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Order of candidates in the infobox: It has been agreed by consensus from an RfC at the article United States presidential election, 2016 that US presidential election articles will use the following criteria for ordering candidates in the infobox [pre-election]: order based on results of the candidates or their parties from the previous presidential general election. Link to previous discussion: here Infobox inclusion (pre-election): It has been agreed by consensus discussion in 2012 that presidential general election articles will use the following criteria for inclusion of candidates in the infobox prior to the election: Candidates will be included in the infobox who can mathematically win 270 Electoral Votes through ballot access (appearing on the ballot) and/or write-in status (with pledged electors). Links to previous discussions: #Applying due weight to the top row of the infobox #What to Do with Constitution Party/Virgil Goode #Regarding Counting Write-In States #Third candidates #Conformity with other election pages #A call for consensus on McMullin and Castle The following images have been discussed: Hillary Clinton (consensus link)  Consensus Donald Trump (consensus link)  Consensus Gary Johnson (consensus link)  Consensus

RogerTheBear (talk) 18:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the Voter Turnout used should be the Voter Eligible Turnout because US Election pages till 2012 used the Voter Eligible Turnout from the US Election project[1]. It will be easier to compare voter turnout between elections if the same definition was used. [1]https://www.electproject.org/national-1789-present

@RogerTheBear: I was just about to start a topic on your change with this edit before I saw this. I think the infobox should use the official election results and the results published by the Federal Election Commission give 55.67% ("Percentage of Voting Age Population casting a vote for President: 55.67%").

While I agree that the VEP number might be better for analyzing changes in historical voting patterns, there are different estimates. The number by McDonald is higher than the estimate tablulated in Voter turnout in United States presidential elections. It seems to me that the actual result of the election in the infobox should use the official figure and other numbers discussed elsewhere. Other places (e.g. the UK) use registered voters for the turnout calculation. —  Jts1882 | talk  14:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to insert Gary Johnson in the Infobox Election, because he played an important role during the election, could you agree with me that I can insert him? Hugo.fr43 (talk) 15:28, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The consensus is a candidate should only be considered for the infobox if they win any states or achieve more than 5% of the popular vote. Gary Johnson meets neither of these criteria which is why he is omitted. TheFellaVB (talk) 20:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Green and Libertarian parties only got estimates, while you have exact totals for Dems and Republicans. This reinforces the idea that we must tick with the 2 party system. Greg Spence Wolf 24.16.169.51 (talk) 02:10, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I propose changing the Trump photo to this (File:Donald Trump 2016 cropped.jpg) from Wikicommons. The photo used at the moment is from 2017, which is after the election took place. Clinton's photo is from 2016. This would make it consistent.

Agree - I second this proposal. (Although I do think this version (attached) looks better.)

A recent edit changed JB's photo in the 2020 election to a photo from before the election, which I personally believe is better for chronological(?) purposes. I do think a broader discussion is needed for all U.S. presidential elections. Longestview (talk) 00:17, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree - the current photo is from nearly a year after the election. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 13:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree - Consistency is key, Also, it Fits well with His 2016 Republican Primaries Image. InterDoesWiki (talk) 20:03, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]