Talk:1956 United States presidential election
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Harry Flood Byrd
editHarry Flood Byrd#National politics says "Although Byrd was never a candidate in a presidential election, he nevertheless received 116,248 votes in the 1956 election." There seems to be no mention here, so one is wrong.--Rumping (talk) 08:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Error on Map
editIowa should have 10 votes not 9 ; MrMingsz (talk) 15:35, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
The Jones Vote
editOne Electoral Vote went to Jones here, isn't the precedent that any third party Candidate with at least 1 Vote or 5% of the Popular Vote is listed in the Infobox or is there another requirement? 76.227.180.214 (talk) 22:12, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
- Jones' electoral vote was from a faithless elector. The current standard is that any candidate who wins at least one pledged electoral vote or 5% of the popular vote is listed in the infobox. So Jones does not qualify.--JayJasper (talk) 22:18, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
"Joe Smith"
edit"At the convention (to select the Republican VP), one delegate voted for a fictitious "Joe Smith" for Vice-President to prevent a unanimous vote." - I think this needs some explanation. The wording implies that there was a legal or constitutional requirement to prevent a unanimous vote, but Googling suggests that it was simply a protest against Nixon by a chap called Terry Carpenter (in which case "voted for etc as a protest against Nixon" would be a better way of putting it). -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 14:46, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Eisenhower's home state
editOver the past months, Eisenhower's home state has been changed multiple times. According to the National Archives, his home state was New York. This is a more reliable source than uselectionatlas.org, a third party source which claims his home state was Pennsylvania. I hope this answers any questions about the change. -Mad Mismagius (talk) 20:11, 13 November 2021 (UTC)