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by rvz 1520 days ago
So is that why it was flagged then?

It is off-topic. Unless the 'guidelines' are wrong?

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You pasted the guidelines yourself. It includes the wording "most" and "evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." In other words, it is not so straightforward. It is left for the judgment of moderator.

In this case, election had global consequences which goes beyond many things in the recent history. We can see posts about war regularly on here, which are not flagged. And the war is only about politics by definition.