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Post-November
[edit]This page could use some contemporary additions.
New Image (Swing State map)
[edit]"A swing state (also, battleground state or purple state)"
As the opening line of this article states, purple best identifies which states are potentially up for grabs in 2008 when looking at the image. Previous images have used shades of blue and red, which may indicate bias. Similarly, green, yellow, and orange are not apt to use either because various Electoral College maps (readily available online) use these colors to identify third party victories and anomalies in past elections.
"Light red" in picture?
[edit]A.k.a. pink?
"State races" map
[edit]Perhaps I'm not understanding the map correctly, but I'm pretty sure that's a map of the 2016 election, not 2020. The map shows Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Pennsylvania as going for Trump. I've replaced it.--Ermenrich (talk) 00:12, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
- Hey @Ermenrich Erminrich: thanks for your edit and update! We have decided to change the map shown on this page to no longer be specific to any particular year's election, and rather a reflection of the long-term voting trends and tendencies by state, as discussed here at the time. If you wish to re-open this discussion, you may do so under a new topic on this page (or right here, if you would like to choose). A Red Cherry (talk) 23:35, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
- OK, but then why does the caption below the map say "Map of states by margin in the 2020 United States presidential election"? The 2020 election saw Texas vote Republican by a margin of only 5.58%. Yet the dark red colour of Texas on the map indicates a margin of 10% or more. 172.103.243.217 (talk) 22:26, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Swing_states.svg/318px-Swing_states.svg.png)
Number of electors
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/ElectoralCollege2024.svg/300px-ElectoralCollege2024.svg.png)
Please add the number of electors from United States Electoral College so everyone can see what is at stake in any state. 2003:C6:3742:EE5B:8C09:30D:D977:8BC1 (talk) 19:58, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
Information not updated/relevant
[edit]The political party information displayed in this article hasn't been updated. A more factually correct composition would include data from polls of Kamala Harris as well as Joe Biden versus Republican nominee Donald Trump. 00:17, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Take Biden Off the Page
[edit]We should start thinking about moving Biden off this page and replace it with Harris. Capbat (talk) 17:15, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Where abouts should be changed? I would say a majority of this page would only be able to be changed post election Pikachubob3 (talk) 04:31, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
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