Talk:2024 Republican Party presidential candidates/Archive 1

What is the point of this article?
I am confused as to why this article is necessary. All of the relevant information can already be found on the main page for the primaries. There is also no significant info about the candidates. Epicradman123 (talk) 21:56, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * This article exists to shorten the main primary article, copying over only the most relevant sections of this article using wiki templates. The other sections, like "Other Candidates", are still relevant enough to be included on Wikipedia in some form, so they get moved to their own page where they aren't cluttering up the main primary page. If all the sections of each heading of the primaries page were put out in full, the page would be much too large, so some sections are moved. I'd think more information about the candidates from Reliable Sources could be added here, though, as I don't think the page is comprehensive. Przemysl15 (talk) 01:57, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I think once the primary is over this article should be merged back with the previous one. Nearly every other if not all primary pages have declined candidates listed on there and do not list the minor candidates who were on the ballot in one state that made no impact. TheFellaVB (talk) 03:58, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree Epicradman123 (talk) 02:19, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * No, it has its uses and there’s one for most of the previous campaigns. Xxxxx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.231.109 (talk) 13:01, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I Agree with this Article Existing to shorten the main/primary article a bit. Orange Anomaly. (talk) 19:20, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Hogan and Bolton removed
I have removed both Hogan and Bolton from the "Publicly expressed interest" section as several important early state deadlines have past and neither has made any moves in the past few weeks to start a campaign. If we were to apply standard wikipedia policy here Bolton would be removed after New Hampshire and Hogan in mid-march. If anyone can make a convincing argument of why they should be re-added I would be willing to hear that out but this seems more than reasonable. TheFellaVB (talk) 04:07, 9 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Maybe add them to "declined", because they were both subjected to speculation. 181.194.229.124 (talk) 07:51, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * No, the Declined section is for those who have expressly ruled out a run for the office. --Spiffy sperry (talk) 16:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

is E.W. Jackson even running still?
I did some research and I found that back in December Jackson claimed to have stopped running https://boxcast.tv/channel/g5czazrflmhsbd30kmj7?b=swcoopti7qbunry3da9n If so this is long overdue and he should be listed as withdrawn in the minor candidates section not unlike Stapleton and Laffey. TruthplusFacts (talk) 07:34, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Nevada
The votes Scott and Pence got count to the total. Why were these real votes removed? I didn’t start the edit war, he did.

We should have the discussion here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.222.39.116 (talk) 14:03, 9 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Stop deleting sourced information with original research Crazysportsdude1 (talk) 21:44, 10 February 2024 (UTC)


 * The Nevada results are sourced information. Every single major publication that covered it, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and ALL Nevada newspapers have listed these vote total in Nevada as legitimate. They are listed in other articles here and nobody’s had a problem with THAT. Plus the national vote totals are unofficial, as the only votes that count are those cast by delegates at the convention.


 * Also, nothing was deleted, as the New Hampshire votes are included in the total. 74.64.231.109 (talk) 12:05, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No one is contesting that the votes are illegitimate, just that there is precedent to not include beauty contest totals in popular vote tallies (e.g. Michigan in the 2008 Democratic Primary). Again, they are listed in other articles (e.g. results page) but are not included in the totals in those pages, which only include delegate-allocating contests. Crazysportsdude1 (talk) 20:45, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Binkley and Stuckenburg.
They should be put in their own section. Why? Binkley has satisfied most of the qualifications for being considered a major candidate, and is on more ballots than Christie. Stuckenburg is on the ballot in TEN States, which is a remarkable achievement. Several of the others are on five. We should add them if they make it to ten. Xxxxx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.231.109 (talk) 13:04, 14 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Binkley has been in 5 national polls, correct? Isn’t that the criteria for major candidate? It’s a little confusing why he has his own section. 2600:1009:B06B:19B5:AD4B:48C2:A7E8:36F2 (talk) 12:40, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * There was a discussion that resulted in Binkley and Stapleton being barred from the major candidate list. From the discussion summary: The overwhelming opinion of discussion participants is that these candidates have not reached sufficient notability in reliable media sources, despite previous inclusion criteria relating to opinion polling results. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 15:13, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Given that Binkley is likely to get delegates (as he is Trump's sole opponent in Nevada, and it's a proportional allocation), should he be classified as major? Can also draw a distinction between Binkley vs. Stapleton, as Stapleton was only included in HarrisX polls per Nationwide opinion polling for the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, and Binkley was included by at least five different pollsters. Binkley is also on Politico's list of candidates. JSwift49 15:42, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @JSwift49 Seeing as how Binkley did not get any delegates, and is out of the race, he should be consigned to the minor candidates list, like Stapleton, or Laffey. Scu ba (talk) 06:31, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Things have changed. With the Iowa vote now in, Binkley, is as much a “major” candidate as Hutchinson, and Stuckinburg is on the leaderboard. A week from now, unless Haley wins NH, the race will be pretty much over. (I know that’s “WP:Crystal”, but every single professional political pundit agrees with me). Also, we should add a vote total column for the “candidates who withdrew before the primaries” chart. Some of them withdrew too late to get their names off the ballots. XXXX — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.18.11.69 (talk) 12:29, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * every single professional political pundit agrees with me, yeah we're going to need some sources for that. Scu ba (talk) 06:31, 3 March 2024 (UTC)