Talk:2007 California's 37th congressional district special election

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Wording[edit]

"The district has been historically Democratic, so it came as little surprise when no Republican was able to manage a remotely significant percentage of the vote. The highest-placing Republican, John M. Kanaley, could only put together a meager 2,230 votes, or 7.64% of the total."
Someone is going to have to explain to me what in this paragraph is "inappropriate for an encyclopedia." Encyclopedias often use colorful language so it's not just a stodgy list of facts. See also WP:NOT: "Articles should contain sufficient explanatory text to put statistics within the article in their proper context for a general reader." It is not "biased" to describe 7% as a "meager" amount, or not "a remotely significant percentage." Maybe I'm being accused of bias against single-digit numbers? Anyone? Rowsdower45 01:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not accusing you of "bias against single-digit numbers" nor am I dening that 2,230 votes, or 7.64% of the total is a low amount. All I'm saying is that we don't need to three times use phrases restating that fact. The numbers are self explanatory, and my text: ("The district has been historically Democratic, so it came as little surprise when the highest-placing Republican, John M. Kanaley, received only 2,230 votes, or 7.64% of the total.") does not remove anything that helps put the facts inclued in the article into context.--Tdl1060 17:07, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bias against third parties[edit]

The part "Both candidates released polls, each showing that person in the lead [www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-race27jun27,1,2407506.story?coll=la-headlines-california]" under interesting facts is rather out of place considering there are FOUR candidates in the runoff, not two.

   I edited the page to address this problem.  user:calbear22 July 23, 2007

Additions by calbear22[edit]

I'd like to admit that some of what I have done so far is incomplete. I will continue to work on improving what's one this page. As always, anyone is more than welcome to improve what is already on this page.