Talk:Elections in the United States/Archive 1

Archive 1

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Now with fair use rationale. --Electiontechnology (talk) 17:45, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Voting system

It seems like no mention of what voting systems are used throughout the US is mentioned here. Scott Ritchie 02:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

-seconded. That's what I was looking for too —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.45.194 (talk) 01:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Congressional elections

I noticed that almost all the articles about congressional elections are unreferenced. I would like to ask if somebody knows where I can find the complete results of congressional election in the Internet. --Checco (talk) 19:54, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Project?

Is there a project established to help build the articles about US Elections? Chadlupkes (talk) 02:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

First Tuesday?

Actually, the presidential election is held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November, but I don't know why it was established that way.ETO Buff (talk) 09:03, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Bugs

Error at the bottom of the main page that's beyond my skill. There's a list "Elections in the United States" that is FUBAR with wiki markup words like Template, fullurl, name, and action visible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.92.11.25 (talk) 19:34, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Why are US elections held on the first Tuesday in November?

Is there any reason for this? I know it's tradition, but is it completely arbitrary? Why not a weekend? Elijya (talk) 04:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Partial answer to ancient question: The forefathers would have never scheduled a profane event on Sunday, the Lord's day. There was no reason to schedule weekends for voting in an economy that was primarily rural. A Tuesday would have been an opportunity for people "to come to town and vote." There were few 8-5 workers. Student7 (talk) 19:29, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

I contend that you could not source your claim of the forefathers having any deference for the Lord's day. Kidding or otherwise, others should read about Deism and Thomas Jefferson and religion. There's also an interesting group http://www.whytuesday.org which looks for answers to that very question. 71.178.240.197 (talk) 00:39, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia thinks it was prosaic. See Election_Day_(United_States)#History. Student7 (talk) 02:45, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, to be fair consideration for others beliefs and more importantly likelihood of going to the polls was likely a consideration, though the overwhelming reasoning stands as the agrarian society. (Interestingly the source in the history section is to an article on the Why Tuesday? group.) 71.178.240.197 (talk) 15:16, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Merging all U.S. states presidential primary and election articles

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012#Merging all U.S. states presidential primary and election articles into one article for each state. The proposal is to merge all articles on different state primaries (both democratic and republican) and the articles on the presidential election (where such exist) in to one single article for each state. See United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 2008 It is possible to see how the 2008 and 2012 articles will look like if this large merges was completed. This issue have been discussed for a month on this talkpage without a clear consensus and the merge proposal is so massive that it would be good to get a wide range of editors to comment on it. Jack Bornholm (talk) 17:01, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Voting Method

This section (practically the first in the article) claims our system is "first past the post" with no requirement for a majority. This isn't true. In presidential elections, a candidate must receive 50% of the electoral votes to secure the nomination. I think this section should be expanded so as to not confuse people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.129.27.141 (talk) 17:16, 6 November 2012 (UTC)