Someone else asked "What would be the most Kennedy/Johnsonesque, balancing ticket imaginable in 2016?"
But there is another prototype for presidential tickets: Clinton/ Gore from when Democrats nominated a well-educated young Southerner for President, and he chose a well-educated young southern running mate. There was still some diversity of experience with a Governor picking a Senator, but the main effect was amplification.
It seems to work best with voting groups that have gone to the other party. Papa Bush had won Arkansas and Tennessee by a higher margin than he won the rest of the country in 1988, so putting those states in play was valuable for Democrats. A New York/ New Jersey ticket wouldn't make as much sense for Democrats, nor would a Kentucky/ West Virginia ticket be the best move for Republicans.
So what kind of potential tickets fit this mold? Some that I've come up with...
Paul Ryan/ Marco Rubio: Young Catholic swing-state wonks.
Chris Christie/ Susanna Martinez: Prosecutors turned Governors with crossover appeal.
Chris Christie/ Kelly Ayotte: Northeastern prosecutors elected to statewide office during the Obama administration.
...
Someone else asked "What would be the most Kennedy/Johnsonesque, balancing ticket imaginable in 2016?"
But there is another prototype for presidential tickets: Clinton/ Gore from when Democrats nominated a well-educated young Southerner for President, and he chose a well-educated young southern running mate. There was still some diversity of experience with a Governor picking a Senator, but the main effect was amplification.
It seems to work best with voting groups that have gone to the other party. Papa Bush had won Arkansas and Tennessee by a higher margin than he won the rest of the country in 1988, so putting those states in play was valuable for Democrats. A New York/ New Jersey ticket wouldn't make as much sense for Democrats, nor would a Kentucky/ West Virginia ticket be the best move for Republicans.
So what kind of potential tickets fit this mold? Some that I've come up with...
Paul Ryan/ Marco Rubio: Young Catholic swing-state wonks.
Chris Christie/ Susanna Martinez: Prosecutors turned Governors with crossover appeal.
Chris Christie/ Kelly Ayotte: Northeastern prosecutors elected to statewide office during the Obama administration.
...