Submission Rules Articles must deal explicitly with US politics. The /r/politics on-topic statement Posts on /r/Politics must be directly related to and have a significant involvement/impact on any of:

Policy. This includes any discussion of specific governmental policies or the development of such policies. Government policy can be developed at any level of government (from elected school board to Congress). It also includes court decisions which either create law itself (appellate court decisions) or involve the government.

Electioneering. This includes polling, events directly pertaining to elections, and discussion of candidates and political parties, including their platforms and policies.

Politician Capacity. Any incident or potential incident that could prevent a current politician from serving in their capacity in government (e.g. death, injury/sickness, criminal prosecution or resignation) is topical. We consider politicians to be either (1) elected members of government; or (2) members of government confirmed/voted on by elected members of government.

Advocacy. Any efforts to influence or promote a position on the above 3 areas of topicality. This includes protests, demonstrations and the positions and advocacy of interest groups.

Pertinent New Reporting. New articles that cover previously unreported details of past events which both would have been topical if reported when they occurred and have a clear connection to current US politics or future elections. Analysis, editorializing, or speculation on prior events with no newly reported facts is not covered under this clause, even if there is a link to current US politics.

All posts must at least have a significant internal discussion or focus about current US politics as defined above. Therefore, if only a small part of an article contains topical discussion, it may still be considered off-topic.

Moderators make topicality decisions on each individual post, not events as a whole. A non-topical post that draws a significant connection to a topical category described above can still be topical. The moderation team resolves edge cases to the best of its abilities in its sole discretion.

What is Not Topical The following are some common examples of inherently off-topic content:

Nonpolitical actions of politicians or their relatives, meaning (1) anything a politician does that doesn't impact one of the 4 areas of politics defined above, (2) discussion of the non-political actions of a politician's relatives.

International politics or US military actions, unless the significant focus of the piece is on US internal ramifications or US foreign policy positions.

Media discussing other media outlets.

Crime stories without direct relation to current US politics, such as (1) shootings, (2) crimes of non-politicians such as donors or activists, and (3) and court decisions not tied explicitly to US politics as defined above.