“VP spot on a ticket, any ticket, is a dead end job. If you lose your career is mostly over, if you win you’re career WILL BE over once your president is out. Only time a VP can generally expect any success is if his ticket wins and his president dies in the first term. Any politician that’s not looking at hanging it up soon should say no, that’s been true for ages.”
Post WWII Truman, Nixon, Johnson, GHW Bush were elected to the Presidency after serving as VP. Only Ford and Mondale failed to be elected.
GW Bush probably did the GOP no favor by keeping Cheney, since Cheney wasn’t a good prospect to run for Potus due to health concerns.
So the modern evidence is that VP IS a good springboard for Potus.
But that list misses certain facts. Nixon and Johnson had ascended to the Presidency before being elected it. Nixon LOST his run for pres as a sitting VP had to do 8 years in exile to get the presidency, and if Bobby Kennedy doesn’t get shot he loses in ‘68 also. GH Bush was the first sitting VP in over 150 years to win the presidency, and much like Van Buren only managed one term. Oh and you forgot Gore.
GW’s VP was never going to win the P, he was too unpopular. That’s why sitting VPs don’t win the presidency. No the modern data evidence says that VP is just as bad a spring board as ever. Once since 1841 and he only got one term.
Did you forget, Truman ran as in incumbent?