Rating the odds in the U.S. ‘Veepstakes’
Submitted by Barry Kay on Sun, 06/26/2016 - 08:44It is conventional wisdom in American elections, that vice-presidential candidates are rarely pivotal, and then only that a poor candidate (as with Sarah Palin) might detract from a campaign.
The most commonly cited exception would be 1960 when Lyndon Johnson helped Kennedy carry Texas, but even in that case his home state alone wouldn't have altered the result.