August 7, 2024
#2969: Vice President First Names explain
[A table is shown in a panel.]
[To one side, there is a single ‘key’ square, shaded yellow, given a label:] “Four letters or fewer”
[Table header has no ‘first column’ cell, leaving a bite out of it]
[Second column cell:]President
[Third column cell:]VP
[Further rows are of the pattern of: years, presidential names and vp names]
[Year:] 2024 [President (question mark then two rows of names):]? [name1:] Kamala [name2:] Donald [VP, shaded yellow (two rows of names then question mark):] [name1:] Tim [name2:] JD [question mark:] ?
[Year:] 2020 [President, shaded yellow:] Joe [VP:] Kamala
[Year:] 2016 [President:] Donald [VP, shaded yellow:] Mike**
[Year:] 2008 [President:] Barack [VP, shaded yellow:] Joe**
[Year:] 2000 [President:] George [VP, shaded yellow:] Dick**
[Year:] 1992 [President, shaded yellow:] Bill** || Al
[Year:] 1988 [President:] George [VP, shaded yellow:] Dan**
[Year:] 1980 [President:] Ronald [VP:] George
[Year:] 1976 [President:] Jimmy [VP:] Walter
[Year:] 1974 [President:] Gerald [VP:] Nelson
[Year:] 1973 [President:] Richard [VP:] Gerald
[Year:] 1968 [President:] Richard [VP:] Spiro
[Year:] 1964 [President:] Lyndon [VP:] Hubert
[Year:] 1960 [President, shaded yellow:] John [VP:] Lyndon
[Year:] 1952 [President:] Dwight [VP:] Richard
[Caption below the panel:]
Since the 1980s, a political consensus has emerged: vice presidents should have short first names.