Leeper, Thomas J. (2016) Vice Presidents are a heartbeat from the Oval Office, but matter very little. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (05 Oct 2016). Website.
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Last night Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Indiana Governor Mike Pence met in the only vice-presidential debate of the 2016 election. But how important are vice-presidents and vice-presidential debates? Thomas Leeper argues that neither are of much consequence during elections and as part of presidential administrations. While the position can often be a stepping stone to the presidency, he writes, it has little budget and no formal powers – an irrelevance that is baked into how the office was defined by the Constitution.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors, USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science © CC BY-NC 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2016 11:07 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 14:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/68431 |
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