Cast Your Vote
2000 Vice Presidential Web Poll
Sponsored by Centre College,
host of the only vice presidential debate in 2000.

The presidential candidates seem obvious, but what about their running mates? Everyone in the nation wants the answer to this question.


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Which vice presidential candidate could swing your vote?

(List of candidates prepared by Clarence Wyatt, Pottinger Associate Professor of History at Centre College.*)

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Age:
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25 to 36
37 to 50
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Al Gore (D) and George W. Bush (R) are the likely candidates for president. Which vice presidential candidate could swing your vote?

Democrat
Bill Richardson (Secretary of Energy)
John Kerry (Senator MA)
Franklin Raines (CEO Fed. Natl. Mortgage Assoc.)
Dianne Feinstein (Senator CA)
Joseph Lieberman (Senator CT)
Gray Davis (Governor CA)
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Lt. Gov. MD)
Other:


Republican
Colin Powell
John McCain (Senator AZ)
Tom Ridge (Governor PA)
Christine Todd Whitman (Governor NJ)
Elizabeth Dole
John Engler (Governor MI)
J. C. Watts (Representative OK)
Jeb Bush (Governor FL)
Chuck Hagel (Senator NE)
Other:

*How did Prof. Wyatt choose his candidates? "To keep the ballot interesting, I wanted the list to be short, manageable, and provocative. Speculation and surprise, after all, are an inherent part of the political process. Anyone who dares speculate about candidates can choose to either make an incredibly long list or can keep it simple by offering a snapshot of the moment. I favored the snapshot approach."

Wyatt is an expert on recent American history and the author of an acclaimed book about press coverage of the Vietnam War, Paper Soldiers (University of Chicago Press, 1995). He is a native of Kentucky and has taught at Centre since 1990.