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Infobox

Created an info box. Use this talk thread for feedback.

One thing: Given all of the “Alliances”, does it make sense to put those in a note rather than in the box, it looks quite cluttered. Crazysportsdude1 (talk) 21:48, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Might be worth putting a note for RFK on withdrawn, to specify he remains on state ballots. I know the number of ballots is listed, but without looking at the specifics of his candidacy, it looks a little off. Just my two cents anyway. CNC (talk) 21:38, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Where is Randall Terry Constitution candidate. Put him back on the infobox. Muaza Husni (talk) 08:46, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

less than 0.05% of the vote Crazysportsdude1 (talk) 19:12, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Was able to find nevermind Crazysportsdude1 (talk) 04:10, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would argue that Richard Duncan should be removed from the Infobox. He campaigned in a single state, isn't notable enough for his own Wikipedia page, and received fewer than half the votes of the next higher candidate, Dr. Shiva. I suspect that Duncan was included in the Infobox simply because there are nine spots in the Infobox, but I feel that keeping the 9th spot blank offers a better balance of attention as a whole to the people in the Infobox. Dhalsim2 (talk) 19:14, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's also probably not the case with Write ins. The other Constituion Party guy Joel is only a few dozen votes behind RD and had a far larger Write In net. And including him makes more sense as he's actually tied to a notable party.

It's just Write Ins don't seem to be counted 2604:3D09:1F7F:8B00:6D0C:AD93:A3B7:2977 (talk) 20:53, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Joel Skousen was in multiple states and is the only candidate on multiple state ballots not included, he's also tied to a notable third party.

He's literally only double digits behind Duncan and for some reasons those numbers don't include write in votes, Joel had more write in access than Duncan and probably got more votes with them. That would make him the next higher, and he's on multiple state ballots and is tied to the Constituion Party so would fit being in that final spot in the infobox better TheBrodsterBoy (talk) 04:46, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Broken FEC citation

The tables cite a reference to FEC that does not exist. Where is the info coming from? Duckduckgoop (talk) 19:17, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]