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Electoral College map needs to be updated

The map shown in the Election section is the old one that applied to the 2012, 2016, and 2020 elections. The updated map for the 2024 and 2028 elections is: ElectoralCollege2024.svg, as seen in the "Vice President of the United States" article. HmmInterdasting (talk) 22:34, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @HmmInterdasting, updated Bunnypranav (talk) 14:46, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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trump is the new president sadly

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Please shorten this short description to "Head of state and government of the United States" per WP:SDSHORT. Ferretville (talk) 13:01, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Bunnypranav (talk) 13:44, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Presidential Board" listed at Redirects for discussion

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2024 Elections

You might want to alter the timeline a bit as Donald Trump is likely to win the 2024 elections. Johnjohn01 (talk) 10:19, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Trump has won the election, mind as well update it now. 119.94.4.53 (talk) 10:52, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not an edit request, please propose an edit in a "change X to Y" format where X is the existing text and Y is what you want to change it to. 331dot (talk) 11:28, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hes not president for over 2 months why would they change it now 77.99.84.170 (talk) 07:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The president of the united states of america is Donald J. Trump due to win of the white house in novemer 6th at 9 AM Multaii (talk) 11:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He is not the president until January 20, 2025 at noon. 331dot (talk) 11:27, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Donald Trump is now the president of the United States. Nicolas Torcelly Marco (talk) 11:25, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not an edit request. He is not the president until January 20, 2025 at noon. 331dot (talk) 11:27, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but technically, he won the election, and therefore the image of Joe Biden as president is inaccurate, as he lost the title to Trump this year. 142.181.188.19 (talk) 12:02, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, that is not how it works. Joe Biden remains President of the United States, even though Donald Trump won the election. Biden keeps the title and the office until his term ends, which will be January 20, 2025. Drdpw (talk) 12:08, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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213.164.120.20 (talk) 13:29, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The president is now Donald Trump and it needs to be changed.

Not done: See identical requests above. Liu1126 (talk) 13:47, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Change the president

On November 6, 2024, the current president of the United States of America is once again President Donald J Trump. Then should users change Joe Biden to Donald J Trump. Etiquetas 077 (talk) 14:07, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, that is incorrect. Drdpw (talk) 14:11, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this is correct 2A02:C7C:5932:7B00:D581:EFD:33C8:DE3A (talk) 19:17, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

False. Trump only won the 2024 election, but he hasn't yet assumed the presidency; Biden's still the incumbent. That'll change in January, when we'll update the article accordingly once Trump's inaugurated, and even then anything could happen before that Lazesusdasiru (talk) 20:43, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Donald trump 46th president january 20 2021 - incubent 177.71.0.195 (talk) 22:28, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done No, Donald Trump did not become 46th POTUS on January 20, 2021. Drdpw (talk) 22:34, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Donald trump is the president of the us as of November 2024

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2A00:23C5:2F1F:1001:640E:B61A:6E94:E713 (talk) 19:58, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not until January 20, 2025. -- GoodDay (talk) 20:01, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The president of USA is Trump 212.0.203.0 (talk) 11:35, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Not yet. See all the identical requests above. Liu1126 (talk) 14:15, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add for context that POTUS is the 4th highest paid world leader https://politicalsalaries.com/when-will-the-us-president-get-a-pay-rise/ 114.23.167.18 (talk) 01:44, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done – Mere trivia, adds nothing of importance to the article. Drdpw (talk) 01:56, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change the president to trump by January 20 2025,thank you2A02:810D:5940:F2C:9093:BD39:D7B4:71DA (talk) 17:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC) 2A02:810D:5940:F2C:9093:BD39:D7B4:71DA (talk) 17:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done... will be changed once he is actually president... - Adolphus79 (talk) 18:01, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]