Talk:1927 Chicago mayoral election

rating request
Article is too short for anything but start class IMO. I can't tell if there was a primary and who the major newspapers endorsed, which are both fairly basic mayoral election topics.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:47, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Voter turnout statistics
Are the voter turnout statistics correct? They seem rather suspicious.SecretName101 (talk) 10:00, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I obtained them from the canvassing sheet microfiches that they have available at the Harold Washington Library. I too had disbelief in them, but I can upload some images if we are so inclined. -John M Wolfson (talk) 11:54, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , is it possible it was referring to something else? Canvassing response-rate perhaps (perhaps the remaining percentages were those who were contacted but declined to answer canvassers)?? Still would be high though. Or perhaps it was the percentage of those that voted in the municipal elections who voted in the mayoral race (the remaining percentage being those who left the mayoral race blank on their ballot)?? SecretName101 (talk) 18:48, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The verbatim header for the relevant columns (Men, Women, and Total) is "Total Names on Poll Book". I agree the turnout percentage is quite high, but I'm not sure what else that could mean. EDIT: It could mean the total number of votes cast, but then the numbers don't quite add up in that respect either. I guess that it's the total number of votes cast, including spoiled ones. –John M Wolfson (talk) 21:26, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Ward table is off
, I added up Thompson's wards and found a surplus of two votes relative to the accepted total. Could you please recheck your source Ward by Ward and try to correct the discrepancy? I'm doing mine but the numbers are handwritten and I couldn't resolve it. Dever's numbers are fine, and I haven't checked Robertson's yet. -John M Wolfson (talk) 18:37, 22 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Are you sure it's a surplus rather than a deficit? Because (and I'm only up to the lower half-dozen of wards right now) but I found two missing votes in the ward counts already. The 46th ward. 9,513 is wrong. Should be 9,515. 06:34, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing you meant deficit, because that was the only error I could spot having combed entirely through the Thompson column. SecretName101 (talk) 06:38, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Perhaps I did, has it been fixed yet? If so, thank you so much. -John M Wolfson (talk) 14:08, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Palm card?
In having close knowledge of a topic area, it often happens that one doesn't notice people have no clue what you're talking about. At least, the terminology is opaque. It turns out that Wikipedia (and thus me) has no idea what a palm card is. Nor push card, cowboy card or push piece. Searching WP for these finds none of them. And Wiktionary (bless) has another definition entirely: palm card.

Nor can I find at Electioneering a mention of the term for the piece of paper the obnoxious mayoral candidate handed me at my door. Gee, there are massive gaps here at Wikipedia? Elect Phil Pitt for Mayor! Shenme (talk) 03:51, 4 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Bukowski simply refers to them as "palm cards" without further explanation. Probably something like this. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:54, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

References section
I changed "Bibliography" to "Works cited" in the References section. The article is not a biography but does have links to many. MOS:NOTES states: "Bibliography" may be confused with the complete list of printed works by the subject of a biography ("Works" or "Publications"), so any confusion is avoided by using "Bibliography" in the appropriate section and using different wording under "References". It is a small maintenance change that should not cause any conflicts since it has valid reasoning. Otr500 (talk) 06:37, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't necessarily agree with the reasoning or think that any confusion would be generated, but nor do I care about the change. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 06:56, 31 January 2020 (UTC)