User talk:Bryanmctague

McHenry County Politics

First of all, I'd like to welcome you to Wikipedia. While constructive edits are always welcome, edit warring and adding items which may be original research or non-notable is not constructive for Wikipedia.

Only one Democrat county board member added as well as making judgements based on primary votes does not indicate a "major trend" which you suggest. If a more significant number of Democratic county board members become elected, or if the margin between Republican and Democratic votes narrows in the 2008 general election (such as 55/45%, 53/47%), than we can put it on there that there's a trend. But until then, we can't really compare apples (genereal election) and oranges (primary election). Please also keep in mind that at the time of the Feb. 5 primary, it was clear to many Republicans that John McCain was going to be the nominee, so many Republicans chose not to vote. So you can't say that there's a trend by this one instance, especially as the Republican and Democratic presidential races were very different. But, if Hillary or Obama takes McHenry County in the fall, or if McCain only narrowly wins here, then we can put it back up there as being a "trend" at that time. But until then, please don't continue this edit war. Abog (talk) 18:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Please don't accuse me of bias, as I am simply stating the facts of the historical political nature of this county. You coming on here to make your only edits on Wikipedia to this article and this section could also suggest to some that you do have a bias and an agenda to push.

As a compromise, I added that slightly more Democratic ballots were cast than Republican ones in the 2008 primary. However, come November, this part will be deleted, and a mention will be made about the county trending (or not) towards the Democrats based on the general election results instead. Also, I removed the part about Jim Kennedy as it generally isn't appropriate to mention individual county board members' election victories, as they are not notable. If we mentioned every specific Democrat (or Republican) that got elected at the county level, the section would become very bloated over time.

I do not wish to extend this debate any further though. Keep in mind Wikipedia's rules regarding edit warring, particularly the three revert rule, in which no more than three reverts can be made by a single user within a 24-hour time period. Abog (talk) 01:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)