Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10975360-20140428163406/@comment-10975360-20140506120701

in (otl) 1968 nixon was a resident of New York, so he could have chosen reagan. The constitution doesnt say that a president and veep cant come from the same state "While it is commonly held that the President and Vice President must be residents of different states, this is not actually the case. Nothing in the Constitution prohibits both candidates being from a single state. Instead, the limitation imposed is on the members of the Electoral College, who must cast a ballot for at least one candidate who is not from their own state.

In theory, the candidates elected could both be from one state, but the electors of that state would, in a close electoral contest, run the risk of denying their vice presidential candidate the absolute majority required to secure the election, even if the presidential candidate is elected. This would then place the vice presidential election in the hands of the Senate."

Goldwater was pretty right wing, "extremism in the face of liberty ...etc" it was just that the religious right was even further right wing than he was

True, but an INCUMBENT sec of state, that would be hard, hasnt happened since John Q. Adams