Talk:Electoral history of Barack Obama

Assessment for WP:WikiProject Barack Obama
I'll class this article's importance as High, because politicians seek votes, and these are the votes. I'll assess the quality as C-class, because although it is well sourced and provides detailed information with infoboxes, it doesn't explain the topic for outsiders. Someone from Slovakia would probably be mystified by the "penalized contests" or why the data includes only one state's vice-presidential primary results. I think that significant text narratives (in WP:summary style), with Wikilinks to useful American political terms and ideas and a narrative explanation of Obama's progress through the political system, will be necessary for this article to make it up to B-class. Mike Serfas (talk) 03:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I agree with your assessment in many respects, like clarifying "penalized contests".  As for text narratives, I'm not so sure they belong here.  Clearly the progression is notable, but I think specific information is more appropriate on the specific pages.  For instance, I created Illinois's 1st congressional district election, 2000 to try to explore how Obama lost an election and how it developed his style, making him a winner in the future.  But this page is more for the numbers.--Muboshgu (talk) 00:00, 29 January 2009 (UTC)