Template:US election list row/doc

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TemplateData for US election list row

This template is used to help format the tables on the United States presidential elections in Wisconsin page. Feel free to use it on other state lists. This template is designed to be used with Template:US election list begin Template:US election list end

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	year	Year that the election took place Example 2020	Number	required
State	state	State that the election took place in Example Wisconsin	Line	required
Candidate1 first name	candidate1_first	The first name of candidate1	Line	required
Candidate1 last name	candidate1_last	The last name of candidate1	Line	required
Candidate1 disambiguation page	candidate1_dab	The page to link to, if different then the candidate's name	Page name	optional
Candidate1 party	candidate1_party	The political party of candidate1. Will be passed to Template:Party color and Template:Party abbr to get the color and party abbreviation Example Democratic Party (US)	Line	required
Candidate1 party abbreviation	candidate1_party_abbr	This overrides the abbreviation that is retrieved from candidate1_party, and will be shown after the candidates name in parentheses.	Line	optional
Candidate1 votes	candidate1_votes	Number of votes that candidate1 got (do not include commas) Example 102300	Number	required
Candidate2 first name	candidate2_first	First name of candidate 2	Line	required
Candidate2 last name	candidate2_last	The last name of candidate2	Line	required
Candidate2 disambiguation page	candidate2_dab	The page to link to, if different then the candidate's name	Page name	optional
Candidate2 party	candidate2_party	The political party of candidate2. Will be passed to Template:Party color and Template:Party abbr to get the color and party abbreviation Example Republican Party (US)	Line	required
Candidate2 party abbreviation	candidate2_party_abbr	This overrides the abbreviation that is retrieved from candidate2_party, and will be shown after the candidates name in parentheses.	Line	optional
Candidate2 votes	candidate2_votes	Number of votes that candidate2 got (do not include commas)	Number	required
Candidate3 first name	candidate3_first	First name of candidate 3. If not defined, all of the candidate 3 values will be skipped. If it is defined, but empty or whitespace blank columns will be inserted for candidate 3.	Line	optional
Candidate3 last name	candidate3_last	Last name of candidate3	Line	optional
Candidate3 disambiguation page	candidate3_dab	The page to link to, if different than candidate's name	Page name	optional
Candidate3 party	candidate3_party	The political party of candidate3. Will be passed to Template:Party color and Template:Party abbr to get the color and party abbreviation	Line	optional
Candidate3 party abbreviation	candidate3_party_abbr	This overrides the abbreviation that is retrieved from candidate3_party, and will be shown after the candidates name in parentheses.	Line	optional
Candidate3 votes	candidate3_votes	Number of votes that candidate3 got (do not include commas)	Number	optional
Candidate4 first name	candidate4_first	First name of candidate4, if not defined, whitespace, or empty the columns for candidate4 will be skipped.	Line	optional
Candidate4 last name	candidate4_last	Last name of candidate4	Line	optional
Candidate4 disambiguation page	candidate4_dab	The page to link to, if different than candidate's name	Page name	optional
Candidate4 party	candidate4_party	The political party of candidate4. Will be passed to Template:Party color and Template:Party abbr to get the color and party abbreviation	Line	optional
Candidate4 party abbreviation	candidate4_party_abbr	This overrides the abbreviation that is retrieved from candidate4_party, and will be shown after the candidates name in parentheses.	Line	optional
Candidate4 votes	candidate4_votes	Number of votes that candidate4 got (do not include commas)	Number	optional
Total votes casted	total_votes	The total number of votes cast in the election (do not include commas). This is used to calculate the percentage of votes that a candidate received. Example 513009	Number	required
Candidate number of national winner	national_winner	The candidate number of the national winner Suggested values 1 2 3 4 Example If candidate2 was the national winner than you would put 2 here	Number	required
Electoral college votes	ev	Number of electoral college votes awarded to the winning candidate	Number	suggested
References	ref	References used; will appear in the last column of the row.	Content	suggested

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