Is it possible for a President to be Republican and his deputy a democrat or vice versa?
2007-01-07 20:09:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Washington and Adams
Adams and Jefferson
The process of deciding the VP was different in the past. This is from wikipedia:
"Under the original terms of the Constitution, the members of the U.S. Electoral College voted only for office of President rather than for both President and Vice President. Each elector was allowed to vote for two people for president. The person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) would be President, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President. If no one received a majority of votes, then the U.S. House of Representatives would choose between the five highest vote-getters, with each state getting one vote. In such a case, the person who received the highest number of votes but was not chosen President would become Vice President."
2007-01-07 20:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by Celebrate Life 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in the past the law was that the President is the person with the most electoral college votes and the Vice President was the runner up.
See the following information on the 12th amendment:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment12/
2007-01-07 20:36:34 · answer #2 · answered by HarmNone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well As mentioned we have had several Native American congressmen. We still have various tribal reservations-each tribe elects their own leaders. These reservations are rather dispersed across several states. All Native Americans can register to vote in both state and national elections. And several are very much involved in out national political process. One of our states-Louisiana just elected an ethic Indian (the country of India) as their governor. Thus racial bias-while it still exists in some places has sharply diminished.
2016-05-23 08:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has happened in the past, Washington, Adams, Jefferson belonged to different parties. Presidents and VP's were voted separately. Currently it could not happen as the two run together on the same ticket.
2007-01-07 20:15:00 · answer #4 · answered by cjones1303 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Celebrate Life. I never knew that, but I think it is a better way than the way we do it today. I wonder why they changed it?
2007-01-11 17:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln and Johnson
2007-01-07 20:11:25 · answer #6 · answered by *Harley* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋