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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2393<br />
| date = December 3, 2020<br />
| title = Presidential Middle Names<br />
| image = presidential_middle_names.png<br />
| titletext = The bottom of the list remains unchanged. Poor Rutherford Birchard Hayes.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
A list of what Randall perceives to be the prettiest presidential middle names. {{w|Joe Biden|Joe Robinette Biden}} (46th presidential-canidate) has taken the second slot. Previous second-place holder {{w|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Delano Roosevelt}}, the 32nd president, has been bumped back to third. {{w|Warren G. Harding|Warren Gamaliel Harding}}, the 29th president, remains in first.<br />
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The title text announces that {{w|Rutherford B. Hayes|Rutherford Birchard Hayes}}, the 19th president, remains at or near the bottom. The field has 45 names: {{w|Grover Cleveland|Stephen Cleveland}} was both the 22nd and 24th presidents, and had the same middle name - Grover, by which he was known - for both terms.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><big>Prettiest</big><br><br />
Presidential Middle Names<br><br />
Official Rankings<br><br />
(Updated for 2021)<br />
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1. Gamaliel (Warren Harding)<br><br />
2. Robinette (Joe Biden) '''(NEW!)'''<br><br />
3. Delano (Franklin Rooselvelt)<br><br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics with color]]</div>172.69.235.143https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2383:_Electoral_Precedent_2020&diff=201524Talk:2383: Electoral Precedent 20202020-11-10T00:58:11Z<p>172.69.235.143: </p>
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Can anyone identify the faded background text in the 2016 panel?<br />
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Is there some shadow text behind the main text in the 2016 square? I can barely make it out. <br />
It looks like "No nominee whose first name contains a "k" has lost", which would be the same from the 1122 comic. <br />
[[User:ChunyangD|ChunyangD]] ([[User talk:ChunyangD|talk]]) 00:54, 10 November 2020 (UTC)<br />
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It's the alternative text from the 2016 one: "No nominee whose first name contains a "K" has lost." [[Special:Contributions/172.69.235.143|172.69.235.143]] 00:58, 10 November 2020 (UTC)</div>172.69.235.143