Talk:Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic/Archive 1

Singapore's Election?
Singapore's election is of concern here; several opposition members have suggested that the General Election should be postponed, while the Election Boundaries were finalized in March. I'm not following the situation close enough to write about it in the article, so I'm posting here in the hope that others might know more about it. Mount2010 (talk) 18:52, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Chart
I made a chart on my sandbox to keep track of what people in office, in what offices and in what countries have been infected. I think this would be a better way to convey information, but I'd like some opinions and suggestions instead of just putting this in the article. Same person denoted with asterics.

I think that at least some of us don't know many of the names, and the descriptions of the offices on the lists below the article come without country and most of them without clarifying if they were in office or not. Cristóbalrguacl (talk) 06:10, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

EDIT: I modified the chart after posting it because I dug up more information that is not included in the article. Also, I should point out that the red bars are for cases and black bars are for deaths. Cristóbalrguacl (talk) 07:02, 23 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for this chart. It is a great way to convey the information without having a giant list at the bottom. -Jon698 (talk) 05:37, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales being tested as positive for coronavirus should be included in this article as he is the heir to the throne which still holds political power even though Queen Elizabeth II does not utilize her powers. There is a difference between some random lord in the middle of nowhere in Northern Ireland or Cornwall getting coronavirus and the heir to the British throne getting coronavirus. - Jon698 (talk) 17:36, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Charles is not a politician, and placing him in the section for politicians implies that he is. Please remove him per WP:BRD until you get a consensus that says he is a politician. -- DeFacto (talk). 17:52, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Charles is a politician. The Monarch is the head of state and holds including the power to appoint and dismiss the Prime Minister, appoint and dismiss other ministers, summon, prorogue and dissolve Parliament, regulate the Civil Service, and mutliple other political powers even if they aren't used and as the heir Charles is important enough to be included in this article. - Jon698 (talk) 18:04, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * per WP:BLP, I think you need to provide reliable sources to support that. And per the politician article as "A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government", the sources will need to show which political party he supports or which government office he holds or is seeking. -- DeFacto (talk). 21:20, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Nonpartisan and head of state. Multiple news organizations include him as a politican/world leader who has been infected. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-corridors-power-which-world-leaders-have-covid-19/ https://www.foxnews.com/world/which-world-leaders-politicians-tested-positive-coronavirus-quarantine - Jon698 (talk) 00:14, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * although he may become king one day, he is not a politician, so should not be listed as such. The British monarchy is a strictly constitutional monarchy with no formal authority. It is apolitical, non-political, politically neutral. The monarch does not vote and does not stand for election.. For Prince Charles to be within scope, the article would need to be renamed to include his role (he is not head of state or king, and may never be) and he should be included in a non-politician section. -- DeFacto (talk). 08:51, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * How about a compromise? He will be removed from the "Impact on politicians", but will remain in the status infobox. - Jon698 (talk) 11:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * or we could simply rename the section (and maybe the article) to make it inclusive of Charles's position and role - if you think he needs to be shoehorned in. How about "Impact on politicians and pillars of society" for the section title? -- DeFacto (talk). 16:18, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Protests or riots
Given the last  year  or  so has  seen  so  much  of these, it seems reasonable to ask what  the  effects  will be as  curfews and lockdowns progess, particularly in the developing world. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 15:52, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Bolivia
Bolivia's General Election was shedualed for May 3rd, 2020; but the Supreme Electoral Tribunal postponed them until further notice on March 21st LGCR (talk) 22:13, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

New article for international relations
I think we should create a new article for Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on international relations as this article has grown so long, and new diplomatic tensions arise every day due to the pandemic situation. Any suggestions on this? -- Netha  (talk)  08:41, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Efforts to not make voting easier during pandemic, add ?
Regarding Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on politics:

Donald Trump and some Republican leaders are challenging efforts to make voting easier as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts elections.

Trump accused Democratic efforts to expand voting by mail of opening the door to fraud, saying “I think a lot of people cheat with mail-in voting.” The Republican National Committee, meanwhile is expected to spend more than $10 million on legal battles related to voting this year in lawsuits in Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. X1\ (talk) 00:51, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
 * https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/trump-2020-election-legal-battle-coronavirus-162152
 * https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/politics/vote-by-mail-coronavirus
 * https://www.thehill.com/homenews/administration/491126-trump-says-he-opposes-mail-in-voting-for-november
 * https://www.washingtonpost.com.com/politics/trump-gop-challenge-efforts-to-make-voting-easier-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/2020/04/04/61f889fe-75bb-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html

Map edit request
Hi! ^_^, Kiribati should be colored red. Thank you! Source - --CoryGlee (talk) 11:16, 10 April 2020 (UTC)