# Biden's choice for vice presidential candidate **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 10, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-choice-for-vice-presidential-candidate/851505 "2020-04-10T15:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 57
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-choice-for-vice-presidential-candidate/851505/1123 "2020-08-17T20:45:41Z")
> [@Lantern2](#): > > Voters are put off by politicians who are transparently ambitious.The successful ones create a persona and story which voters find appealing and which cloak their ambition. And yet almost three million more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than for Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton received the votes of more Americans in a single election than any American in history apart from Barack Obama. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-choice-for-vice-presidential-candidate/851505/1124 "2020-08-18T11:46:21Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > “She’s descended from slaves, but those slaves lived 700 miles from Florida so she’s not black,” is maybe the most ridiculous argument I’ve ever seen. Agreed. It overvalues the arbitrary location of current state (i.e., international) boundaries. They’re some distinction, of course — arbitrary-boundaries or not, people in the US went through a specific set of events and laws and cultural experiences — but we shouldn’t give it more weight than it deserves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-choice-for-vice-presidential-candidate/851505.md?page=56)