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[โ€“] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We used to have a bit of that.

Until the aftermath of the election of 1800, the Vice Presidency went to the 2nd-place finisher instead of a running mate. It's why Adams (a Federalist) had a Democratic-Republican (Jefferson) as his VeeP.

But then they ended up having the VeeP run against the sitting President in 1800, and it was a fucking mess. So they changed the constitution to put the VeeP on the ballot.

[โ€“] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's why the US is in dire need of a new constitution: bad decisions from over 200 years ago still shape the way politics is done right up until today.