What is the equivalent of a mayor, but for a county?
Do counties have elections for whoever is in charge as well? I've only ever lived in cities with a mayor before. I have no idea what they do in other areas and was hoping someone could tell me. Are there term limits? Any light shed on this topic would be of great use!...
How would a new political party logistically form in the United States?
What would this take? I imagine neither party wants a third official party with equal power. They probably actively fight any efforts to create one. How would a group of politicians form one logistically, then?...
What is the difference between absentee voting and mail-in voting?
I've gotten a lot of calls this year asking me if I've received my mail-in ballot. I'm curious if there is a difference between mail-in and absentee ballots? ...
What can we do to make sure our ballots arrive on time?
A huge number of Americans will be voting by mail this year. There are major complications and slowdowns in the USPS processing system, and there is a risk that our ballots will arrive late. I have heard that adding a first-class stamp to the ballot will recategorize it and it will be sent faster. I...
Do the vice presidential debates change people's minds?
I have watched the debates for 30 years, but I can't recall the VEEP debates ever moving the needle. Regardless of your political leanings, do you think the debates make a difference?...
Why do people see Biden/ Harris as far left?
Okay, I'm really liberal and would have loved to see Bernie Sanders in office. One of the biggest complaints in the primaries that I heard from moderate democrats was that Bernie was too far left to be coniderded and that he wouldn't be able to pull moderate republicans over against Trump. Now here ...
Is it ever worth voting for a third party in a presidential election?
I've never known a US presidential election to be upset by a third party candidate. There have been realigning elections in which a third party gains more ground during campaigning and overtakes an established party (according to Wikipedia, this happened in 1856 when Republicans replaced the Whig pa...
Do you believe that mail-in voting is fraught with fraud as Trump often implies?
Trump has, on multiple occasions, planted the notion in people’s minds that mail-in voting will result in fraud. However, mail-in voting has a track record of being one of the safest ways to vote, with minimal issue. What evidence is there to show that mail-in voting is troublesome?...