Roundtable: Second in Command: Reevaluating the Role of Vice Presidents and Running Mates in Modern American Politics

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

Second in Command explores the evolving significance of U.S. vice presidents and running mates over the past half-century, with fresh insights that may enhance scholar’ understanding of the 2024 election and J. D. Vance’s vice presidency.

Section

• 15. Presidency & Executive Politics

Chair

• Karine Premont, Universite de Sherbrooke

Participants

• Christopher J. Devine, University of Dayton

• Richard M. Yon, United States Military Academy, West Point

• Jody Baumgartner, East Carolina University

• Roy Brownell, Independent Researcher

• Whitney Lauraine Court, College of Saint Benedict

• Stacy Gwenn Ulbig, Sam Houston State University

• Lindsey Meeks, Texas Christian University