# Enough with the election stuff! (Mild, of little consequence) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990 "2008-05-04T10:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990/21 "2008-05-05T05:29:55Z")
Australian election threads would be pretty dull - you’ve got the Labor (like the Dems) and Liberal (like the Pubbies), and they have an election, and one of them wins. The only difference is we don’t have this drawn-out “primaries” guff - which is great because the election campaign itself seems long and boring enough. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990/22 "2008-05-05T05:37:14Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Australian election threads would be pretty dull - you’ve got the Labor (like the Dems) and Liberal (like the Pubbies), and they have an election, and one of them wins. The only difference is we don’t have this drawn-out “primaries” guff - which is great because the election campaign itself seems long and boring enough. [/QUOTE] Especially because most people here have either A) Already made their minds up who they’re voting for anyway and don’t see any particular desire or reason to try and change what other people think or who they plan to vote for, or B) Think they’re all wankers and therefore not vote, or cast a deliberately invalidated vote. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990/23 "2008-05-05T08:17:52Z")
Personally I hate political threads. I don’t mean to be trite, but I just ignore them. Thing is, they wouldn’t be popular if they weren’t popular. You are one of my favorite posters, **Martini Enfield** , but isn’t this fair play or democracy at work? Isn’t this what the members paid their hard earned dollars for? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990/24 "2008-05-05T08:32:00Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Personally I hate political threads. I don’t mean to be trite, but I just ignore them. Thing is, they wouldn’t be popular if they weren’t popular. You are one of my favorite posters, **Martini Enfield** , but isn’t this fair play or democracy at work? Isn’t this what the members paid their hard earned dollars for? [/QUOTE] This is true, but part of my $15 subscription also gives me the right to bitch about it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990/25 "2008-05-05T09:15:14Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] This is true, but part of my $15 subscription also gives me the right to bitch about it. 😉 [/QUOTE] True enough. Another reason I like you, truth in advertising: [QUOTE=Martini Enfield] (Mild, of little consequence) [/QUOTE] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990/26 "2008-05-05T10:22:47Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] (I think you’re just jealous because your current politics are boring, although I agree that I’d like to see fewer threads that were more thoughtful on the current U.S. election.) [/QUOTE] So, you’re saying you want _more_ inane political threads? In that case, I suggest unbanning **Reeder** and inviting him/her back. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990/27 "2008-05-05T21:17:55Z")
As of this post, on the front pages of the Pit and GD, 25/100 threads are about the US election–most of them in GD. I guess that’s a relatively high percentage for a single topic, but politics is one of the central focuses of GD. Or at least it has been since I’ve been around. Even if we had the same number threads about religion, the majority of threads would _still_ be about something else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-election-stuff-mild-of-little-consequence/447990.md?page=1)