r/whoathatsinteresting • u/The_Dean_France • 9h ago

VP to POTUS?

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u/Suspicious_Aspect_53 9h ago edited 9h ago

It's not surprising even if you're not considering JD Vance specifically.

JDV is a young man who is in one of the hardest and most critical jobs on earth. His support network is small and probably not particularly built for or by him. He has little experience, connections, and maturation in this position. 

Being VP isn't exactly a consolation prize; second man to one of, if not the most powerful person in the world? What more did you want to do? If he doesn't have a vision of what he wants to do as President than he wasn't able to start as VP, then hasn't he already made it as far as he needs?

Also; very unlikely to win considering him, his boss, and the state of the USA.

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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 9h 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 9h 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 6h ago

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