Unanswered Questions
436 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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What share of Donald Trump's voters in 2016 voted for George Bush in 2004?
Donald J. Trump (DJT) received roughly 63 million votes in 2016. Geroge W. Bush (GWB) received 62 million votes in 2004. At the same time the US Population has grown from 293 to 322 million people (...
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Is there a North Korean “interests section”, representation of NK interests, or consular arrangement for NK citizens, in the United States?
The United States and North Korea do not have diplomatic relations with each other, and therefore neither hosts a diplomatic mission of the other, although NK does maintain a mission to the United ...
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To what extent do Kashmiri people desire independence?
This is a link to an Indian debate show, where they discuss a "shocking poll" that reveals "73% of people in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir want freedom from Pakistan".
Question: Is this true, and what ...
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How do the Iowa caucuses differ from other elections in voter behavior?
The Iowa caucuses are of course different than other primaries and elections. Democratic ballots are not secret. However, the time costs are greater. A lot of research on voter participation mentions ...
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How can I locate RFP information, bid submissions, or other publicly available information from a procurement document number?
I am trying to learn more about a particular piece of software used to submit forms to a US federal agency. I have a 'procurement document number' sometimes also called an 'award ID'. Using this ...
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What measures exist to impose budget-like changes without passing through the Australian senate?
In this article is says:
Treasurer Joe Hockey has warned the Labor Party and the Greens to pass
tough budget measures through the Senate or the government will find
other ways to push through ...
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What have been the largest hostile cross-benches in Australian senate / house of review history?
The Australian federal senate is a house of review, elected from multiple member state electorates. It is usually comprised of a Government (often in minority), an Opposition (in lesser minority), ...
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If the British King dies childless but with a pregnant wife, who is the monarch?
Suppose the British King dies and he is currently childless, but his wife is pregnant. Under the succession laws of the commonwealth realms, what happens? I see three natural possibilities:
The next ...
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Will the upcoming Japanese era begin immediately if Emperor Akihito dies before his planned abdication on 30 April 2019?
Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced that he will abdicate the throne on 30 April 2019. Reports say that the current Japanese era, the Heisei period, will end on that day and May 1st will be the ...
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Land reform in Guatemala
Recently, after attending to a conference with some Guatemalan politicians, I began to take interest in this country's socio-economical issues, in particular with regard to land.
I that in the 1950s ...
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Who has pressed for the “2020 global sulphur limit”
In 2020 the maximum allowable sulfur limit in marine fuels will be only 0.5 %, compared to 3.5 % now. This will probably lead to pains in the industry, because the world's refineries haven't extended ...
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Are there some detailed accounts of how the post-2015 Turkish purges happen?
I'm asking this because most (Western) news stories on the topic are rather opaque, along the lines of "X thousands of state employees in sector Y" got purged. Granted, there are so many of these ...
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Why does Turkish president Erdoğan feel so threatened by exiled cleric Feytullah Gülen?
Since the failed coup attempt in July 2016 (many believe it was staged by Erdoğan), Erdoğan has used the coup attempt as an excuse and solidified power and arrested thousands of opponents. This ...
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Voter Turnout Discrepancy
Another question about the 2016 US presidential election. I was comparing the voter turnout reported for Wayne County, Michigan by the State Board of Elections with the voter turnout reported by the ...
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Is the public generally aware of lagged effects of economic policies?
New governments attributing to themselves economic success without paying any respect to lagged effects of economic policies of previous governments are probably as old as politics. (Exactly the same ...
