It is a long-established #fediverse courtesy to use a hashtag for politics. Examples: #frpol, #uspol, #ukpol, #txpol, #canpol, #nspol.
Another courtesy is to use CW with the *pol or similar as subject above the fold.
Some of us intentionally do not follow regional, national, or foreign politics. We do have interest in other topics. Use of these courtesies might just convince someone to press that Follow icon
Please and thank you.