Democratic Primaries

Towlie

(5,318 posts) Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:51 PM Oct 2019

Question: Have rival presidential candidates ever become running mates after the primaries?

I honestly don't know and I haven't had any success researching it. Has a presidential candidate who lost the nomination in the primaries ever become the winner's vice presidential nominee? If not, why not?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Question: Have rival presidential candidates ever become running mates after the primaries? (Original Post) Towlie Oct 2019 OP

Clinton-Gore springs to mind... comradebillyboy Oct 2019 #1

Nope - Al Gore was not a 1992 primary candidate jberryhill Oct 2019 #9

Edwards lost to Kerry in 2004. Drunken Irishman Oct 2019 #2

Up to a certain point the 2nd place finisher was always the running mate Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #3

Obama-Biden Renew Deal Oct 2019 #4

Reagan-bush. Even after bush trashed Reagan's "voodoo economics" unblock Oct 2019 #5

Pretty often htuttle Oct 2019 #6

JKF and LBJ in 1960 hlthe2b Oct 2019 #7

Pretty often jberryhill Oct 2019 #8

Kennedy Johnson, 1960 SharonAnn Oct 2019 #10

Obama - Biden left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 #11

Yup. boomer_wv Oct 2019 #12

comradebillyboy

(10,128 posts)

1. Clinton-Gore springs to mind...

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:52 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

9. Nope - Al Gore was not a 1992 primary candidate

Reply to comradebillyboy (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:18 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

2. Edwards lost to Kerry in 2004.

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:53 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

3. Up to a certain point the 2nd place finisher was always the running mate

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:53 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Renew Deal

(81,844 posts)

4. Obama-Biden

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:55 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

unblock

(52,113 posts)

5. Reagan-bush. Even after bush trashed Reagan's "voodoo economics"

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:56 PM

Oct 2019

Picking the runner-up as veep is often a good strategic move to reunite the party after a contentious primary.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

6. Pretty often

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:58 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

hlthe2b

(102,106 posts)

7. JKF and LBJ in 1960

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:09 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

8. Pretty often

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:12 PM

Oct 2019

Do you remember this fellow named Barack Obama who chose Joe Biden as his VP candidate?

JFK/LBJ
Reagan/Bush

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

SharonAnn

(13,771 posts)

10. Kennedy Johnson, 1960

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:20 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

11. Obama - Biden

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:31 PM

Oct 2019

Biden ultimately dropped out of the race on January 3, 2008, after coming in fifth place and capturing less than 1% of the vote in the Iowa caucus. Seven months after the conclusion of his campaign, Biden was selected to be Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Biden+dropped+out+after+Iowa.&oq=Biden+dropped+out+after+Iowa.&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

boomer_wv

(673 posts)

12. Yup.

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:38 PM

Oct 2019

It happens pretty often. It's more usual to pick somebody else, but it happens.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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