Well if you expect a shiny new thread to create a influx of new posters, I think you’re likely to be disappointed. But the reasoning tomndebb gave in the Trump thread:
Could be accomplished by simply announcing you weren’t going to moderate conflation of the two campaigns for the remainder of the election. But I guess that if there is even a small chance that a new thread will cease the hostile shouting and welcome in a golden age of being welcoming to newcomers I suppose we need to try it. Good luck with that.