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A candidate for vice president of the U.S. does not run separately. The VP candidate is selected as a running mate by the candidate for president, and they run as a team. Back in the beginning, they did run separately: the person with the most votes was president, and the one with the second most was vice president. That system didn't last very long; rivals who'd fought for election didn't usually team up too well. (But it could happen within a party!) A VP can run for president later if the person's party selects him or her as the candidate or if the person decides to run independently.
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Can a vice president leave office and run for president?
A vice-president does not have to resign his office in order to run for President. Martin Van Buren, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, George H. W. Bush and Al Gore all ran for President while holding the office of vice-president.
Who becomes president once the president tdies?
If the president dies then the vice president takes office if the vice president dies then the speaker of office is president
Can a sitting vice president who has served eight years in office under the same president be picked to run again as a vice president by another person running for president?
Legal schollars are not agreed on this point, but there is no explicit limit in the Constitution to how many terms a person may be elected to the office of Vice-President. The two term limit applies only to the office of President. YES they can
Who becomes president if the president dies while in office?
vice president, & if he dies, the speaker of the house
Who succeeds the president if he cannot carry out the duties of the office?
The Vice President
