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Who will Kamala Harris choose as her vice presidential candidate? In the coming days, this will be the biggest political question in the United States after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race for re-election to the White House for another term and since Vice President Kamala Harris became the expected candidate democratic. Republican nominee Donald Trump has already selected Senator JD Vance as his running mate.
For now, Kamala Harris is campaigning alone. Among those who could join her as a vice-presidential candidate are a number of governors including North Carolina's Roy Cooper, a Democrat who won in a state that voted for Republican Donald Trump for president, or Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania. , a state considered vital by both parties to win in November.
Astronaut Mark Kelly, currently a senator from Arizona, is also on the list.
With the Democratic National Convention just a few weeks away, the process of selecting a vice presidential candidate will be swift.
"The danger of an accelerated process is that there are things that can be overlooked. Mistakes would have been avoided if it was a normal process. But she has no choice. He needs to act quickly and make the right choice," says analyst William Galston from the Brookings Institute.
The right choice is not based on any scientific theory. It has to do with the selection of the candidate who brings the most votes, especially in a small number of controversial states, determining the outcome of the elections.
The selection of the vice presidential candidate implies a focus on geography rather than character.
"I think someone from the central states or even from the southern part of the United States would be the best choice. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear I think would be a good choice. We have to make sure we have balanced candidacies because we have a candidate from California," says Democratic delegate Jay Chen.
Ms. Kamala Harris is from California. And since political calculations rule out the possibility of presidential and vice presidential candidates being from the same state, California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is expected to be a future presidential candidate, is excluded from the equation.
Can two women run? Governor Gretchen Whitmer leads the important and undefined state of Michigan, but apparently she doesn't want to make history this way.
“I'm not leaving Michigan. I am proud to be the governor of this state and I have stood by this principle. I know everyone always has doubts and they keep asking me this question. You're doing your job, but I'm going to stay here," Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said.
Popularity as governor or success as a legislator in Congress is no guarantee that a candidate can succeed as part of a presidential duo, says Joel K. Goldstein, author of two books on the vice presidency.
"Are they ready to shine on the national stage? It's very different from competition within a state or district," says Mr. Goldstein of Saint Louis University.
The second man in the presidency must also be someone who the voters accept as someone who is only one step away from being president./VOA
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