# Elections should become Politics

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**Created:** [November 23, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-should-become-politics/824963 "2018-11-23T02:52:10Z")\
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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> A rose by any other name. From the main page:
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> _Elections: For discussion of elections and electoral politics, including strategy and tactics, political parties, individual races, political news, and politicians and public figures._

I read that as saying that the forum is for discussion of elections and electoral politics, and everything after “including” goes back to “discussion of elections and electoral politics.”

So, the last inclusion- “public figures”, doesn’t mean threads public figures in general are to be started in that forum, just threads about public figures as they relate to “discussion of elections and electoral politics.”

Some thread moves out of that forum indicate that some mods at least sometimes agree with that. For instance, below is a link to a thread titled “Most amazing/outlandish Trump facts” that was moved to IMHO with the following reasoning:

> [@Most amazing/outlandish Trump facts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-amazing-outlandish-trump-facts/819835/35):
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> Whatever this is, it is not a discussion about elections.  
> I’ll try IMHO, letting those Mods choose to send it to The BBQ Pit, MPSIMS, or the cornfield.

[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=860669](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=860669)

Another example, note my bolding:

> [@Jim Jordan accused of ignoring sexual abuse as a coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-jordan-accused-of-ignoring-sexual-abuse-as-a-coach/817230/13):
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> I do not see any reference **to an election** in this thread.  
> I considered sending it to Great Debates, but I have seen no factual information cited or debated.  
> Off to The BBQ Pit.
> 
> [/Moderating]

[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=857989](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=857989)

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