Why is Sarah Palin the vice presidential candidate she has no experience?

Answer 1

While the ability to serve as president is one of the criteria for choosing a vice-presidential candidate, there is a long history of choosing vice-presidential candidates to help with the election of the presidential candidate. In terms of that task, the VP candidate can help bring out the base, bring out undecideds, or both. In the case of Sarah Palin, it appears that there was significant concern that John McCain was not well supported by the Rupublican Party's base. As a result, it decided to gamble with Palin who is a fundamentalist Christian. Adding to reason for her support was the fact that she is a woman; given the dissatisfaction that Hilary Clinton supporters had, the McCain campaign took a gamble that the choice of Palin might attract those supporters as well.

While such gambling has been criticized by many, it has also been praised by the Republican Party's base. It is well known among those who study politics that candidates who are behind typically engage in more risky (some would say bold) campaigning. The same happens in business and in sports. You must also consider the fact that Sarah Palin has had more executive experience than all three of the others on the ticket.