# Add an Election 2008 section

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-an-election-2008-section/462394
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**Created:** [September 6, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-an-election-2008-section/462394 "2008-09-06T22:05:39Z")
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### Author: ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-an-election-2008-section/462394/1 "2008-09-06T22:05:39Z")

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All of the Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin talk is flooding the Great Debates forum. What about setting up a seperate forum just about the presidential election and moving all of the current relevant threads over there?

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### Author: ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-an-election-2008-section/462394/2 "2008-09-07T06:13:18Z")

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It’s been asked more than once, most recently here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481838](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481838)

I agree it’s a good idea, but apparently TPTB disagree.