Editing The West Wing (section)

===Domestic===
All contemporary domestic government officials in ''The West Wing'' universe are fictional. President Bartlet has made three appointments to the fictional Supreme Court and maintains a full cabinet, although not all names and terms of the members are revealed. Some cabinet members, such as the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]], appear more often than others. Many other government officials, such as mayors, governors, judges, representatives, and senators, are mentioned and seen as well.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sims |first1=David |title=A Definitive Ranking of Every Character on The West Wing |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/a-definitive-ranking-of-every-character-on-the-west-wing/380098/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=September 12, 2014 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817162553/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/a-definitive-ranking-of-every-character-on-the-west-wing/380098/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Fictional locations inside the United States are created to loosely represent certain places:

====San Andreo====
San Andreo is a fictional California city. It is located near [[San Diego]], has a population of 42,000 and is the location of the San Andreo Nuclear Generating Station. The fictional station was based on the real-life [[San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station]] in San Diego County.

A near [[Nuclear meltdown|meltdown]] at the nuclear plant becomes the focus of an [[October surprise]] for Republican nominee [[Arnold Vinick|Senator Arnold Vinick]] during the 2006 presidential election, due to Vinick's strong pro-nuclear stance and revelations of his active lobbying for the construction of the plant. This is seen to be a key factor in Vinick's narrow defeat in the election by Democratic nominee [[Matt Santos|Congressman Matt Santos]].

====Hartsfield's Landing====
[[Hartsfield's Landing]] is a fictional town in New Hampshire. It is stated to be a very small community of only 63 people, of whom 42 are registered voters, that votes at one minute past midnight on the day of the [[New Hampshire primary]], hours before the rest of the state, and has accurately predicted the winner of every [[United States presidential election|presidential election]] since [[William Howard Taft]] in [[1908 United States presidential election|1908]]. It is based on three real-life New Hampshire communities, one of which is [[Hart's Location, New Hampshire|Hart's Location]], which indeed vote before the rest of the state during the primaries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/08/466073545/3-tiny-new-hampshire-towns-vote-at-midnight-do-they-predict-anything |title=3 Tiny New Hampshire Towns Voted at Midnight. Do They Predict Anything? |website=NPR |date=February 8, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106174744/https://www.npr.org/2016/02/08/466073545/3-tiny-new-hampshire-towns-vote-at-midnight-do-they-predict-anything |url-status=live |last1=Firozi |first1=Paulina }}</ref>

====Kennison State University====
Kennison State is a fictional [[university]] in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]], used as the setting of a bombing in the beginning of the fourth season.