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 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

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United States presidential elections in New Mexico

 * Nominator(s): Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:29, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I feel that these types of lists on United States presidential elections have a great potential to be FL. I almost completely re-formatted the list, added a lead, and key for political parties. It lists all the elections in which New Mexico participated, with votes and percentage. I would respond to every comment, and try to bring this nomination to FL standards whenever needed. Thanks! (44 states more to go) Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:29, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Comment from ChrisTheDude

 * "Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party's nominee received" - needs a comma after nominee to close off the clause
 * "except in the 1976" - either "except in 1976" or "except in the 1976 election" but not this
 * "except in 1976, 2000, and 2016 presidential elections" =? "except in the 1976, 2000, and 2016 presidential elections"
 * "Also, the winner in New Mexico has been the winner in Nevada in all the presidential elections except for 2000" - why is this significant?
 * Removed. Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:10, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * That's what I got -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:45, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @ Done all.  Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:10, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Comments from Ojorojo
I realize that this is one of a series and there is an expected consistency, but is there a reason for not having an explanation for the graph? A simple intro or caption (like for D.C.) might be helpful, rather than just having the axes labeled.

—Ojorojo (talk) 17:43, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @ — Done. Tried to explain the graph in simple words, let me know if anything else is required. — Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:55, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Nice. I made a few spot checks and the rest looks good. I'll add my support. —Ojorojo (talk) 18:14, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:18, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Comments and image review from theleekycauldron

 * Drive-by comment from the peanut gallery: you might want to mention that New Mexico has the best bellwether record over its entire history by win percentage (not just that it has a good one; it's higher than any other state). this seems to be a reliable enough source for that. Possibly talk about Valencia county, as well? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 10:23, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @theleekycauldron. Good to see someone here, I almost forgot that this FLC exists ... I have added the fact that New Mexico has highest % of winners. Mentioning Valencia county would maybe trivia, as (1) it would be again repeating the fact that voters of New Mexico are genius in predicting (2) there is a whole bunch of these types of counties, and I don't think I'll include them in lists throughout this series (with the possible exception of Clallam County, Washington,) (3) Trump won Valencia in 2020, it finally lost its record ... – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 19:16, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Nice, thanks! Image review's a pass (one correctly ALTed and captioned free image), and I'll AGF on Guide to U.S. Elections, which seems to be inaccessible (i'd consider linking the google books version). For source review (version review :D), I'll say that the 25/28 stat is not borne out in ref 6, since it doesn't say that New Mexico has participated in 28 presidential elections. However, i'm not gonna review the table since it heavily relies on two sources I can't access. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 11:04, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry, forgot to ping Kavyansh.Singh theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 01:32, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * (1) the google books version does not has a preview, so I am not sure if that would be helpful (2) Ref#6 supports that Since becoming a state in 1912, [New Mexico] has sided with the loser of presidential elections only three times: Gerald Ford in 1976, Al Gore in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. The 25/28 data is from the table, and it does not need a separate citation. (3) There is David Leip source and official FEC source for various columns, which is online accessible. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:21, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * the preview was kind of helpful? not comprehensive enough for me to get into the whole thing. table explanation checks out. David Leip source has some minor variations from the wikipedia, so i assume you relied on the other sources in good faith. Happy to support! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 18:18, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! The most daunting this about compiling these lists is when you get minor variations in sources. In that case(s), I take the data which multiple source agree with (see this old example). Let me know if you ever need a FLC review ... – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:29, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Happy to help, and thanks for the offer! I was thinking about taking a leaf out of your book and helping speed this series along a little :D theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 19:41, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thats good for me! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 11:04, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Comments from MWright96

 * "In the 2000 presidential election, Democrat Al Gore won New Mexico, defeating Republican George W. Bush by a margin of just 0.06% (366 votes)." - what is the signifinace of this statement?
 * From the total of around 615,000 votes, a person winning by just a margin of 366 votes is significant. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 03:57, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * "New Mexico has been a leading indicator of election trends with a success rate of 88.9%;" - up until when?
 * Good point, specified until 2016 presidential election. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 03:57, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * "the winner in New Mexico has won the presidency 25 of the 28 times" - suggest either rewording the text in bold to "25 out of 28 times" or expanding the end of this portion of text ever so slightly
 * Done. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 03:57, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

That's all I have MWright96 (talk) 20:34, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * @ – Made the changes. Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 03:58, 20 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Support - Nothing further from yours truly MWright96 (talk) 08:51, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 09:10, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Source review

 * Source review – As with the other lists in this series that I've seen, the references are reliable and well-formatted, and the content had a look from one of the reviewers above. The link-checker tool gave an internal service error for ref 4, but I checked it manually and it is in working order. I'd say the source review has been passed. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 23:18, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 03:58, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Promoting. -- Pres N  19:36, 20 January 2022 (UTC)


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