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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

hell YES Now I might be a bit biased because i've already voted for Walz twice, but he was 100% the right choice here. My read is that home state advantage does not matter that much, and Walz has shown that he is the right pick in every other way that matters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Why would home state advantage not matter much despite it being a swing state? (along with Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

If you look at the historical data, home state advantage is only like 1/8 as strong for VP pick as it is for the presidential candidate. Now, this could still be enough to make a difference in Pennsylvania, but there were other factors that made Shapiro a bad pick imo.