r/PoliticalDiscussion

234K archived posts · Apr 2011 – Sep 2026

Political Discussion

This is a subreddit for substantive and civil discussion on political topics. If you have a political prompt for discussion, ask it here!

Created Apr 14, 2011

2.2MMembers (last snapshot)

234KArchived posts

This is a subreddit for substantive and civil discussion on political topics. If you have a political prompt for discussion, ask it here!

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Comment Rules

Keep it civil - Do not personally insult other Redditors, or post discriminatory content. Constructive debate is good; mockery, taunting, and name calling are not.

Do not submit low investment content - This subreddit is for genuine discussion. Low effort content includes memes, unexplained links, sarcasm, and non-substantive contributions.

No meta discussion - Conversation should be focused on the topic at hand, not on the subreddit, other subreddits, redditors, moderators, or moderation.

Observe Reddiquette

Warnings. The rules are intended to maintain the high quality of the subreddit, and garden-variety violations will be met with a reminder from the moderators. If you would like to have your comment reinstated, please edit the rule-breaking content and let the moderators know via modmail. Bans are issued at moderator discretion on consideration of user history and severity.

Submission Rules

New submissions will not appear until approved by a moderator.

Wiki Guide: Tips On Writing a Successful Political Discussion Post

Please observe the following rules:

1. Submissions should be an impartial discussion prompt + questions.

Keep it civil, no political name-calling.
Do not ask loaded or rhetorical questions.
No personal opinions/proposals or posts designed to support a certain conclusion. Either offer those as a comment or post them to r/PoliticalOpinions.

2. Provide some background and context. Offer substantive avenues for discussion.

Avoid highly speculative posts, all scenarios should within the realm of reasonable possibility.
Do not request users help you with an argument, educate you, or perform research for you.
No posts that boil down to: DAE, ELI5, CMV, TIL, AskX, "Thoughts?", "Discuss!", or "How does this affect the election?"

3. Everything in the post should be directly related to a political issue.

No meta discussion about reddit, subreddits, or redditors.
Potentially non-politics: Law, sociology, philosophy, celebrities, news, etc.
We are not a link subreddit. Don't just post links to news, blogs, surveys, videos, etc.

4. Formatting and housekeeping things:

The title should match the post. Don't use tags like [Serious]
Check to make sure another recent post doesn't already cover that topic.
Don't use all-caps. Format for readability: paragraphs, punctuation, and link containers.

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