and to declare a win due to effective defense against the missile attack. Netanyahu may or may not comply. Biden does not at this time want a full-fledged war in the Middle East and is concerned about his upcoming election and possible economic consequences that a war may create in that region of the world and beyond. Iran knows the potential for escalation; is it possible Iran believes such a war is inevitable, certainly after November. This may be its reason for the rather muted attack against Israel. Theran may be looking to b ..read more

This be an over simplification. Ireland reunification has long been sought or opposed by generations on both sides. All British citizens are offered dual nationality if they stay or relocation with fair compensation if they chose to leave. Ireland is reunited as fully recognised sovereign nation without any UK juristiction. The time delay would be negotiated (20, 30, or even 50 years in the future) depending on political climate This would allow politicians on both sides to save face as it would cost those on the British side in power nothing (few voters care what will happen next decade let ..read more

Iran has directly launched strikes at Israel today even though Israel's iron dome along with assistance from US, UK, French military. How big of a response will Israel's be? Will this create a "rally around the flag" effect for both Biden and Netanyahu? Wars usually favor those who are in power. What affect will this have on the campaign since it is an election year? submitted by /u/Kevin-W [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Many people believe that voter ID should be required in order to vote. It is currently illegal for someone who is not a US citizen to vote in federal elections, regardless of the state; however, there is much paranoia surrounding election security in that regard despite any credible evidence. If we are going to compel the requirement of voter ID throughout the nation, should we compel the state to provide voter ID? submitted by /u/Pax_Augustus [visit reddit] [comments ..read more