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Bit of an error I noticed[edit]

You know, I can't quite put my finger on it, but something doesn't look right about this page... Are we sure President "Amazing360" got only 8.3% of the vote? Plzwork1122 (talk) 09:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The vandalism to which you referred was undone about a half hour after your question. —ADavidB 16:17, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alright good. Plzwork1122 (talk) 20:12, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Perot Photograph[edit]

The photograph for Ross Perot must be changed. It feels completely out of place and feels like it was taken for a newspaper during a business event instead of being an actual photograph that Perot's company had put out. Plus, the current photograph and the photograph that i wish to put up for the infobox were taken in the same year and with not that much of a time difference between the two images. ~ HistorianL (talk) 00:26, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Clinton and Dole portraits[edit]

There has been a lot of back-and-fourth edits between which Clinton and Dole portraits are used. It is between Clinton’s official 1993 Presidential Portrait and his 1999 picture, which may not be the official one, as it is not used on Clinton’s personal wiki page. The same applies to Dole, which is between a 1980s portrait of him and one of a later date.

I think it’s best that Clinton’s 1993 portrait stays, as it was his official portrait used during his entire Presidency, and is the one featured on his personal page. As for the Dole one, I think the newer portrait stays, but I don’t have a preference. MichaelM444 (talk) 21:12, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer it, too. It just looks better to me, than what has been put in to replace it recently. Dhtwiki (talk) 01:52, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The tradition is two different presidential portraits, see 1968 and 1972, 1976 and 1980, 1980 and 1984, 1988 and 1992, 2000 and 2004, 2008 and 2012, and almost every other election. I see no reason why 1992 and 1996 should be an exception when there is a clear option for an official alternative. Gelid Lagopus (talk) 14:57, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Presidents do not normally just change their used portrait after re-election, presidents such as Reagan and Obama did not. If we were to keep the 1993 portrait for the reason of there not being a change in their used portrait, 1984 and 2008 would also need to be changed. Gelid Lagopus (talk) 18:23, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait Vote for President Clinton and Senator Dole[edit]

Due to the constant back and forth edits for the images of President Bill Clinton and Senator Bob Dole, I will be doing what I have done for the 1968 and 1972 Presidential Election, and that is to hold a vote for Clinton, Dole, and Perot and see what images the community wishes to use.

Here is my vote:

Pres. Clinton: Image 1

Sen. Dole: Image 1

Ross Perot: Image 2

President Clinton:

Photo 1
Photo 2

Senator Dole:

Photo 1
Photo 2

Ross Perot:

Photo 1
Photo 2

HistorianL (talk) 18:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clinton: 2

Dole: 1

Perot: 1 Gelid Lagopus (talk) 18:50, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clinton: 1

Dole: 2

Perot: 1 —ADavidB 18:54, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clinton: 2 Dole: 1 Perot: 1 GI Brown 1970 (talk) 14:06, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clinton: 1 Dole: 1 Perot: 1 MichaelM444 (talk) 14:55, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It has now been more then a week since the vote has been started, and the final results are

Clinton: Photo 1: 3 votes Photo 2: 2 votes

Dole: Photo 1: 4 votes Photo 2: 1 vote

Perot: Photo 1: 4 votes Photo 2: 1 vote

So it shows that the community wishes to use Photo 1 for Clinton, Photo 1 for Dole, and Photo 1 for Perot ~ HistorianL (talk) 19:15, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Voter Turnout[edit]

The article states that voter turnout was 49%, but it's unsourced; meanwhile, the actual info box lists the turnout at 51.7%, and is sourced. However, I know that the article had had turnout under 50% for the longest time. Which is right, and where did the 49% come from if it's been wrong all this time? 147.226.239.80 (talk) 05:15, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"part of the spoiled baby boomer generation" quote[edit]

The article attributes this quote to Dole (Dole chose to focus on Clinton as being "part of the spoiled baby boomer generation"), but a Google search for bob dole "spoiled baby boomer generation" only returns results that are either directly quoting or plagiarizing this Wikipedia article.

I understand that the generation gap was a major campaign message, but are those exact words something Bob Dole actually said? I can't find a source. I've added a [citation needed] for now. Sjedits (talk) 14:54, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pat Choates image[edit]

Is there ANY better image of Pat Choate from around the time the election was held? Randompandaeatcake (talk) 04:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]