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Awarded 150 times.
What is the meaning of "Cancel Culture"?
Awarded Mar 18, 2021 at 2:27
What is the point in delaying the signing of legislation that the President supports?
Awarded Mar 11, 2021 at 21:47
Why don't countries revoke an IS fighter's citizenship arguing they have become citizens of IS?
Awarded Mar 3, 2021 at 15:35
How did ISIS get so much enmity from every world power, and most non-state terrorist groups?
Awarded Feb 23, 2021 at 19:18
What specific political traits classify a political leader as a fascist?
Awarded Feb 6, 2021 at 2:41
How do countries justify their missile programs?
Awarded Jan 29, 2021 at 15:25
Explain for kids — Why isn't Northern Ireland demanding a stay/leave referendum like Scotland?
Awarded Jan 17, 2021 at 21:10
How did Trump's January 6 speech call for insurrection and violence?
Awarded Jan 14, 2021 at 1:05
How can a non-US resident best follow US politics in a balanced well reported manner?
Awarded Jan 11, 2021 at 20:27
Why is Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry a political issue?
Awarded Dec 5, 2020 at 19:05
Has Trump ever explained why he, as incumbent President, is unable to stop the alleged electoral fraud?
Awarded Nov 6, 2020 at 15:43
Would the rest of the UK lose anything more than honor if Scotland exits the UK?
Awarded Oct 31, 2020 at 19:27
Why am I being asked to vote?
Awarded Oct 22, 2020 at 2:43
Why is the UK blaming the EU and what does the UK want?
Awarded Sep 17, 2020 at 23:11
Why did Berlin freeze the rent prices as opposed to letting the market set the price?
Awarded Sep 7, 2020 at 9:17
Would D.C. statehood prevent a tie in the Electoral College?
Awarded Sep 6, 2020 at 4:28
When is violent civil unrest defined as a civil war?
Awarded Sep 1, 2020 at 13:56
How do Republicans explain consistently losing the popular vote in presidential elections since 1992?
Awarded Aug 26, 2020 at 18:22
Why has Germany not seen as many Islamist terror attacks as France, Italy or the UK?
Awarded Aug 23, 2020 at 11:57
Does/can the West manipulate Russian politics?
Awarded Jul 13, 2020 at 8:27
What's the difference between paying someone to kill another country's soldiers, and arming that someone to kill another country's soldiers?
Awarded Jul 13, 2020 at 1:52
Why does Germany have such a rather small defense budget?
Awarded Jun 25, 2020 at 6:48
How many members of antifa are in the U.S.?
Awarded Jun 4, 2020 at 9:40
Have any countries that are currently in lockdown published a detailed long-term exit plan?
Awarded Apr 2, 2020 at 6:20
Are there oligarchs in Western countries?
Awarded Apr 1, 2020 at 13:50
Why doesn't the UK want to be part of the European Convention on Human Rights?
Awarded Mar 10, 2020 at 18:35
Why did Bloomberg not run as a Republican?
Awarded Mar 3, 2020 at 16:45
If grid parity has already been reached, why is it so expensive to switch to renewable energy?
Awarded Feb 22, 2020 at 0:20
Was the 1800 US presidential election the first intentional, peaceful transfer of national control?
Awarded Jan 28, 2020 at 23:40
Why are there "bad school districts" and "good school districts" in the US, assuming that the government works hard to increase education standards?
Awarded Jan 10, 2020 at 16:20
Why was Qasem Soleimani in Iraq?
Awarded Jan 6, 2020 at 17:40
Why try to impeach Trump now?
Awarded Dec 23, 2019 at 19:25
What can Scotland legally do to get independence?
Awarded Dec 21, 2019 at 20:25
Why does China have so few nuclear weapons?
Awarded Dec 20, 2019 at 16:50
Why don't all States switch to all postal voting?
Awarded Dec 14, 2019 at 16:45
Do any countries have a pensions system funded entirely by past contributions, rather than current taxes?
Awarded Dec 10, 2019 at 23:15
Why don't countries like Japan just print more money?
Awarded Dec 6, 2019 at 14:05
Why, in the US, are politicians tried by other politicians?
Awarded Nov 22, 2019 at 15:20
How could hearsay be better evidence than direct?
Awarded Nov 21, 2019 at 14:55
Why has no one requested the tape of the Trump/Ukraine call?
Awarded Nov 19, 2019 at 12:50
Why are Democrats mostly focused on increasing healthcare spending, rarely mentioning any proposals for decreasing the costs of healthcare services?
Awarded Nov 7, 2019 at 21:30
Is there an unambiguous name for the social/political theory "liberalism" without "leftist"?
Awarded Oct 16, 2019 at 22:00
Do European politicians typically put their pronouns on their social media pages?
Awarded Oct 16, 2019 at 11:25
What explanation do proponents of a Scotland-NI bridge give for it breaking Brexit impasse?
Awarded Sep 12, 2019 at 12:40
Why is a border wall such a polarising issue in American politics?
Awarded Sep 2, 2019 at 17:50
If "more guns less crime", how do gun advocates explain that the EU has less crime than the US?
Awarded Aug 22, 2019 at 22:20
Why are the nationalists and unionists in Ireland & Northern Ireland OK with using violence?
Awarded Aug 20, 2019 at 15:35
Why are separate bathrooms for men and women not in violation of the rejection of "separate but equal"?
Awarded Aug 13, 2019 at 12:35
Why does Trump want a citizenship question on the census?
Awarded Jul 9, 2019 at 17:25
Has there been any indication at all that further negotiation between the UK and EU is possible?
Awarded Jun 21, 2019 at 7:50
What is the logic behind charging tax _in the form of money_ for owning property when the property does not produce money?
Awarded Jun 13, 2019 at 16:05
Is there a term for someone whose preferred policies are a mix of left and right?
Awarded Jun 13, 2019 at 15:40
Politics involved in separation of prisons and jails?
Awarded Jun 11, 2019 at 15:35
Why did Theresa May offer a vote on a second Brexit referendum?
Awarded May 23, 2019 at 16:10
Is there precedent or are there procedures for a US president refusing to concede to an electoral defeat?
Awarded May 6, 2019 at 21:45
Why does partisanship trump concerns about hypocrisy with voters?
Awarded Apr 27, 2019 at 22:45
Doesn't the system of the Supreme Court oppose justice?
Awarded Mar 22, 2019 at 12:15
Why restrict private health insurance?
Awarded Mar 11, 2019 at 10:35
Why did Democrats in the Senate oppose the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (2019 S.130)?
Awarded Feb 28, 2019 at 16:35
Is candidate anonymity at all practical?
Awarded Feb 18, 2019 at 17:15
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