Talk:2020 United States presidential election

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Map[change source]

TDKR Chicago 101 I reverted your addition of the map showing projected results. Enwiki has consensus to keep it blank for now and I tend to agree. Thoughts? --IWI (talk) 17:14, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ImprovedWikiImprovment I reverted your edit to simply hide the map in brackets. The 2020 enwiki map links to state pages whereas here there are non, so in other words the map if duplicated here will direct users to red links/no pages. The map I added is a simple WikiCommons map as used in previous election articles here in simple wiki. Personally, the map is being updated at WikiCommons and only reflects the results as seen live on many news outlets so I don't see the harm in having it especially here at Simple English where many of our readers are curious of the race and how the map looks. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:17, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(change conflict) @TDKR Chicago 101: I suppose it is an issue if all the links are red (as they are in this case), but generally red links are okay. The main issue was displaying projected, and thus potentially incorrect, results. It is helpful in my view to at least have the Electoral College map blank for now, as is usual with future elections. --IWI (talk) 17:21, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In response to that, per en:WP:NOTNEWS, we shouldn't be displaying what is news information. An encyclopedia should ideally display the results once confirmed and counted, not what is projected by newspapers. It is similar to a sports game where the scores are not kept when they happen but instead after the fact. --IWI (talk) 17:23, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, my main action is to have the WikiCommons map as its used in previous election pages and its frankly better since it'll avoid potential users in creating the red linked article unfaithfully. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:25, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not opposed to that move, just perhaps that we should use the blank electoral college map instead at this early stage. Thanks, --IWI (talk) 17:28, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(change conflict) Now we end up without a map? Let's use the previous one for the time being will be good? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 17:28, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have added the blank commons image, no red links. Feel free to discuss that if you disagree. --IWI (talk) 17:37, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No objections, let's have patience guys. We can update when everything is done. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 17:39, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Images For Brock Pierce and Karla Ballard[change source]

https://politics1.com/pix2/BrockPierce.jpg https://politics1.com/pix2/KarlaBallard.jpg

Wikipedia Voting Percentage[change source]

Wikipedia says 98% of the vote is in, however here it says 97% of the vote is in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.231.194.182 (talk • contribs)

Hi. I'm not sure what you are referring to. Can you show me the section in the article, and do you have a Reliable Source for your claim? --つがる Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:48, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Background section[change source]

It has also been estimated that 0.2 percent of eligible voters in the 2020 U.S. presidential election were Hispanic. - what the fиcking fиck? --2604:2000:1280:1BA4:AC83:FF68:97BA:B724 (talk) 01:17, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, I removed it.Naddruf (talk) 06:27, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What do you want to change about it? It's a fact. Hollywood43ar (talk) 14:19, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

add dead[change source]

for dead* there is only 'deadline'. only one. this is simple 80 - 74 = 6 million

What happened to the State by State list of Votes?[change source]

What happened to the list of state by state votes that were here and now gone. All of the other Presidential elections are listed in Wikipedia with the results. Why were they taken down? Daviddaniel37 (talk) 01:23, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]