Talk:1912–13 United States Senate elections

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This Article is Really Obtuse[edit]

This article has at the start "32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate (as well as special elections) 49 seats needed for a majority." What on earth does 32 mean here? The article should start out with a clear summary of this election, like:

"The Senate Election of 1912-13 resulted in Democrats having ___ seats, Republicans having ___ seats, Party X having ___ seats, Party Y having ___ seats, but ___ vacant seats. The reasons why there were ___ vacant seats are [blah blah]." The reason why this election is not simply the election of 1912 is [blah blah]." The composition of the Senate before the next election changed with the passage of time as follows: [blah blah]."

It is hard to see the forest from the trees in this article. (PeacePeace (talk) 16:15, 27 August 2019 (UTC))[reply]

That info you quote was not in the lede, but rather from the Infobox, a data-gathering summary box designed just to give data without a narrative. However, I've added some info to the lede narrative paragraph which I hope will make the article less obtuse. Tell me what you think about it. Thanks for bringing this up. —GoldRingChip 16:28, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Some error I think[edit]

There's something wrong with the percentage of the vote for George A. Steele in the Nevada election. The percentage is copied from the previous line, I think. Wehwalt (talk) 16:00, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]