To go from VP to president, Harris will have to beat the 'Van Buren jinx'

Autor: Frederic J. Frommer
Zdroj: Washington Post, The. 11/04/2024.
Abstrakt: To win the presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris will have to overcome what was once called the "Van Buren jinx." In 1836, Vice President Martin Van Buren won the presidential election - a feat no sitting VP was able to repeat until George H.W. Bush in 1988, more than 150 years later. They are the only incumbent veeps to win the White House in the past two centuries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Regional Business News
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