Talk:Political party strength in U.S. states

message: While the Nebraska legislature is formally "nonpartisan", nearly all its members are either Democrats or Republicans and the parties endorse candidates for the legislature. For the purposes of party strength, I believe it is important to include these numbers. I propose to revert to the previous version of the table. Acsenray 17:08, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Nebraska's nonpartisan status

message: The article says
the following 22 states (mostly in the South and the Midwest) do not provide for party preferences in voter registration: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. 
and then it says
The partisan breakdown "demographics" provided in the following table are obtained from that state's party registration figures (from late 2010 whenever possible) where indicated. 
I am confused. If 22 states do not provide for party preferences in voter registration, then where did the figures for party registration for those 22 states come from? Kaltenmeyer (talk) 04:46, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: See superscript notation "g", noted below the chart. Rostz (talk) 04:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

text: I'm confused, too.  The "g" explains where stats for the states that provide the preference option upon voting come from, but what about the other states?--Mike74 (talk) 21:43, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion about Chart 

message: It shows Kansas with a Republican trifecta. Kansas has a Democratic governor. Map needs updated to show Kansas as yellow.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.127.144.153 (talk) 02:40, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Party control of state Legislatures and Governorships Map Wrong 

message: Before you do a major overhaul on that table, I think you should inform us of what your plans are. Because, personally, the current structure of that table is fine. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:00, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: All I did was update the registration numbers to reflect current data. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 02:24, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:   That's excellent, then. But for something like that, I don't think you need to add an  tag – this tag usual implies that substantial changes are about to be made. FWIW. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:02, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Under construction tag 

message: There is a dispute about whether to include the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories (in tables) within the Political party strength in U.S. states article. The five U.S. territories are American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The proposal to include the District of Columbia and territories would involve moving the article to "Political party strength in the U.S. states and territories" or simply "Political party strength in the United States". The argument in favor of including the District of Columbia and territories in the article is that these political entities are often considered state-equivalents, with state-like characteristics (such as governors and legislatures). The opposing argument is that the District of Columbia and territories are not relevant to the article. 20:22, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for comment on proposal to add the District of Columbia and territories to the article 

message: Whatever stat is being used for the "partisan split" column is being applied incorrectly. The table indicates that Kentucky has a Democratic-leaning partisan split, even though Trump & McConnell are winning by wide margins in every poll? That makes no sense. Voter registration stats do not equate to a partisan split, or "political party strength" in that state. This really needs to be fixed, it's plainly wrong & doesn't pass the smell test.
Well there is a Democratic Governor, and McConnell and Trump have nothing to do with any State Legislature make ups, they would be the Federal government. Though states like Kentucky and West Virginia almost certainly vote Republican for Presidents, the state Legislatures aren't always garunteed (though still tend to lean that way) and there can certainly be more Democrats that are registered, but perhaps vote Republican more for different people or reasons. The same thing happens in Wisconsin and Maine quite a bit. Elyon127 (talk) 04:54, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kentucky