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The constitution only mentions who is disqualified. It doesn't say who is qualified. That is down to the electors to decide. No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United State …

The Peruvian population in the USA numbers about 650 thousand. The majority of these are documented and living legally in the USA. (the number of undocumented Peruvians is difficult to measure exactly …

This is uncharted territory. A few Governors have been convicted, but they have all been removed from office. So there are no clear analogies to look for there. In most scenarios in which Trump wins …

Betting markets are not polls. Polls say what the situation is now. Punters try to predict the future. Punters will take information from polls and voting models and combine it with their intuition ab …

Dick Cheney does not write 5 tweets before breakfast each day, and can reasonably be described as retired. We therefore don't have daily reports on his current voting intentions. His daughter Liz Che …

No, it is not a Democratic party program, in any useful way. There are many organisations that are generally "progressive" or "liberal" in US politics. The Democratic party is one, the New York Times …

They would have to vote as instructed by that state's supreme court, or the SCOTUS if it was appealled there and the SCOTUS decided it had jurisdiction. The likely set of events would be, for example …

A few examples in which racial groups were included or excluded: Under the Apartheid laws in South Africa, the government was composed of, and elected by, members of the white population. Similarly, …

It is suggested that Ms Latham and others conspired to fraudulently send ballots voting for Donald Trump to the Senate. Knowingly sending invalid papers purporting to be valid ballots, is a form of el …

Parties have rules. The rules specify a process for choosing a candidate. For the Republican and Democrat party the rules are (roughly) "each state chooses delegates to a convention, and the delegates …

People don't want to see a series of speeches, because yawn. They want debate. They want the cut and thrust, and that means interjections and interruptions. They want to see the politicians being c …

There's little evidence. It probably isn't relevant to look at countries with very different political traditions from the USA, or to events a long time in the past. The closest analogue would be th …

It firms up the base. If you are willing to put up a sign then you have "picked a side" and you are less likely to forget to vote. It helps canvassers. If you have a sign up, then canvassers know what …

The electoral college has no powers beyond the election of a President: It's role is completely described in this section of the Constitution The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vo …

The Senate must choose between Paine and Pence for VP. Since the Senate has a clear Republican majority, they choose Pence. The House chooses between Trump, Clinton and McMullin. The house votes by st …