Talk:2020 United States presidential election
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Coup d'etat?
editIn the lead it says,
Before, during, and after Election Day, Trump and numerous other Republicans engaged in an aggressive and unprecedented attempt to subvert the election and overturn the results, falsely alleging widespread voter fraud and trying to influence the vote-counting process in swing states, in what was described by many as an attempted coup d'état.
Wouldn't it be a self coup since Trump was in power at the time? Maurnxiao (talk) 19:06, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- This does seem to be the more accurate term. I've found several good sources calling it a self-coup (Brookings, the journal Gov't and Opposition, Politico, etc). I support this change. Gowser (talk) 16:30, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Turns out that self-coup is a form of coup d'etat. I think it's worth adding the more precise term, feel free to revert. Gowser (talk) 16:43, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! Maurnxiao (talk) 20:59, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Is turnout calculated by number of votes divided by with registered voters or 18-year-olds and above with citizenship?
editIs turnout calculated by number of votes divided by registered voters or 18-year-olds and above with citizenship? Alexysun (talk) 00:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- The U.S. Census Bureau calculated a voter turnout of 66.8% in 2020, as the people reporting having voted divided by the estimated U.S. population at or over age 18 who were U.S. citizens. The denominator excluded U.S. residents ineligible to vote due to not being U.S. citizens, but included those ineligible due to a criminal conviction and excluded U.S. citizens residing in other countries who were eligible to vote. This turnout was an increase of 5.4pp compared to the turnout of 61.4% in the 2016 election, calculated by the same institution with the same basis. 74.105.92.99 (talk) 00:39, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
"Close states" section is illegible on Dark Mode
editUsing Wikipedia's new dark mode, the "Close states" section of the article has legibility problems. The dark red lines are odd but readable, while the dark blue lines are completely unreadable. Similarly, the "County statistics" section following it has problems with the dark blue percentages. If this could be improved, us dark mode Wikipedians would be very thankful! Thunderforge (talk) 19:14, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
Change Joe Biden portrait back to Joe_Biden_2013.jpg
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I feel like we should change Joe Biden's portrait on this article back to the portrait used before he was president. This would make it consistent with the previous US presidential election pages on Wikipedia. Eehuiio (talk) 16:08, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
