Who is the best VP nominee?

[Renew Deal]

94 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Beshear
	9 (10%)
	Cooper
	4 (4%)
	Harris (I know)
	1 (1%)
	Kelly
	9 (10%)
	Newsom (This doesn't work if Harris is the nominee)
	0 (0%)
	Shapiro
	26 (28%)
	Whitmer
	24 (26%)
	Other
	5 (5%)
	Buttigieg
	16 (17%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Sneederbunk]

1. What about Pete?

[Renew Deal]

3. I would be happy with him.

[True Dough]

9. Seconded!

And why no consideration of Jamie Raskin? A very well-spoken constitutional scholar as vice-president? Yes, please!

[CurtEastPoint]

2. PETE!

[msongs]

4. probably someone in a swing state and that person could improve that state's odds. not newsom cuz

CA is a safe state

[Sympthsical]

5. Pete!

[In It to Win It]

6. Somebody from PA, MI, or WI

[Autumn]

7. Kamala and Pete. Unstoppable.

[Freddie]

8. Yes to my Governor!

He is awesome and will carry the state! After 2 terms as VP he’ll run for president and be the first president from Pennsylvania since the second-worst POTUS ever, James Buchanan.

[lisa58]

10. VP Pete!

[Yorkie Mom]

11. You probably need Gov. Andy Beshear on the list.

[Renew Deal]

13. He's the first name

I tried to make it alphabetical

[Daveigh]

12. Has HRC's name come up at all?

I think she’d be a steady, rock solid influence during this time of transition.

[Celerity]

17. For what role?

[Daveigh]

20. Either*

POTUS or VPOTUS

[Celerity]

23. Her time has come and gone, 30 plus years of Rethug (long before MAGA but counting MAGA too) hate agitprop

has so unfairly made her radioactive and at this point and going forward, unfortunately, unelectable.

She also would be in her 80s for the last third or so of the 2025 to 2029 term, and I absolutely doubt we will see a Democratic POTUS and/or VPOTUS of that age again, not after Biden.

[pinkstarburst]

14. Kamala and Pete!

I've never heard of some of the people on this list. Maybe they help us in swing states but I'm not sure how much they help us nationally. Pete placed pretty high in the 2020 primaries.

[andym]

15. Shapiro to help in PA and balance the ticket

West coast/East coast. Whitmer is also good.

[Celerity]

16. Pete. He is by far the best communicator we have. He will destroy the MAGAt talking points every single fucking day.

[Elessar Zappa]

27. He'd be great.

But what about the homophobes?

[Celerity]

31. fuck them, I am sick of the kowtowing, and the main ones in terms of our base are older PoC, who will see

past that due to Kamala being on the top of the ticket.

Chicago, which is vastly more non white than white, elected a black lesbian mayor. Wisconsin elected a white lesbian Senator. Colorado elected a gay white Governor. OR elected back to back white lesbian/bisexual Governors. AZ elected a white, bisexual atheist female (Sinema). Maura Healey of Massachusetts is another white lesbian Governor.

[Elessar Zappa]

32. Ok, yes, I agree.

I think my top choices are Pete or Beshear.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

18. Someone from a swing state. Kelly? Adds the "military" component. The guy is an astronaut hero (in some eyes)

Josh Shapiro? Governor from a swing state. Very popular.

[GoodRaisin]

19. I voted for Shapiro but feel like I need to say that Whitmere would also be an

excellent choice IMO.

We really need to capture PA and my hope is that either can help bring both PA and Michigan.

[BeyondGeography]

25. Tbh if we were starting from scratch

Whitmer/Shapiro would be my ticket.

But I picked Shapiro because I’m skittish about two women on the ticket.

Back to Whitmer/Shapiro, they are both fantastic communicators and they get it done.

[FeelingBlue]

21. Sherrod Brown?!?!?!?! NT

[Celerity]

24. That would 100 per cent guarantee we lose the Senate. He will be the last Dem for a long time to be an OH US Senator

[FeelingBlue]

33. Good point. NT

[TomCADem]

29. Don't We Want Harris to Be Able To Appoint Justices?

nt

[ViewObsessed]

22. Dr. Jill!

[Think. Again.]

26. Al Gore....

White, male, name recognition, and we desperately need to keep Joe Biden's climate change work alive.

[raging moderate]

28. What about Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island??

Or Senator Angus King of Maine?

Both of them would be excellent Vice Presidents.

[lpbk2713]

30. Michele Obama

A winning combination.

[sanatanadharma]

34. For Roevember, a two-women ticket is the ticket to the future

In my opinion.
A straight-up mothers vs mobsters (so to speak) grudge match for the future of our generations, born and to come.

[pinkstarburst]

35. One thing to consider is whether pulling someone means we lose their seat

Mark Kelly's name keeps being floated, but do we have another democrat who can win that senate seat in Arizona? We barely won with him and it would be awful to go down a senate seat.

Andy Beshear is an interesting idea, but I don't see us winning Kentucky regardless and will Kentucky elect another democrat as governor? Might be better if he stayed where he is.