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A presidential candidate is free to choose anyone he/she wants as a vice-presidential running mate. Realistically, though, the candidate chooses someone from their own party, since their chances of being elected with a running mate from a different party would be minimal.
Originally the VP was the candidate with the second greatest number of votes, essentially the one who lost the election. Now the VP is selected as a running mate. A presidential candidate decides who he/she thinks would provide a good "draw" to the voters.
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∙ 13y agoNo- not anymore. The president and vice-president candidates run as a team and are not voted on separately in the popular vote. In the electoral college, the same electors choose both the president and vice-president and they are committed to just one party.
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Were president and vice president always voted for as a party?
No.
Are the president and vice president in different political parties?
No, when the president is running for office. They have the opportunity then to pick who they want as their running mate and eventual vice president. Much like right now with Obama and Biden, they stay within the same political party.
The twelfth amendment guarantees that the president and vice president will be from the same?
The Twelfth Amendment under the current party system guarantees that the president and vice president will be from the same party.
Why are the president and vice president both from the same pardy today?
Because if the President and the VP were of differentparties, they would always have conflicting views. Being in the same party, they will agree more.
Are the President and the Vice President members of different political parties true or false?
No, the President and Vice President are memnbers of the same political party. This was not always true in American politics, but it has been true for the past century.
Do the president and vice president of the US of different political party can serve at the same time?
No, they have to be of the same political party.
What party is are vice president?
Under the current system in the US, the president and the vice president are ALWAYS from the same party (this has not always been the case; in the first few elections the person receiving the most votes became President and the person receiving the second highest number of votes became Vice President, meaning that it was possible and perhaps even likely that they would have opposing viewpoints). Our current President Obama and Vice President Biden are democrats.
Why do you think the president and vice president are both from from the same party today?
They always have been from the same party. The political parties nominate a ticket to run together. It makes it easier to make decisions and to carry out functions of government when they come from the same party.
What section of the Constitution says the president and vice president must be of the same political party?
It doesn't because vice president Hendricks was in a different political party than the president at thay time.
What political party is United States's vice president in?
Joseph Robinette Biden, the current vice president of the US, is a Democrat. In US politics, it would be very unusual to have a president choose a vp candidate from a different party. Therefore, the only time there might be a difference would be in a case of succession following a death in office, but even then it would be very unusual.
Why are the presindent and vice president from the same party?
Each party convention nominates one candidate for president and one candidate for vice-president and the two candidates run as a team. The popular vote can not be split since the voters are really electing electors and the same electors vote for both president and vice-president. Although there are separate electoral votes for president and vice-president, the electors vote for their party's nominee in each.
What Vice President was not of the same party as the President?
Andrew Johnson was a Democrat before and after he was elected vice-president as a Republican. When parties were just starting to form. John C. Calhoun who was the vice-president under John Quincy Adams was elected again to serve under Andrew Jackson. Calhoun and Jackson never joined the same party. Similarly John Adams and his vice president Thomas Jefferson were not about to join same the party.
