Talk:Samuel Tilden 1876 presidential campaign

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A fact from Samuel Tilden 1876 presidential campaign appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 October 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that even though he won the popular vote by a 51–48% margin, Samuel J. Tilden failed to win the U.S. presidency in 1876?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Tilden presidential campaign, 1876.

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"Hard-money" vs. "Soft-money"

In the "Democratic nomination fight" section, a reference is made to Hendricks' "support of soft-money" contrasted with "Tilden's hard-money stance." These two terms mean quite different things today than they did in 1876. "Soft money" in politics refers to non-federal campaign contributions. I presume that in this context, the distinction is instead to fiat currency (soft) vs. representative money (hard). I don't want to edit in those links myself, since I don't know for sure, but I think would be helpful to other readers to have links in place. Kelseymh (talk) 20:58, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]