By: Jeffrey Blehar – nationalreview.com – June 7, 2024

Trump should remember what worked in 2016: A calm and sober voice as his vice president, someone with serious governing experience. It points to someone like Burgum.

Political scientists will tell you that vice-presidential picks don’t really matter that much in terms of electoral results, even at the margins. Smart campaigns don’t pick one because they hope to swing a state into their party’s column. It’s really about the top of the ticket for most voters, and vice presidents are usually a reflection of perceived weaknesses at the top, chosen to bridge otherwise difficult demographic divides in a symbolic way. They are chosen to “round out the character” of the presidential nominee, to sell a narrative to the public based on the person that nominee selected as …

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Source: Trump Veepstakes 2024: The Survivors | National Review