# 2020: Picking a running mate upon entering the race **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 10, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-picking-a-running-mate-upon-entering-the-race/810323 "2018-03-10T05:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Silver\_lining](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-picking-a-running-mate-upon-entering-the-race/810323/21 "2018-03-11T12:30:03Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Clinton 2.0 didn’t lose because she didn’t get the black vote - she lost because butthurt white people decided to take her deplorables comment personally, because listening to more than a soundbite is just too hard. > > The suicide of his son MIGHT have had something to do with it. Hillary Clinton’s African American vote was lower than Obama’s, and his son died from cancer. > **[Op-Ed: Why Hillary Clinton couldn’t rally the black vote](https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/11/why-hillary-clinton-couldnt-rally-the-black-vote-commentary.html)** > > Donald Trump came across as racist to many voters. So why wasn't Hillary Clinton able to lock in the support of African-American voters? Former NFL safety Jack Brewer says there are three very good reasons why. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-picking-a-running-mate-upon-entering-the-race/810323/22 "2018-03-11T13:14:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Quartz** : > > Remember the adage about how you can judge a person by the way they treat the wait staff? Clinton demonstrated her character by calling ordinary voters ‘deplorables’. What does one have to do with the other? She didn’t call anyone “deplorable” because they were working a minimum wage job. She called them “deplorable” because they were racist, sexist, and otherwise bigots. Which somehow resulted in a bunch of people saying “Wait, she doesn’t like bigots? But that’s me! She must be talking about me!”. The only people who were offended by Clinton’s remark were those who are not only bigoted, but proud of their bigotry. Meanwhile, Trump routinely insulted a larger portion of the electorate, more severely, and with greater frequency. If insulting the electorate would cause someone to lose, Trump would have lost. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-picking-a-running-mate-upon-entering-the-race/810323/23 "2018-03-25T21:48:50Z")
I don’t have a clue as to Biden’s running mate, but I’m going to predict the 2020 election now: It will be Biden versus President Pence, with a Biden win, although he’ll not serve out a full term due to a sudden heart attack on a slow Tuesday afternoon part-way through ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-picking-a-running-mate-upon-entering-the-race/810323/24 "2018-03-26T00:30:45Z")
In 1976 Ronald Reagan announced that, if he were nominated, he would choose the moderate Sen. Richard Schweiker to be his VP. The only effect it had was to mobilize anti-Schweiker conservatives to turn away from Reagan and (narrowly) hand the nomination to Gerald Ford. Ford returned the favor by choosing Bob Dole to be his VP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-picking-a-running-mate-upon-entering-the-race/810323.md?page=1)