Talk:List of major-party United States presidential candidates who lost their home state

message: Surely there should be a comprehensive list of ALL candidates and ALL results so we can compare like with like and see whether there is a definite pattern rather than having to guess whether this is a usual result. It seems also that presidential candidates tend to win their state of residence more often than their state of origin. Owlqueen 02:03, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A better idea 

message: since "home" state is not clearly defined, we should change the name of the article to "candidates who lost their birth or resident states.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tallicfan20 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  change the name of this article 

message: I'm afraid this article makes no sense to those not very familiar with the American electoral system.  I have some knowledge of it but I still don't understand what this article is about.  What does it mean to "lose" a home state?  Does it mean the candidate failed to win the popular vote in his home state?  Or that he failed to win the votes of those in the electoral college?  Or something else, such as failing to win the primary?  It would help immensely if the lead to this article were rewritten so as to explain the terminology. —Psychonaut (talk) 20:09, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: To lose a home state means to lose the popular vote within that state for the general election, which also loses that state's electoral votes in the general election. —Lowellian (reply) 02:28, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still confusing 

message: How about a list of VP candidate who didn't win their RESIDENT (home) state but still became Vice-President.   I'm not sure there have been any?  Think Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney are going to with Wisconsin and Massachusetts?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.60.111 (talk) 11:13, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about a list of VP candidate who didn't win their RESIDENT (home) state 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Moved   (t · c) buidhe 21:42, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: List of major-party United States presidential candidates who lost home state →  – The title is missing the word their. Also, the title is very long. If you can figure out a shorter title for this list, that would be great. Interstellarity (talk) 17:20, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 January 2021 

message: Should there be a separate section listing elections where both candidates were "from" the same state and, therefore, one of them HAD to lose their home state? If this article exists to show any kind of trend, then I think that losing your home state because you shared your home state with your opponent is worth noting. 147.226.157.14 (talk) 19:06, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, would it be worth listing elections where candidates ONLY won their home state, like Mondale in 1984? 147.226.157.14 (talk) 19:07, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elections where someone had to lose