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Section sizes

Section size for Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign (68 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	28,873	28,873
Background	11,557	11,557
Announcement	13,620	13,620
Early campaign	7,905	27,909
Border wall and illegal immigration	10,318	10,318
Temporary Muslim ban proposal	9,686	9,686
Primary front-runner	7,390	7,390
Caucuses and primaries	7,183	7,183
Rallies and crowds	4,994	12,544
Violence, protests and expulsions	7,550	7,550
Presumptive nominee and party reaction	6,571	6,571
General election campaign staff	8,120	8,120
Selection of running mate	4,016	4,016
Presidential debates	2,891	2,891
Endorsements	6,334	6,334
Results	6,007	6,007
Post-election	2,578	2,578
Russian interference in the 2016 election	8,793	8,793
Political positions	2,337	12,835
Opposition to trade agreements	10,498	10,498
Campaign branding	5,155	9,849
Ground game	1,273	1,273
Music	3,421	3,421
Media coverage	12,830	12,830
Relationships with people and groups	84	101,450
Black communities	3,078	3,078
Business community	4,338	4,338
Conservative movement	19,187	36,936
Stop Trump movement	5,902	5,902
Mitt Romney	4,276	4,276
Paul Ryan	7,571	7,571
Economists	2,309	2,309
Fox News and Megyn Kelly	5,747	5,747
Hispanic and Latino Americans	6,557	6,557
Military	1,510	1,510
Religious community	10,330	10,330
Tea Party movement	1,047	1,047
Trump family	2,829	2,829
Wikileaks	7,338	7,338
Women	5,953	5,953
White nationalists and white supremacists	9,750	9,750
r/The_Donald subreddit	3,644	3,644
Supporter demographics	4,406	4,406
Campaign finances	25	15,253
Primary campaign	7,869	7,869
General election campaign	7,359	7,359
Controversies	251	80,613
Comment about the Second Amendment and Hillary Clinton	5,670	5,670
Khizr and Ghazala Khan	6,218	6,218
Campaign misstatements	3,691	3,691
Praise for authoritarian foreign leaders	10,151	10,151
Support for fringe or conspiracy theories	3,342	3,342
Refusal to release tax returns	3,496	3,496
Use of Twitter	7,799	7,799
Opposition from Republicans	8,141	8,141
Trump University	9,328	9,328
2005 Access Hollywood video tape	8,323	8,323
Sexual misconduct accusations	4,878	4,878
Uncertainty over accepting the election results	5,977	5,977
Allegations of promoting voter intimidation	3,348	3,348
Reactions	17	9,112
Domestic reactions	1,085	1,085
World leaders	4,368	4,368
Foreign politicians	2,228	2,228
Protests	1,414	1,414
Notes	26	26
References	35	35
External links	1,705	1,705
Total	402,500	402,500

Shift focus to neutrality

Requester suggests the article author used bias. Critic, criticism or criticized words are used 92 times. Suggests a shift of focus from opinion to fact, with less speech quotes, which will be more appropriate for an encyclopedia.

Semi-protected edit request on 5 March 2024

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Please change the date where he is recorded as being declared the presumptive nominee to May 3, 2016.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indiana_Republican_presidential_primary

Also, if you look up “Trump may 3 2016,” you’ll see portraits of Trump at an election night event in Manhattan with his family members, giving a speech. 2604:2D80:7A87:EA00:F8A3:496F:CDD4:490 (talk) 22:41, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done This was already verified by citations in the article. Thanks. Jamedeus (talk) 23:00, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge Analytics

In addition, UK big data voter opinion influencer Cambridge Analytics was hired by the Trump campaign in 2016.[360] In March 2018, it was revealed through undercover footage that Cambridge Analytica used seductive women to entice a rival candidate while secretly videotaping the encounter. The firm also sent impostors who acted like wealthy individuals only to give them bribes.[361]

This section should be removed or at least heavily reworded. An unrelated controversy with a consultancy firm shouldn't be in the Branding subsection of an article about a presidential campaign. Not every controversy with every consultancy firm hired by a campaign is noteworthy.

In addition- that's comparatively minor for the firm and was not widely reported on. There are actually much more relevant controversies. Possible campaign finance law violations and how the firm acquired Facebook data used in the campaign. ArguedOyster (talk) 05:14, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Full edit summary

I tried to provide a long edit summary for my recent (and possibly controversial) removal of a sentence about Trump's support among minority Republicans, but it got cut off around 3/4 through. As such, I thought I'd provide the full summary here:

Removed sentence "Trump had a persistently high popularity among Republican and leaning-Republican minority voters". None of the four cited sources explicitly or even somewhat back up this claim. One source is a poll that shows Clinton leading among minority voters, but doesn't specify the views of minority Republicans specifically. Another is about the National Black Republican Association endorsing Trump. The third is about a group of black pastors endorsing Trump, while the fourth has a Trump advisor talking about how much Hispanics love him, but then notes that "One national poll this fall had Mr. Trump’s unfavorability among Hispanics at a death-rattling 82 percent." Together, none of these citations support the stated claim.

Loytra (talk) 14:24, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Support for President Donald Trump by white Americans" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Support for President Donald Trump by white Americans has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 July 24 § Support for President Donald Trump by white Americans until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 20:20, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Trump campaign controversies" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Trump campaign controversies has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 July 24 § Trump campaign controversies until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 20:39, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"TrumPAC" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Trump' campaign announcement deserves its own article

I know not everything deserves its own article, however; I believe with how iconic his announcement was with coming down the escalator in Trump Tower, as well as his speech, and how that was the springboard for essentially a whole new era in America, it definitely deserves its own article. Vinnylospo (talk) 00:42, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the note That Coptic Guy left on your talk page. You didn't listen. That's unfortunate. This is getting disruptive. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:46, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2024

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For the "Praise for authoritarian foreign leaders", I would consider adding this about Assad:

Trump has praised Syrian President Bashar al-Assad multiple times. During the October 9 debate, Trump stated that he didn't like Assad, but also praised him, Russia, and Iran for their fight against ISIS.^[1] The Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently condemned Trump, calling him a "liar".^[2] In the October 16 debate, he stated that Assad is "much tougher and much smarter" than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.^[3] 217.180.201.178 (talk) 19:12, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done We try to avoid using Business Insider as a source for political content due to concerns about quality/reliability, but I've added the first sentence with the Politico citation. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 22:35, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-praise-russia-iran-assad-criticism-229546

[2] ttps://www.businessinsider.com/trump-assad-isis-debate-2016-10

[3] ttps://www.businessinsider.com/trump-assad-tougher-and-smarter-than-obama-and-clinton-2016-10

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