I can certainly understand that some want HN to only be hacker tech stuff and nothing else. However, I hack and build IT companies because of their social val

I can certainly understand that some want HN to only be hacker tech stuff and nothing else. However, I hack and build IT companies because of their social value. I think most do. The tech is a conduit, not the end itself, regardless of how much we get geeky about the tech. A 4 year U.S. election cycle is a big event and based on the extreme volatile economy, directly related to poor governance, I see some ties between hacker news and politic news to be meaningful. You may not get paid to talk about politics, but it is a key part of all our lives. Perhaps if we spent more time paying attention to governance in the intervening 4 years, we wouldn't have such a mess on our hands. My opinion is to let the existing voting system of HN follow its nature and see what happens.