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Showing Original Post only (View all)Poll: Who was the worst Republican vice presidential nominee? [View all]
Vote for the worst Republican vice presidential nominee from these choices. I picked the 10 I thought would be controversial. (And damn, they sure know how to pick the bad ones.)
138 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Time expired | |
Spiro Agnew (1968) | |
9 (7%) |
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Dan Quayle (1988) | |
2 (1%) |
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Sarah Palin (2008) | |
39 (28%) |
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Richard Nixon (1952, 1956) | |
2 (1%) |
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JD Vance (2024) | |
74 (54%) |
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Mike Pence (2016, 2020) | |
0 (0%) |
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Bob Dole (1976) | |
0 (0%) |
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Paul Ryan (2012) | |
0 (0%) |
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George H. W. Bush (1980) | |
0 (0%) |
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Dick Cheney (2000) | |
12 (9%) |
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3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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Spiro Agnew was actively committing felonies in the White House, extorting people for money
mahina
Aug 31
#2
Better an impudent snob than a nattering nabob of negativism, I always say. nt
Buns_of_Fire
Sep 1
#10
Agnew was getting kickbacks as governor, and kept getting them while in the White House
DBoon
Sep 1
#32
Cheney's too much of a neocon to endorse Trump. I think he's the worst VP in my memory.
LeftInTX
Sep 1
#8
Andrew Johnson needs to be on the list! Who knows what our country would be like if
mucifer
Sep 1
#9
If we're going by bodycount, it's hard to beat Cheney for "worst ever" -- But I don't blame Cheney personally....
Bucky
Sep 1
#17
there's just so many i can't decide who to choose; suffice to say all of the above nt
orleans
Sep 2
#38
JD Vance is the worst VP nominee for a major party in history post 25th Amendment
MistakenLamb
Sep 2
#40