Talk:The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:54, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932 was praised in the American Political Science Review as "colossal" and "technically perfect"? Source: American Political Science Review
  • ALT1:... that as documented in The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932, the vast majority of the United States' counties did not vote for the same party in every presidential election from 1896 to 1932? Source: American Political Science Review

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Ward (American politician)
• Comment: Feel free to suggest an alternative, more interesting hook. Sources accessible through the Wikipedia Library on JSTOR, feel free to email me for a copy if you can't access them there.

Created by Elli (talk). Self-nominated at 17:37, 25 August 2021 (UTC).

• Long enough, recent enough, no copyvio, no major policy violations, demonstrates notability under WP:NBOOK#1 and QPQ done. Hook is fine. The infobox's publishing date appears to be wrong (doesn't match prose). You might consider a hook themed around a fact that the book contains: for instance, American Political Science Review highlights, relatively few counties-to be precise, 619 Democratic and 83 Republican-have maintained a one-party lead throughout the whole period of thirty-six years under discussion. Since the total number of counties in the country is 3,096, this means that, first and last, the extent of the party battle-field is much greater than most commentators have indicated. — Bilorv (talk) 19:54, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
  • @Bilorv: I've corrected the infobox date - good idea for the hook, I need to spend some time thinking about how to write this but should have it done by sometime tomorrow. Elli (talk | contribs) 21:34, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
    • Yep, no problem. — Bilorv (talk) 23:50, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
      • @Bilorv: sorry about the delay - I've added ALT1, still not sure about the best phrasing for DYK here. Elli (talk | contribs) 16:24, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
        • Okay, how about this as a counter-proposal? It uses a little routine calculation. (If you like it, I think we'll need another reviewer to sign off on it.)
          • ALT2: ... that as documented in The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932, less than a quarter of the United States' counties voted for the same party in every presidential election from 1896 to 1932?

        — Bilorv (talk) 10:06, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

        • @Bilorv: That looks good to me! Elli (talk | contribs) 15:22, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
          • Alright, we need a new reviewer just to check ALT2 (rest can be considered approved by me). — Bilorv (talk) 22:14, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

ALT2 looks good. The article does not state it in this way, but it does say "relatively few" and gives the exact numbers (702 out of 3096) which works out to be 22 2/3%, so I accept that "less than a quarter" is a routine calc/accurate restatement. I did not verify this is stated in the book, but it is stated in the book review (which is the ref for the sentence in the article). So ALT2 approved and the rest of the review is per Bilorv. GTG MB 01:48, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

ALT2 to T:DYK/P5