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I have been playing around with 2020 Dem VP picks and I ended up making graphs...
So here it goes. I took 24 name of eligible women who have been touted as possible nominees for vice-president in 2020, and compared them on different metrics. /1
So here it goes. I took 24 name of eligible women who have been touted as possible nominees for vice-president in 2020, and compared them on different metrics. /1
First, I computed an & #39;experience index& #39;, which assigns a & #39;value& #39; to the highest office occupied, and then adds a seniority bonus that takes into account length of service in various offices weighted by the & #39;value& #39; of those offices. Here is the index plotted against age. /2
I also colour-coded by (subjective) indicators of ideology and name recognition - if you& #39;re into that. /3
Then I used 538 estimates for each state being the & #39;tipping point& #39; state in 2016 - i.e. the one most likely to provide the pivotal vote in the Electoral College. It& #39;s an indicator of how valuable the VP pick is, assuming some home state advantage. /4
An alternative indicator is the State Power Index, which weights the Tipping Point Chance by population - measuring the likelihood an *individual* voter casts the pivotal vote in each state. There is also some evidence the VP home state effect is stronger in smaller states! /5
Taking all into account, I derived my own, totally unscientific & #39;VP value& #39; index - which is the sum of normalized tipping point scores and normalized experience scores, all weighted by name recognition. And the top 10 are... /6
1. Amy Klobuchar
2. Tammy Baldwin
3. Gretchen Whitmer
4. Janet Napolitano
5. Val Demings
6. Elizabeth Warren
7. Catherine Cortez-Masto
8. Kamala Harris
9. Kathleen Sebelius
10. Kirsten Gillibrand
**Obviously this doesn& #39;t consider many other political and demographic factors** /7
2. Tammy Baldwin
3. Gretchen Whitmer
4. Janet Napolitano
5. Val Demings
6. Elizabeth Warren
7. Catherine Cortez-Masto
8. Kamala Harris
9. Kathleen Sebelius
10. Kirsten Gillibrand
**Obviously this doesn& #39;t consider many other political and demographic factors** /7
