1. Is Donald Trump, Jr. a future presidential candidate?
2. Which is more probable in the 2020 presidential election: A blue Georgia or a blue Texas?
3. Would CNN improve if Jeff Zucker was out of the picture?
4. How can the federal government encourage more Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine if and when it becomes available?
5. Is President Trump’s recent focus on the Hunter Biden story counterproductive to his campaign?
6. How would further declines in the value of the dollar impact the U.S. economy?
7. Why has President Trump failed to pass a big infrastructure bill?
8. If the Democrats win control of the Senate, should Chuck Schumer become Majority Leader?
9. Should college debt relief apply to undergraduate student debt only?
10. With a public option, would Bidencare be better than Obamacare?
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1. Will Joe Biden win the presidential election with more than 350 electoral votes?
2. Does the U.S. need to embrace a more coordinated response to COVID-19 rather than allowing each state to act independently?
3. Will President Trump face criminal prosecution after leaving office?
4. Should Democrats prioritize campaign finance reform more than any other legislative priority in the next congressional session?
5. Does the U.S. give the Middle East too much attention in its foreign policy?
6. Should Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats pass President Trump’s $1.8 trillion COVID stimulus offer?
7. Did Facebook and Twitter err in not spreading the New York Posts’s story about Hunter Biden?
8. Should American schools ditch the 1619 Project?
9. Can the U.S. economy handle a tax increase while trying to recover from COVID-19?
10. How will COVID-19 alter the operations of American colleges?
1. If President Trump loses, should Mike Pence be considered the GOP frontrunner for 2024?
2. Why is there a growing gender divide between America’s major political parties?
3. What steps do states need to take to stop the second wave of COVID infections?
4. How could Democrats defeat Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court?
5. Will there be a second economic shutdown under a Biden presidency?
6. Who will win the Maine Senate race?
7. Should President Trump have agreed to a virtual debate with Biden?
8. Would a new COVID stimulus reinvigorate President Trump’s re-election campaign?
9. Should the Federal Reserve embrace more inflation in the U.S. economy?
10. Is the airline industry the biggest economic loser of COVID-19?
1. How will President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis alter the presidential race?
2. Would the passage of the Green New Deal in the next congressional session imperil Democratic congressional candidates in 2022?
3. Should there be a federal investigation into Amazon’s workplace practices?
4. Does the U.S. intelligence community need a major shakeup?
5. Should the income limit on Social Security taxes be raised?
6. Will Amy Coney Barrett become Merrick Garland 2.0?
7. Can a public option cure what ails American healthcare?
8. How should American foreign policy treat the United Nations?
9. If Joe Biden wins the presidential election, should he scrap all of the Trump tax cuts?
10. What fixes should be made to future presidential debates?
1. Should Puerto Rico become the next U.S. state?
2. Who will win the first presidential debate? (Rephrased post-Tuesday: Who won the first presidential debate?)
3. Will President Trump concede the election if he loses?
4. How will drone change the war strategies of the U.S. Air Force?
5. Has COVID-19 dealt a lasting blows to major American cities?
6. Should the U.S. rejoin the Iranian nuclear deal?
7. Does the U.S. need to abandon its ambiguous support for Taiwan?
8. Should there be term limits for Supreme Court justices?
9. What is the ideal role for the U.S. to play in international organizations?
10. How would Amy Coney Barrett alter Supreme Court decision making?
1. Will Senate Republicans be able to confirm a new Supreme Court justice by Election Day?
2. Would it be more politically beneficial for Republicans to wait to confirm a Supreme Court justice until after the 2020 elections?
3. Is the Republican Party “intellectually bankrupt”?
4. Should the U.S. aim to demilitarize its foreign policy?
5. Does the U.S. need to lockdown again to best fight COVID-19?
6. Should more U.S. states adopt ranked choice voting?
7. Is Roe v. Wade settled law?
8. If Joe Biden wins the presidential election, who should he name as his Secretary of State?
9. Are historically black colleges making a comeback?
10. Should Illinois adopt a graduated-rate tax structure?
1. Will revelations about President Trump downplaying the coronavirus be the final nail in his electoral coffin?
2. Should sixteen-year-olds get the right to vote?
3. Does California need to create a better policy for preventing wildfires?
4. Are Americans losing faith in democracy?
5. How big should a second coronavirus stimulus package be?
6. Should Joe Biden’s poor polling numbers with Latinos worry his campaign?
7. Have the BLM protests drifted away from their original advocacy?
8. Is QAnon a national security threat?
9. Should America’s foreign policy about China be a bigger issue in the 2020 presidential election?
10. Who will win Montana’s Senate race?
1. Is the presidential race tightening?
2. Have protests in Portland gone too far?
3. Should there be a campaign finance law that targets social media platforms?
4. Why is foreign policy less of a concern in this year’s presidential race?
5. Have American efforts to find a COVID vaccine been too rushed?
6. Has President Trump’s foreign policy been more successful than President Obama’s?
7. Should Andrew Yang become the Secretary of Labor in a Biden administration?
8. How many Supreme Court justices will the winner of the 2020 presidential election be able to appoint?
9. Will virtual learning become a new component of American public schools post-COVID?
10. Have American efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon failed?
1. Was the Republican National Convention successful?
2. Does globalism hurt America’s national interest?
3. Is Biden’s electoral momentum at risk of stalling out?
4. Will President Trump gain more support among African-American voters than he did in 2016?
5. Is it financially wise for American sports leagues to become more political?
6. What is the future of New York City?
7. Should the Democratic Party worry about regaining the votes of the working class?
8. Will the Supreme Court undermine the ACA’s insurance mandate this fall?
9. Should the Hyde Amendment be scrapped?
10. Does the federal government have the constitutional authority to make a COVID vaccine mandatory?
1. Was the virtual Democratic National Convention a success?
2. Should there be a constitutional amendment limiting the scope and power of executive orders?
3. If you were advising President Trump, what advice would you give him to make a comeback against Joe Biden?
4. Why is there a disconnect between stock market gains and Main Street pain?
5. How would a Biden administration change U.S. foreign policy toward Venezuela?
6. Is the federal government doing enough to help rural America?
7. Why have minority communities been affected more by COVID-19?
8. Will the response to COVID-19 shape President Trump’s legacy?
9. Should police forces be disarmed?
10. What was most responsible for California’s recent wave of blackouts?
1. Will Kamala Harris bolster Biden’s presidential hopes?
2. How might the Black Lives Matter movement impact U.S. education policy?
3. Should U.S. universities reduce tuition if they do distance learning classes for the entire fall semester?
4. How can federal officials help to make sure that the USPS is able to deliver election ballots on time?
5. Does the U.S. need a stronger navy to counter a rising China?
6. Will there be a safe COVID-19 vaccine by this fall?
7. How can the GOP recapture votes in the suburbs?
8. Should all high school sports be halted until the spring?
9. How would a Biden presidency reshape U.S. foreign policy?
10. Is Mayor Lori Lightfoot losing control of Chicago?
1. Should local governments use digital surveillance tools to control the spread of COVID-19?
2. How many Senate seats will Democrats gain this November?
3. Does President Trump’s recent payroll tax cut proposal threaten the viability of Social Security and Medicare?
4. If President Trump loses in November, who will assume the mantle as leader of the Republican Party?
5. Will an increase in the use of homeschooling in America be one of the long-term impacts of COVID-19?
6. Is the Department of Homeland Security becoming a rogue agency?
7. Are the Trump administration’s concerns about TikTok valid?
8. Will COVID-19 get worse during the winter?
9. Should the U.S. draw down its forces in South Korea?
10. Could New York’s efforts to dissolve the NRA provide a boost for the GOP this November?
1. Can greater regional cooperation help the U.S. become less reliant on Chinese supplies?
2. Will Susan Collins win re-election?
3. Should the Republican National Convention be open to the press?
4. Is Joe Biden’s lead over President Trump in election polls artificially high?
5. Should all American schools start the year with distance learning?
6. Is “Big Tech” a threat to Internet freedom?
7. What should be included in the next COVID stimulus bill?
8. Is U.S. foreign policy overmilitarized?
9. Will police reforms in major cities trigger a new crime wave?
10. Should California voters approve Proposition 16 this fall?
Note: These will be the last extemp questions of the 2020-2021 competitive year.
1. Should American cities defund their police departments?
2. Have Minneapolis prosecutors overcharged the cops involved in the death of George Floyd?
3. Should the Republican Party contemplate replacing President Trump as its presidential candidate?
4. Can SpaceX succeed in launching a Mars mission by 2022?
5. Is the U.S. spiraling out of control?
6. Would reforming the collective bargaining rights of police unions have negative affects on other public sector unions?
7. Is it possible to significantly decouple the U.S. economy from China?
8. Will more states legalize marijuana and/or adopt legalized forms of gambling to overcome the financial hardships of the coronavirus?
9. Is America foreign policy overmilitarized?
10. If Joe Biden wins the 2020 presidential election, what should he do on his first day in office?
1. Is looting a legitimate form of protest?
2. How can cities do a better job policing the police?
3. Will the recent urban protests create a second COVID wave?
4. How will growing urban unrest affect the 2020 presidential election?
5. Should all American students be required to wear masks in schools in the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year?
6. Are U.S. pension plans at an even greater risk than they were during the Great Recession?
7. Has SpaceX’s recent success ushered in the era of private space exploration?
8. Will the George Floyd case undermine Amy Klobuchar’s vice-presidential hopes?
9. Has the COVID lockdown fueled protests in American cities more than the death of George Floyd?
10. Does the U.S. need an Internet Bill of Rights?