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Fix Kamala Harris migration responsibilities?

Currently the article states "... upon his ascension to the presidency, Biden put Kamala Harris in charge of controlling migration at the US–Mexico border." for which a BBC News article is cited.

However, the Kamala Harris article explains with 15 citations that this is not correct: "On March 24, 2021, Biden assigned Harris to work with Mexico and Northern Triangle nations to stem irregular migration to the U.S.-Mexico border and address the "root causes" of migration. Multiple news organizations at the time described Harris as a "border czar", though Harris rejected the title and never actually held it. Republicans and other critics began using the term "border czar" to tie Harris to the Mexico–United States border crisis, including in a July 2024 House resolution, despite her having no authority over the border itself." Ortho1901 (talk) 19:51, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eligibility

The citation in Eligibility is Congress Passes 12th Amendment whose whole text is "Congress Passes 12th Amendment 1804 Congress approves the 12th Amendment on Dec. 9 and sends it to the states for ratification.", not mentioning anything about eligibility. Mcljlm (talk) 16:34, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I rescued the deviated link. Drdpw (talk) 16:50, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congressman or Representative

This can be considered for all US politicial pages. In the "Vacancy" section, myself & another editor had a disagreement over whether "Congressman" should be used, or "Representative". IMHO, the latter should be used, as the former is a misnomer. Rather than edit-war, it's best to get views from others. GoodDay (talk) 18:05, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Close election"

Per recent edits made Nov. 19-20. Yes, I consider the election to have been "close". Please discuss here if you do not believe it was close and would like to discuss. A 1.6% margin in the national popular vote is certainly close, closer than any of the previous 4 elections. It was not a landslide, as most sources consider "landslides" to be 400+ electoral votes. Bill Clinton won over 360 votes in 1992, and Obama won over 360 in 2008... nobody ever calls those landslides. –Aaronw1109 ^(talk) ^(contribs) 04:01, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The mainstream news media aren't describing the 2024 election as being close. We go by those sources, as they've been judged by Wikipedia to be reliable. GoodDay (talk) 04:09, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Let's not bicker over what constitutes a 'close' presidential election. I have changed the phrasing to 'four incumbent vice presidents lost a presidential election', Drdpw (talk) 04:12, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Drdpw:That was going to be my next suggestion, since Humphrey's loss in 1968 was not close by any means. Thank you –Aaronw1109 ^(talk) ^(contribs) 04:13, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a version, nobody can dispute. GoodDay (talk) 04:16, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]