[flamberge]

Trump needs to pick a running mate who would bring in a significant number of electoral votes he would not otherwise have, without causing loss of any others.

I believe there is no such candidate, and never has been.

The choice of VP seems to have no real effect on actual voters come election day. It seems to have some effect on big-ticket campaign donors and on the backroom deals that can grease the rails for a Presidential candidate. I believe most of that effect is already in place, and the VP choice is thus irrelevant for such purposes.

And the poster known as "enumerated" in post #34 has it exactly right IMO.

"He needs a VP who the deep state hates even more than they hate him. Otherwise, they will kill him day one."

[mund1011]

...The choice of VP seems to have no real effect on actual voters come election day.

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I don’t believe this in all cases. The VP can help if the top of the ticket is a turd. I believe very strongly that McCain would have gotten his ass-kicked by a much larger margin without Sarah Palin bringing folks to the polls.
I can see the McCain / Palin scenario somewhat parallel to a Trump / Tulsi ticket because there are some folks out there that will be swayed by Tulsi even though they don’t particularly like Trump.