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Author Topic: Which quality is most important in a vice-presidential candidate? [Locked]
silvadel  1 star
Title: MMRPG Expert
Posts: 165
Registered: 2001-4-18 11:54:17
Heh -- VPs are usually chosen for one reason and one reason only -- How many electoral votes can they bring to the ticket.

This can be that they come from a specific state that is in play and could net a lot of EVs.

This could be a racial or gender thing.

This could be to cater to a specific faction of the population either of the base or outside the base.

This could be to counterbalance a perceived weakness in the main candidate (IE person not good with military chooses a general)

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Usually they try to stay away from people more competent than they are.

 

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-Drack-  1 star
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Registered: 2003-3-13 20:17:16
Haha... why would they ruin a poll like that and put an option such as Great hair?

 

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Caoilin  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-11-20 00:03:45
do vps even do anything? i'm not convinced they do based on sarah palin was a vp nominee.

 

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Wulfgarr
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Registered: 2002-3-24 21:23:13
Caoilin posted:

do vps even do anything? i'm not convinced they do based on sarah palin was a vp nominee.



Oh how soon we forget Cheney. The powerful and influential VP since probably one of Roosevelt's running mates.

 

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Kordirn  4 stars
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Mainstream media is such a laughing stock nowadays.

 

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suntzukali2  3 stars
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Someone I wouldnt mind if they took office if for whatever reason it needed to happen.

 

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Jesus.Christ..  1 star
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Registered: 2011-5-20 16:21:16
Cool article on this subject

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/02/120402fa_fact_caro

 

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Bork_the_orc  2 stars
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Registered: 2001-6-15 20:58:59
Geographic balancing?

 

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The ability to say "nuclear" without adding extra syllables.

 

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