Now that the election is over, what will happen to the forum? Will it stay up for all eternity (in order to preserve the posts - I think deleting all the posts would be the worst thing to do and cause the most ire) to be joined in 2 years by the “2012 US Election” forum, followed in 2 years by the “2014 US Election” forum, etc. etc. ad nauseum until the forums are majority politics?
Doesn’t really matter much to me, I think I haven’t so much as poked my head in once or twice, but it’s a question worth asking.
I asked a similar question a few weeks ago. I think the bottom line was that there might be a new forum and, by popular demand, it would be devoted to poop questions and politics.
Mods: Is there any reason to limit it to US Elections? I live in Indiana - I could honestly care less about UK/Russian/Indian/etc. elections - but wouldn’t it save a heap of trouble to keep it the same? Just name it “Politics” or something similar (but catchy)? The Canucks sometimes have elections that actually have a small amount of influence on the center of the world, why not let them feel like they’re part of something bigger? Sure, the UK has kickass parliament discussions - they can play with us as well.
It was organized this way because most SDMB posters are in the U.S. and there are way more threads about elections in the U.S. than in any other country. I don’t have a real preference one way or the other.