re: #191 palomino

That’s all totally true. But the last time it really worked was JFK with LBJ. Kennedy probably couldn’t have won TX (predominantly Protestant and white back then) without Johnson, meaning tricky dick would have been president even earlier in his life—with more time to screw things up.

But the veep choice hasn’t really been a decisive factor in an election since then.

That wasn;t the question (whether the VP was a deciding factor)
What WAS on the table is how the Pres candidate can appeal to the base, IF said candidate is deemed to centrist