Countdown to Extinction: The 2016 Presidential Election

[(poco) Sforzando]

Saturday might be less controversial.

Excludes the Jews.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Friends and I are organizing a watch party tomorrow night with take-out pizza and ample alcohol.

Can we all come?

[Turner]

Excludes the Jews.

Yes, a matter of importance in some cases.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Yes, a matter of importance in some cases.

A matter of importance period, if it means potentially excluding 2% of the US population. The US has the highest proportion of Jews other than Israel, and yes, NY has the highest proportion in any US state.

[Turner]

A matter of importance period, if it means potentially excluding 2% of the US population. The US has the highest proportion of Jews other than Israel, and yes, NY has the highest proportion in any US state.

Sorry, I was thinking also about Europe.

[kishnevi]

Oh, I think it is predictable:  the country finally focuses on the Trump University scandal, and El Tupé becomes the first President to be impeached.  Unlike Nixon, he won't quit, because he isn't A Loser.

Pedantic correction
Impeached and convicted.  He would be the third President to be impeached.

Given a GOP House, I can easily imagine that Hillary will not be merely the first female President, but also the first female President to be impeached.

[Turner]

"we may soon think back of this nasty election campaign as halcyon days of peace and prosperity."

https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/alexei-bayer-next-four-years-trumpism.html?utm_content=buffer36660&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Florestan]

We should hold elections on weekends.

It´s mindboggling that you don´t, honestly. Looks like in a whole lot of matters, not only elections, the default American position is: avoid the most commonsensical approach at all costs. 

[Herman]

It´s mindboggling that you don´t, honestly.

Is there any nation that does have elections in the weekend?

[Herman]

Best slogan: Love Trumps Hate.

It's really stunning that a first-world nation has a candidate for the presidency with pretty much his entire platform based on Crime and Punishment. Lock up the opponent, build a wall around the border and throw out millions of undocumented immigrants.

There's nothing else.

The GOP has dug itself a hole and it's going to take a lot to undig itself, because it's pretty clear the party establishment would be quite happy with this hate platform if it delivered a winner.

[The new erato]

Is there any nation that does have elections in the weekend?

Norway has it in Mondays, but we have a very easy and quick system for "prevoting". No registration either, as long as you are in the National registry (caucus?) you just have to bring some ID + a letter sent to your confirmed mail and can vote for an extended period at a number of places.

[North Star]

Is there any nation that does have elections in the weekend?

We have all of them on Sundays in Finland, and early voting is easy and popular, too. And as in Norway, there is no registration.

[Florestan]

Is there any nation that does have elections in the weekend?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_day#Sunday

[Jo498]

Germany has all elections on sundays and it has been like that for quite a while I think - apparently since 1918 the elections have been on sundays or holidays.
I am not aware that this was ever seen as conflicting with christian culture; conservative politicians usually make a point to show up to cast their votes right after church service. Early voting is comparably easy but does need some effort, usually one can do it by post but needs to fill in some form to get the voting form to be posted.

[Spineur]

I am not aware that this was ever seen as conflicting with christian culture;

Quite the contrary: people vote after mass.
And for those who do not go to mass (me) vote after farmers market.
voting on tuesday has always looked to me as an excuse to get to work late or leave work early.

[Jo498]

Yes, as I wrote even today conservative politicians are shown at the urn after church. But in the early 20th century fixing election day on sunday apparently had been a demand of the social democrats, not to exclude workers or force them to take a half day off. (As saturday was often a full workday for most workers until the 1950/60s it would not have worked.)

[Madiel]

Saturday elections in Australia. For goodness knows how many decades.

Plus no one is excluded so long as early voting is an option.

Edit: 1912. We have been voting on a Saturday since 1912.

[SimonNZ]

Is there any nation that does have elections in the weekend?

Here in New Zealand its always a Saturday.

[Turner]

Supplementing the post by Florestan: election day, by countries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_day

Sunday is indeed the most prominent in the statistics.

[Karl Henning]

Pedantic correction
Impeached and convicted.  He would be the third President to be impeached.

I appreciate the emendation!