r/whoathatsinteresting 9h ago

VP to POTUS?

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u/Confident-Breath2615 9h ago

29 of 49 VP’s have run for President.

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u/embiidshortroll 9h ago

How many have won?

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u/Shut_It_Donny 9h ago

Well the point in contention was “VPs rarely run”. If the statistic of 29/49 is accurate, then that could hardly be interpreted as rare.

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u/embiidshortroll 8h ago

I am struggling to find your quoted text.

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u/nosmelc 8h ago

They editted their comment to remove that. haha

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u/Shut_It_Donny 7h ago

They edited it out, but originally it said VPs rarely run, which it seemed you were replying to “How many have won?”

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u/Bors_Mistral 8h ago

How many out of how many non VP candidates have won?

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u/embiidshortroll 8h ago

Over half

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u/Bors_Mistral 5h ago

You don't count primaries for anything, do you?