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Consensuses reached for the 2012 and 2016 elections apply for the 2020 election as well, unless these consensuses are reversed.
Consensus on infobox inclusion criteria (post-election): A consensus has been reached to only include candidates who received at least 5% of the popular vote in the infobox.
Consensuses on pre-election presentation of candidates
Consensus on infobox inclusion criteria (pre-election): A consensus has been reached to make it so that the political parties that earned at least one electoral vote in the previous election are to, by default, be included in the infobox of the article about the next election. This means that, as of right now, only the Republican and Democratic parties are to be included in the infobox. Currently, third parties are only to be included in the infobox prior to the election if they are polling, on average, over 5% per this consensus: Rfc on inclusion for the infobox.
Consensus on infobox inclusion criteria for state subpages (pre-election): A consensus has been reached to include candidates in the infoboxes of state subpages who are polling at an average of at least 5% in a state or are the nominees of parties whose candidates received 5% in a state in the last election.
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Parties that got at least one electoral vote in the 2016 election will be the first to appear in the infobox and will be ordered by how many electoral votes they got in 2016. Since the Republican Party got 306 electoral votes and the Democratic Party got 232, the Republican Party will be the first to appear in the infobox and the Democratic Party will be the second.
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Latest comment: 23 days ago5 comments2 people in discussion
This article, at the section 2020 United States presidential election#Procedure, contains general information about how U.S. presidential elections are conducted. Several other pages about national elections have similar information, but many others, such as the featured article 1880 United States presidential election, do not. I personally think this general information is out of scope of the article. As an analogy, the article 95th Academy Awards does not contain a paragraph about how the nomination and voting process works in general. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 04:21, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
I don't propose removing the entire section, just the first paragraph. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 23:50, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
Another possibility is to condense the paragraph to include only basic information about the parties and electoral system, removing details such as contingent elections and restrictions on who can become president. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 01:35, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
Good idea, thanks @Helpful Raccoon! rootsmusic (talk) 17:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Joe Biden Image in infobox change
Latest comment: 1 month ago7 comments4 people in discussion
I believe that we should change the photo of Joe Biden in the image box. in the 2020 election he is challenging an incumbent president so I do not believe his presidential portrait is appropriate within this context. In addition, it would help with regards to the 2024 Presidential election page, as I understand there are serious talks amoung the editors about changing Trump's photo in the infobox. Much like here is challenging an incumbent and his presidential portrait is not appropriate. I believe this photo could be a good alternative: PizzaSliced (talk) 06:05, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
He's not looking at the camera in this image. 331dot (talk) 09:52, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Is this typically considered a deciding factor? For example, Hilary Clinton's image in the infobox on the 2016 Presidetial Election page has her not looking at the camera aswell. PizzaSliced (talk) 09:56, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Pardon me for my extremely poor phrasing- he's squinting in this image. HRC is not. 331dot (talk) 10:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
I 100% agree with this, 2020 should be a photo of Candidate Biden vs President Trump and likewise 2024 should be President Biden vs Candidate Trump. There was a good one from wikicommons (on the left).
Is that the only concern regarding this change? I believe that in the lead-up to this election, we should seriously consider changing this photo due to the essentially confirmed 2024 presidential election rematch. Especially considering the fact that although a rematch occurred in the 1956 election, Adlai Stevenson II was never an incumbent president, this is quite unprecedented in recent history. As outlined, I believe this change should be implemented, regardless of the specific picture of Biden chosen. 2001:8F8:1163:1DCA:19D1:AF7F:587E:5FE7 (talk) 20:28, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
I agree. There are plenty of potential choices in regards to a new picture of Biden in the info-box
Another good option
PizzaSliced (talk) 07:55, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Joe Biden and Donald Trump
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Donald Trump won 48.84% of the vote in the state of Pennsylvania. The article contains incorrect information and states that Trump won only 48.69% of the vote.
Please take a look at the election results below from the Pennsylvania government confirming that Donald Trump won 48.84% of the vote, and make this correction.
The different percentages are due to whether one includes write-in votes. The table in this article uses numbers directly from the official report of the Federal Election Commission, which includes 21,693 write-in votes for the Green Party candidate and others. You may need to take it up with the FEC. --Spiffy sperry (talk) 03:16, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
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Increase the width of the results table so both margin swing and state name can be viewed at the same time. 63.155.86.129 (talk) 01:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Not done: The width seems to be limited by the page width of the Vector 2022 skin (for example, the whole table is shown when I switch to Vector legacy, since it has a wider page width). Unfortunately, I believe this is beyond our control. Liu1126 (talk) 12:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
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