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Article: The Polls: Popular Views of the Vice President: Vice Presidential Approval.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Presidential Studies Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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The vice president serves under the shadow of the president. The major rationale for the office is to provide for succession to the presidency in the case of the death or incapacity of the incumbent president. Other than presiding over the Senate and casting tie-breaking votes in that chamber, the vice president possesses no other constitutionally mandated job duties. Consequently, many of those who have served in the vice presidency have been disdainful of the office (Goldstein 1982).
However, in recent decades, the role of the vice presidency has expanded as the office has acquired a greater policy-advising and policy-making presence in the administration ...