Talk:1980 United States presidential election in Missouri

Use of and abbreviating “Saint”/“Sainte”
As per the 1976 and 1980 presidential elections in South Carolina, it is extremely irritating to see collapsed tables with that I think of as much improved, more easily read formatting repeatedly reverted.

The “squashed” (for want of a better expression) headings and county labels that result when is removed look extremely ugly (at least to me) in mobile view compared to a spread-out, evenly lined table where  is used with all multi-word county, candidate and parish names. It is simply not a better view to have "squashed" columns and uneven rows.

Whilst I have not been follwong the recommendation of Help:Collapsing in working on presidential elections in Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (because I began work on some of these states before reading Help:Collapsing, I am willing to compromise on this issue.

As an addition, if “Saint” and “Sainte” are not fully spelled out, one can at the very least ask questions about sorting. Unlike with Louisiana, not spelling out “Saint” and “Sainte” does affect how counties sort. Tables from Géoelections and other sources are inconsistent on this, but I woyld myself prefer a consistent system with “Saint” and “Sainte” spelled out, although I wish to be open to feedback. Luokehao (talk) 01:51, 11 July 2023 (UTC)