I have lost track of a few posts I wanted to read with the dominance of pro/anti candidate threads. And so far its all supposition.

Subject is a valid one indeed, but so are many others.
Just saying..

set up specific forums for the Presidential elections but I'm not sure what their timing is.

Won't hurt to ask I guess.
There are days lately, I have just logged off DU because of this very issue.
It can be a bit volatile in some cases, and what I wanted to research has long disappeared if I didn't bookmark.

I'd just like some order put in place before the candidates announce & we're off & running.
Request has been sent to the admins. tks

The vileness is disgusting.
Other than that, DU has some outstanding posters who bring current & critical topics to light. Which is why I stay.
However, to allow the bombardment of candidate opinion posts to dominate & disrupt the great & worthy function of DU, would render the site no longer useful to me.

Basically, the nasty has got to stop or give it a forum of its own where they can have at it.
So far, we have no candidates for 2016.
How bad will the vile banter get when we actually have candidates announce their intent.

They need their own room.

It also sound like a forum I can ignore for about 9 months!

More like a year for me!