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The result was merge‎ to Horse race journalism. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:11, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This article is unsourced and largely duplicative of horse race journalism. There might be a small amount of content we can merge into that article. – Anne drew (talk · contribs) 16:40, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. – Anne drew (talk · contribs) 16:40, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect to Horse race journalism, per nom and WP:NOPAGE. Sal2100 (talk) 16:59, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:58, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge or if not, delete. Even from a sourcing perspective, most potential references to improve the article utilize the language of horse race journalism and not "political handicapping." Waterfelt (talk) 00:17, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect to Horse race journalism, same metaphor. --Altenmann >talk 00:20, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge as suggested; see WP:FORK. Bearian (talk) 04:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.