I think that politics being overbearing is hopefully just a trait of the election in the US, now that it's over hopefully the US politics fanatics can move on to bigger and better things. Fingers Crossed.
In short, the US is in the process of being turned into a full-on oligarchy or a dictatorship. There will be quite a bit of conversation about politics for the foreseeable future.
It's not even something you can escape by changing your community. We will have some more time of the US dominating the discussion. Here's hope it's not a lot more time, but we will have some.