Good stuff here Charlie, as always. Your readers may also be keen to know that there's pretty solid evidence of home field advantage in the general election, too - and even some that's afforded by the vice presidential nominee! This of course can makes the choice of a vice presidential running mate a politically geographically strategic one (see the work of Boris Heersink and Brenton Peterson on the topic). Of course apparently Biden didn't get the memo -- having Kamala as a running mate isn't particularly useful in this sense (no trouble winning California with or without her). Assuming Trump is the GOP nominee next year, this could make his choice of a running mate more interesting though.
Good stuff here Charlie, as always. Your readers may also be keen to know that there's pretty solid evidence of home field advantage in the general election, too - and even some that's afforded by the vice presidential nominee! This of course can makes the choice of a vice presidential running mate a politically geographically strategic one (see the work of Boris Heersink and Brenton Peterson on the topic). Of course apparently Biden didn't get the memo -- having Kamala as a running mate isn't particularly useful in this sense (no trouble winning California with or without her). Assuming Trump is the GOP nominee next year, this could make his choice of a running mate more interesting though.