Elijah Manley was still a teenager when his frustration with President Trump pushed him to get involved in politics. Today, he’s finally old enough to run for Congress. Upset with how his own Democratic Party is responding to Trump, he’s decided to do just that.
It is elected, but as a package deal. If they’re popular it’s not a bad idea to choose them as a nominee, but…yeah, Harris was not.
Its not elected, no one votes for VP. In the olden days, sure, but if the VP is elected than so is any family members of the president, making the trump kids political appointments the explicit will of the people, and no one wants that to be true.
The ballot has the President and Vice President on it. You do indeed vote for VP, but as I said, as a package deal. None of Trump’s kids were on the ballot.
This conversation hurts my head… Yes you vote for the vp (it’s on the damn ballot) but I’d wager most tie their vote to the actual president.
Of course they do. But saying it’s not an elected position is incorrect.
It’s kind of both. It’s incorrect and correct the same time. I mean you can’t really make an argument it’s an elected position because you can’t choose a vice president. There is literally no way I could have voted for Harris and Vance at the same time. I don’t get to cast a ballot for the vice president. I literally don’t vote for them. I vote for the total ticket. So if you’re going by the strict definition of election it doesn’t technically fit. Choice is necessary in the word elect.
Don’t get me wrong I get your point. It’s a moot argument really. But the more you think about it the more it kind of pisses me off. I literally don’t get to choose the vice president. In a democracy.
We could go back to the days where 2nd place became vp. But that sounds untenable in this current era.
Or we could just have it be an actual elected office. Let people run for it.