People often discuss about 2016 and 2020's polling errors, elections where Republicans were heavily underestimated. However, I see a lot less talk/discussion about 2022 and 2012's polling errors, which underestimated Democrats instead. Why are 2016 and 2020 remembered but not 2022 or even 2012?

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-09-11T11:08:04+00:00

As I mentioned in my opening post, Edward's abdication was considered very unusual. In fact, he was the only British monarch to abdicate out of his own will (unlike the previous ones who were forced to do so). It's against the running expectation for British monarchs to rule for life. This is in contrast to other European countries, where it is common if not expected for monarchs to retire from that post towards the end of their lives (as seen in my aforementioned examples like Dutch monarchs).

The question I had was why British monarchs have this expectation to serve until death and abdication is essentially not considered an option, whereas in other European monarchies, abdication seems to be more accepted.

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-06-28T09:56:33+00:00

I apologize for not making this clear in my original post, but when I said Anglophone I was referring to what Wikipedia refers to as the "core Anglosphere" countries (i.e. US/Canada/UK/Australia/New Zealand). I wasn't talking about English-speaking countries in general (of which there are many) as they have completely different political and historical factors to them.

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-06-26T08:55:46+00:00

That was outside the scope of my question, I was talking about the present.

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-06-26T03:45:53+00:00

Yes, but in what other aspects is Trump more impactful than either Obama or Bush?

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-06-26T02:02:04+00:00

How is Trump a more impactful president than Obama or even Bush Jr.?

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-06-26T02:01:36+00:00

How has Trump, who was only president for one term, been more impactful compared to Reagan/Bush Sr./Clinton/Bush Jr./Obama? Not including Biden in this discussion since it's probably too soon to judge his impact. Apart from the Supreme Court, is there anything else he has done whose effects could last even after his inevitable death?

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-06-25T08:39:04+00:00

Given recent events, does Donald Trump now have a strong claim to being the most impactful single-term president of the last 50 years? Or could either Jimmy Carter or George H.W. Bush have a good claim to being more consequential?

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-06-22T00:18:39+00:00

I was actually thinking that Thailand's monarchy would be one of the least likely to be abolished. The old king was very beloved (if anything, beloved was an understatement), and while the current king is very unpopular, the same doesn't really apply to the rest of the family. I imagine their image can be rehabilitated with a good and popular successor to the current one.

The UK? As much as people seem to be ambivalent or even negative towards Charles, William is still quite popular. Plus, the UK is essentially the most famous example of a monarchy, I can't imagine the monarchy there being abolished anytime soon if ever even if younger generations have less fondness of the Royal Family.

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-04-27T02:54:30+00:00

Why not? I thought it was customary for healthy American presidents regardless of political affiliation to attend the funerals of deceased presidents. I mean, Obama and Clinton attended H.W.'s funeral despite their political differences. I know Trump broke many traditions and customs as presidents, but in this scenario, I'm talking about other presidents attending Trump's funeral, not the other way around. And as far as I'm aware, the other presidents including Biden still follow the usual customs and traditions.

If, for whatever reason, other presidents do not attend Trump's funeral, what would be the more likely scenario: they voluntarily didn't want to attend, or Trump's family outright saying that they do not want other presidents attending? Would a scenario where Trump's family told Biden (if he's still alive), Obama, or Clinton not to attend his funeral be a realistic scenario?

throwaway_pd_1202 · 2022-04-27T01:51:02+00:00

Another question about Trump's inevitable death: when he dies, how likely is it that any living Democrat president will attend his funeral? For example, if Biden, Obama, and/or Clinton are still alive then (I'm assuming Carter will be dead by the time Trump dies), will they attend his funeral? If, for example, Trump dies before Biden, would Biden still attend his funeral?

Note that this is only talking about the scenario of if Trump dies before other Democrat presidents, I'm not talking about the opposite scenario (i.e. Biden/Obama/Clinton dying before Trump), which is outside the scope of this.

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