Talk:Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008

Former good article nomineeRepublican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008 was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
September 3, 2008Articles for deletionKept
September 7, 2009Good article nomineeNot listed
Current status: Former good article nominee

I've rated this article at B-class due to the good sourcing, which I think outweighs several other shortcomings. The structure is reasonable and approachable, with useful templates, but the first two paragraphs aren't really a "lead" (they don't summarize the other text). Apart from Obama in the template there are no photos, yet if Obamacans were ~ 10% of the votes, there should have been some impressive rally or gathering to be presented here. The debates on the talk page over categorization of Republicans - especially Republicans not voting Republican! - are unavoidable, and we need to accept that descriptions of political phenomena can only be approximate.