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A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election.The term is most often used in reference to the person in the subordinate position (such as the vice presidential candidate running with a presidential candidate) but can also properly be used when referring to both candidates, such as by saying Donald Trump and JD Vance, and William Ruto and ...
Ideological balance is achieved when a candidate chooses a running mate from a different ideological strain to provide more widespread appeal. For example, a liberal candidate might want to choose a moderate or even a conservative running mate rather than another liberal in order to appeal to a broader base of the electorate.
A Habitation Clause issue arose during the 2000 presidential election contested by George W. Bush (running-mate Dick Cheney, who Bush selected) and Al Gore (running-mate Joe Lieberman), because it was alleged that Bush and Cheney were both inhabitants of Texas and that the Texas electors therefore violated the Twelfth Amendment in casting their ...
Kennedy's choice of Shanahan as his running mate puts an end to speculation around a number of other high-profile names, which included NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota governor ...
At a Q&A Wednesday night, Trump said 'I would want somebody who could help me with government. So most likely, that would be a political person.'
Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, said the campaign faces a choice between either staying in the presidential race — which would "risk" helping Kamala Harris — or dropping ...
This is the last election in which an incumbent president ran with a running mate who was not the incumbent vice president. This is the only election in which all 4 major presidential and vice presidential candidates would at some point be their party's nominee for president and lose.
Running mates are heavily vetted before being announced in the weeks prior to the party national convention. The selection of a running mate is given considerable attention because the individual chosen can be seen to broaden the ticket's appeal by complementing and balancing its strengths, ideologically, geographically, and with respect to ...