Talk:2016 United States presidential election

Us Voter Turnout, use Voting Eligable Population instead of Voting Age population
RogerTheBear (talk) 18:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

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


 * 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 &#124; talk 14:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Gary Johnson on first Template (Infobox election)
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)


 * 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)

I am researching the vote totals for all parties
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)

Change Trump photo to one that was from 2015-2016, not after the election
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.  CNC33  (. . .talk)  23:32, 28 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Agree - I second this proposal. (Although I do think this version (attached) looks better.) Donald_Trump_by_Gage_Skidmore_10_(cropped).jpg 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)
 * Agree - the current photo is from nearly a year after the election. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 13:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Agree - Consistency is key, Also, it Fits well with His 2016 Republican Primaries Image. InterDoesWiki (talk) 20:03, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Disagree: I also think consistency is key. And it is common place throughout all the other presidential election articles to use the presidential portrait if the candidate goes on to win the presidency. Prcc27 (talk) 04:33, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * after checking, I can confirm that is not the case, there are multiple U.S Presidential Election Articles that do not use the presidential portrait. (If you want me to, I can get a list.) InterDoesWiki (talk) 18:52, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I meant all the recent presidential elections (all the ones in my lifetime). Changing Trump’s photo would put this article out of step with the other articles of this century. Many users on the 2024 presidential election article have expressed a desire to use presidential portraits as the photo, so long as the portrait isn’t too outdated (i.e. 7 year difference). Prcc27 (talk) 15:24, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Even if that were true, being wrong is not something we should be looking to be consistent about. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 12:34, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Agree - I think every election infobox should use a good photograph of the candidate that was taken before- or at least very close to the time of the election, and its anachronistic to use a photograph from 2017 to represent an election in 2016. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 18:51, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Why do people insist on not using the correct name?
In official documents, in the White House Archives, in Trump's social media account, and in many news agencies, it says Donald J. Trump, but Wikipedia administrators still insist on the name being written as Donald Trump. Why? Don't be stubborn about not writing the correct name! 78.177.160.99 (talk) 18:51, 11 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Please see WP:COMMONNAME. Peaceray (talk) 21:41, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Standardized the State Names in the Results Table
I standardized the names on the results table for the states so they are consistent with other presidential elections pages and have no abbreviations. The previous names were somewhat arbitrarily abbreviated or not, sometimes with contemporary postal abbreviations and a period at the end, and sometimes with older postal abbreviations. Now all states are the same as previous elections.

Polscicontrib (talk) 20:38, 19 July 2024 (UTC)