Talk:Contested elections in American history

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I moved the section "Stolen elections in American history" in List of conspiracy theories to this new article on Contested elections in American history. The old section/new article is not primarily about conspiracy theories but about the actual course of events as described by historians. "Stolen" also jumps to a conclusion and "Contested" does not. Also that article was much too long for a "List". This article is a unified treatment of a common topic in US history. Rjensen (talk) 20:22, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2016: Hillary Clinton claims that Trump was an "illegitimate president"

Shouldn't the article include the above section? Whether she was correct or not, Hillary repeated that claim many times during the four years of Trump's presidency, and other Democrats repeated the claim, so it does seem significant.

For example, it is mentioned in this Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-trump-is-an-illegitimate-president/2019/09/26/29195d5a-e099-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html

I chose not to add it myself, because I am not a frequent Wikipedia contributor, and I understand why there might be reasons we would not want to mention it (e.g. it might make Trump's claims about the 2020 election seem less "beyond the pale").

I leave the decision up to you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.181.47.235 (talk) 16:56, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You need to add 2016 Presidential Election

https://news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-maintains-2016-election-160716779.html 2601:4C1:4000:4E00:61BA:94EA:6DE9:C653 (talk) 22:20, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

She didn't say the election was stolen. Because of the proven Russian interference in the elections, there are still serious doubts about what really happened. President Jimmy Carter did say that Trump would not have become president without the Russian help. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 04:20, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

She didn't say that the election was stolen, but she did say that Trump was an illegitimate president, and 8 Democrats objected to state votes. [source https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-democrats-object-more-states-2016-republicans-2020-1561407]. Because no Senators signed on to the votes, Biden correctly denied all objections. I am not sure what the criteria would be to be added to the article, but it definitely would not be as clear as 2020.