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Wasn't Kerry up 5% in the polls just before the election? I'd like to see a section on polls in this article.
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== Clark County ==
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Is there any reason why there is no mention of the half baked idea of the UK ] newspaper to intervene in Clark County?
See USA today article Resources (Bush won Clark county BTW--] (]) 03:37, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

== Dubious ==

the reasoning in the section on votesplitting went: -- people were concerned about the effect of 3rd party candidates --> because of the electoral college one person's vote can effect the voting of an entire state's electoral college delegation's vote --> because the effect of votes for 3rd party candidates didn't swing the popular vote, the election, governed not by the popular vote, but by the easily swayed electoral college, vote splitting didn't effect the election... which is problematic. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 09:08, 4 November 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Close State vs. Battleground States ==

Shouldn't these two sections be merged, they are pretty much the same thing. Also shouldn't this be completely under "results" not a seperate section.
--] (]) 20:33, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

== Debates ==

<nowiki>There's no mention of presidential primary debates in this entry.</nowiki>

==Vandalism==
The panel to the right of this article currently shows Kerry to have won the 2004 election. The body text of the article remains correct, as far as I can tell. An editor needs to flag this article as inaccurate until someone puts up the right information. ] (]) 20:35, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
:it's been fixed, thanks.. --]] 20:42, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


== Kerry and Dean in the intro ==
I've restored the following sentence in the intro:
:Both Kerry and ] Chairman ] have stated their opinion that voting in Ohio did not proceed fairly and that, had it done so, the Democratic ticket might have won that state and therefore the election. <ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen/4 |title=Was the 2004 Election Stolen? : Rolling Stone |publisher=Rollingstone.com |author=ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.Posted Jun 01, 2006 5:02 PM |date=Posted June 01, 2006 5:02 PM |accessdate=2008-11-03}}</ref>
In late January, ] removed it, writing: "the source doesn't support the claim that Kerry admitted votes werent counted correctly."
From the :
:Kerry conceded, however, that the widespread irregularities make it impossible to know for certain that the outcome reflected the will of the voters.
Kerry clearly opines here that "voting in Ohio did not proceed fairly and that, had it done so, the Democratic ticket might have won that state and therefore the election."
Dean concurred, saying:
:"I'm not confident that the election in Ohio was fairly decided."
Because both quotes are clearly reflected in the intro sentence, and because such claims are rare and notable in presidential elections, I'm putting the sentence back in. Best, ] (]) 21:41, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

:That's all fine, but the sentence doesn't belong in the lead part of the article. It should be in the election controversy section. I'd also be grateful if you could get sources for some of the other info in that section. ]]] 23:06, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
::Ah, but it ''does'' belong. When was the last time that a presidential nominee and the chairman of his national committee directly called an election's result into question? I don't think Nixon or his RNC even did so in ]. Nobody remotely as prominent has called into question ], but that page has an election controversies section also.
::Kerry and Dean's statements are not normal; they are exceptional, and notable enough to be mentioned in the intro. That's why it's been there since September '07. Per your suggestion, however, I've added two quotes from the article in the main "Controversies" section. Anyone else have any thoughts on this debate? Best, ] (]) 02:44, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Do we have any concrete evidence, showing had there been ''no irregularities'', the Kerry-Edwards ticket would've won? Those are very highly political biased assumptions by Kerry & Dean. ] (]) 18:21, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Please note that neither Kerry nor Dean actually ''make'' the assumption, they only say that the matter is unknowable. But that's a moot point, as the intro never presented their suspicions as fact; it only noted that they'd expressed them, and that in itself is a very rare, and thus notable, occurrence in presidential politics. Best, ] (]) 22:46, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

::::The objective fact that's more notable than the Kerry/Dean statements is the Congressional challenge to Ohio's electoral votes. There was no such challenge perfected (i.e. supported by at least one Representative and at least one Senator) even after the scandalous 2000 election. I don't know when the last time any such challenge occurred -- probably the nineteenth century. Its rarity makes the controversy worth mentioning in the introductory section, and the Dean/Kerry opinions throw light on why the challenge was brought. ]<small>&nbsp;]&nbsp;]</small> 23:26, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

::::Good point. I'll try to address that before long.] (]) 03:32, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

== Minnesoda ==

It's funny that Kerry was elected in Minnesota's congressional district in the electoral map of 2004 although Bush had been winning all of these states <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 14:24, 11 April 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:Sorry, but I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Could you clarify please? ]]] 14:49, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

== Undefined Acronym ==

The acronym "ES&S" is used without definition. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 01:11, 13 April 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Why John Kerry's photograph should be changed ==


== Demographics section addition ==
I think that John Kerry's current picture in the 2004 election is not good enough. I think it should be changed to Kerry's congressional photo with columns in the background, because I think that photo looks more recent and it looks better. I will change it. Thank you for your understanding.


Hello, all. I'm interested in adding demographics information to this election page. To specify, demographics on voter turnout regarding things like gender, age, income, race, etc. I have found a credible source, and was thinking of making fancy pie-charts to add somewhere in the results section. Please let me know if there is any feedback.
'''Darren Monaghan, 22 July, 2009, 21:24''' <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 20:24, 22 July 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


All the best. -- ] <sup>]</sup> 06:02, 1 December, 2013 (UTC)
Photo's in election articles should not necessarily be recent (reflecting current appearance) but rather should reflect the appearance of the candidate in the election year (in this case 2004). ] (]) 07:22, 24 July 2009 (UTC)


== "This is the most recent presidential election in which neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump were on the ballot. " ==
== Gramatical Touch-ups ==


Is this sentence really necessary? It seems really Tedious, if a president gets elected for 2 terms and then his/her vice president takes over, chances are it's going be a 12 year + period in which "Neither X nor Y are not on the ballot" You could make the same statement regarding the 1996 election, dating from 1980 to 1992, "This is the first election in which neither Reagan nor a Bush is on the Ballot." You could also make the same statement about various other elections, like the election after FDR, or the election after Nixon, and so forth. I know this was statement made by a Pundit implying that Joe Biden is old, but it's a very poor observation, (Making it seem like Biden's been a dynastic force in American politics). Trump got elected, lost the presidency, then won the nomination again. Not super uncommon in America politics, for someone to be nominated twice, or lose an election, then proceed to win an election (See Nixon, Stevenson, Cleveland, Dewey although different patterns). If Harris wins the election (Likely) and then proceeds to get reelected, are we going state, in 2032, "This is the first election sense 2016 in which Harris has not been on the ballot?", And so forth. It adds virtually no value and it suggests Trump and Biden have been "ruling" American politics which is hardly true. (Trump is not very well liked by his own party but has enough loyal supporters to win the nomination, Biden was largely seen as a compromise candidate and was selected for VP because it was thought he wouldn't run, and when Biden didn't run he passed the torch instead of running for reelection). ] (]) 17:32, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
I changed a few sentences in the opening paragraph because they were worded awkwardly. Is the information up there, like which states switched sides from democrat to republican and such, relevant though?] (]) 16:50, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

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Demographics section addition

Hello, all. I'm interested in adding demographics information to this election page. To specify, demographics on voter turnout regarding things like gender, age, income, race, etc. I have found a credible source, and was thinking of making fancy pie-charts to add somewhere in the results section. Please let me know if there is any feedback.

All the best. -- 7partparadigm 06:02, 1 December, 2013 (UTC)

"This is the most recent presidential election in which neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump were on the ballot. "

Is this sentence really necessary? It seems really Tedious, if a president gets elected for 2 terms and then his/her vice president takes over, chances are it's going be a 12 year + period in which "Neither X nor Y are not on the ballot" You could make the same statement regarding the 1996 election, dating from 1980 to 1992, "This is the first election in which neither Reagan nor a Bush is on the Ballot." You could also make the same statement about various other elections, like the election after FDR, or the election after Nixon, and so forth. I know this was statement made by a Pundit implying that Joe Biden is old, but it's a very poor observation, (Making it seem like Biden's been a dynastic force in American politics). Trump got elected, lost the presidency, then won the nomination again. Not super uncommon in America politics, for someone to be nominated twice, or lose an election, then proceed to win an election (See Nixon, Stevenson, Cleveland, Dewey although different patterns). If Harris wins the election (Likely) and then proceeds to get reelected, are we going state, in 2032, "This is the first election sense 2016 in which Harris has not been on the ballot?", And so forth. It adds virtually no value and it suggests Trump and Biden have been "ruling" American politics which is hardly true. (Trump is not very well liked by his own party but has enough loyal supporters to win the nomination, Biden was largely seen as a compromise candidate and was selected for VP because it was thought he wouldn't run, and when Biden didn't run he passed the torch instead of running for reelection). 68.189.2.14 (talk) 17:32, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

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