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pbrower2a
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« on: August 11, 2012, 04:10:32 PM »
« edited: August 11, 2012, 05:55:40 PM by pbrower2a »

Do VP's carry their states? The Favorite Son advantage is about 10% for the President -- win or lose- and it is usually reversed in all but max-out situations.  The VP nominee matters far less. Lloyd Bentsen, who had firmer ties to Texas than did George H W Bush,   did not help Mike Dukakis.

Let's go back a while to see whether a VP nominee could have made a difference:

YEAR      nominee     state     Won state?   DIMAD*?                        

2008      Biden     (D)      DE        Y                   N
2008      Palin      (R)      AS         Y                   N

2004      Cheney  (R)      WY       Y                   N
2004      Edwards (D)     NC       N                   Y

2000      Cheney  (R)      WY       Y                   N
2000      Lieberman (D)   CT       Y                   N

1996      Gore (D)            TN       Y                   N
1996      Kemp (R)           NY       N                   N

1992      Gore  (D)           TN       Y                   N
1992      Quayle (R)         IN       Y                   N

1988      Quayle  (R)        IN       Y                   N
1988      Bentsen (D)       TX       N                  N

1984      Bush (R)            CT       Y                   N
1984      Ferraro (D)        NY       N                  N

1980      Bush  (R)           CT       Y                   N
1980      Mondale (D)      MN      Y                   N

1976      Mondale (D)       MN     Y                   N
1976      Dole (R)              KS     Y                   N
*DIMAD -- Did It Make A Difference?

...the VP choice is a poor way of flipping a state. If I went back to 1968 I would show that Spiro Agnew lost in Maryland despite an electoral blowout. The one that seems to make a difference was one who lost his state -- Edwards (Kerry would have won with it).
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