Originally Posted by
Furryrat
They also have the problem of history. Only one sitting Vice President has won the Presidency since before the Civil War, and that was George H. W. Bush, the VP for Ronald Reagan.
Only 4 sitting VPs have ever ran in the national election, counting Bush. You have 5 VPs in the same time period that became President due to assassination and death in office. I don't think it is a matter of history, I think it is more a matter of being VP is usually where old people go to retire out of politics.
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