# Don't close the \[blank's\] Presidential Campaign threads

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**Created:** [September 26, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-close-the-blanks-presidential-campaign-threads/766953 "2016-09-26T14:37:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-close-the-blanks-presidential-campaign-threads/766953/8 "2016-09-26T18:36:06Z")

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen here a decision by the admins to close down an active popular thread, that has already resisted/bypassed some attempts at shorter term threads, and then have the mods start their own replacement thread.

> [@Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7264):
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> Tom and I have discussed things. We have decided this thread is approaching the end of its natural lifespan.
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> It will be closed on the 30th and replaced with a ‘Stretch Run’ thread. It’s our hope that it will be friendlier for new people to jump on board than a thread with such a deep history.

Same post in the Hillary campaign thread. So have John and tom finalized whether we have two threads or not? Or will the “stretch run” thread be expected to encompass both? Will the Johnson and Stein campaign threads also be closed? Personally, this comes out of left field. The “natural life span” of those threads would seem to me to be the entirety of the campaigns under discussion.

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