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Can someone put this page under protection people have been vandalizing this page for the past few days.

Alan Keyes, "America's Independent Party," no Wiki article?

Hi, in the Results sub-section, why isn't the above titled America's Independent (political party) a hyperlink to a Misplaced Pages article? I found America's Party, but several articles end up saying, 1) "Create Page," or 2) are disambiguation, or 3) are confused with the ol' "Independent Party" actual party, or 4) are not to be confused with Americans who vote (small i) independently, or lastly are 5) about those like Nader who align with no Official Party at all.. Any ideas? -Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 03:20, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

P.S. If one Googles, "America's Independent Party," the following results:

"Did you mean: American Independent Party
America's Party
Political party
OVERVIEW
MORE POLITICAL PARTIES
http://selfgovernment.us
Description
America's Party, founded as America's Independent Party, is a conservative American political party formed in August 2008 in an offshoot of the Constitution Party by supporters of Alan Keyes, with the goal of an alternative to the Republican and Democratic party system. Misplaced Pages <--btw, deleted Wiki article, why??
Founded: August 21, 2008
Leadership: Tom Hoefling (Party chair)
Founders: Tom Hoefling, Alan Keyes."
-Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 03:41, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Sigh, nobody cares.:(. From Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 15:56, 10 October 2019 (UTC).

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Please add the following section to the results section for consistency with other election pages:

Counties

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic)

  1. Washington, D.C. 92.46%
  2. Prince George's County, Maryland 88.87%
  3. Bronx County, New York 88.71%
  4. Shannon County, South Dakota 88.69%
  5. Petersburg, Virginia 88.64%

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican)

  1. King County, Texas 92.64%
  2. Roberts County, Texas 92.08%
  3. Ochiltree County, Texas 91.70%
  4. Glasscock County, Texas 90.13%
  5. Beaver County, Oklahoma 89.25% 73.110.217.186 (talk) 17:37, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

References

  1. , Uselectionatlas.org.
Done Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 14:31, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

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Negativity

The 2008 election, despite its high turnout and unusual enthusiasm, also featured attack ads from both campaigns which were deemed to be unusually provocative. McCain, for example, had released an ad that erroneously claimed that Obama had supported sex education for Kindergarteners.

https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/15/west.negative/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/14/campaign.wrap/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec3aC8ZJZTc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLQhRiEXZs 64.63.171.178 (talk) 19:00, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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