# Should the "Elections" forum be renamed "Politics"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 24, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-elections-forum-be-renamed-politics/780623 "2017-02-24T12:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
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I think we’d be better off not having an Elections forum or renaming it Politics. Right now less than half of the threads there are about elections and the process of electing. So if one wants to read threads on what the Trump team is up to, for example, he has to check both GD and Elections. The following was a one post thread that for some reason wasn’t stickied: > [@Do state platforms generally have any real effect on elections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-state-platforms-generally-have-any-real-effect-on-elections/545038/1): > > While it is true that Trump - and other politicians - are elected to their posts, not everything they do is suited to being discussed in the Elections forum. This forum is for the discussion of elections and the process of electing officials and other vote-based events. Threads about the elected, their actions and policies may be suitable for many fora. Please use your best judgement moving forward. As always, your humble moderators will redirect when needed. The mods for the most part aren’t moving the threads there that aren’t about “elections and the process of electing officials and other vote-based events.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-elections-forum-be-renamed-politics/780623)._