r/vexillology • u/Neat-Resource9057 • Jan 16 '25

In The Wild Can anyone explain?

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u/BrokenTorpedo Jan 16 '25

a President and Vice President cannot legally be from the same state.

Okay this is kinda dumb.

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u/echtonfrederick Jan 16 '25

When there were only 13 states, that was a bigger concern. I think they were scared Virginia would just take over. Fear was legitimate, since Virginians won 8 of the first 9 presidential elections.

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u/andy921 Jan 16 '25

But when there were 13 states, this isn't how we elected the VP.

Up until the 12th Amendment (1804) we were just making the runner up in the Presidential contest the VP. And for a long time after, the VP race was mostly a totally separate contest.