# 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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Another example: A thread titled “Trump’s State Department won’t carry out sanctions against Russia.”

[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848179](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848179)

It’s regarding public figures, a politician, it’s political news, it’s regarding both main political parties, the OP mentions cynics regarding the topic under discussion a strategy or tactic, yet:

> [@Trump's State Department won't carry out sanctions against Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-state-department-wont-carry-out-sanctions-against-russia/807800/14):
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> More a Great Debate than a discussion of Elections.
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> [/Moderating]

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