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	2008 United States presidential election was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result May 2, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted May 12, 2006 Peer review Reviewed March 10, 2009 Good article nominee Not listed A news item involving this article was featured on Misplaced Pages's Main Page in the "In the news" column on November 5, 2008. Current status: Former good article nominee

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Missing Items in Controversy Section?

Hi, is there a particular reason that despite for example a wikipedia page descriptively titled as a 2008 election controversy (https://en.wikipedia.org/Bill_Ayers_2008_presidential_election_controversy) is not listed in the "Controversies" section? It seems logical to include if it merits its own wiki page, I would think. 38.70.255.205 (talk) 08:47, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2024

Change "Until 2024 this was also the most recent election in which any of the major presidential nominees had any military experience." to "Until 2024 this was also the most recent election in which any of the major presidential or vice-presidential nominees had any military experience." The reference for the current claim links to JD Vance's military experience. JD Vance is not a presidential nominee, he is a vice-presidential nominee.

missing citation

Hi, GigachadGigachad. Your recent edit adds a footnote that expects a citation named "Based on Takeaway", but not such citation is defined. Are you able to provide a citation so that this error can be corrected? -- mikeblas (talk) 14:45, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Age issue

There is a part of the "age issue" section where it says" Senator Obama, who was the first Generation Xer to run for president on a major party ticket." However, Obama was born in 1961, and Misplaced Pages's own page on Generation X describes it encompassing people born roughly from 1965-1980.

Obviously these two articles contradict one another, and cannot both be the case. Rmcmullin (talk) 22:24, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the eyes. What Misplaced Pages's article on Generation X says on the subject we can't use here, because WP:Misplaced Pages is not a reliable source. On the other hand, the CNN citation supporting the sentence doesn't say that either. So the statement needs better sourcing, agreed. BusterD (talk) 23:15, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Summary / Heading Inaccurate

Map showing the 1984 election results displayed…and Republican candidate shown as a baby named "Jose"…must be some sort of prank not sure how to fix it. 109.136.159.207 (talk) 00:09, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Help I can’t stop laughing 2603:6080:2100:D12B:91D1:725:570B:478C (talk) 00:12, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

It was vandalism. I reverted it. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

hilarious, how did he get by this time? assuming it was semiprotected Dlyubchik (talk) 02:45, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

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