vice presidential

alternative vice-presidential · alternative vicepresidential

1. not comparableOf or relating to a vice president.

   In the past, some vice presidential candidates have had qualifications that might easily match those of the presidential contender.

   2008, William O. Dailey, Edward A. Hinck, Shelly S. Hinck, Politeness in Presidential Debates: Shaping Political Face in Campaign Debates from 1960 to 2004, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 32

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   He wished to suggest a single amendment, which was to strike out the word “four,” and insert six as the extent of the presidential and vice presidential terms.

   1835 February 26, Blair & Rives, editors, The Congressional Globe: Containing Sketches of the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Twenty-Third Congress, volume II, City of Washington: […] the editors, page 292

   The media were reporting that Gore was on Clinton’s short list, so I said to Al what I truly felt: “I’ve been reading about the vice presidential speculation and I hope you get it, I think you’d be fantastic.”

   2003, Joe Lieberman, Hadassah Lieberman, An Amazing Adventure: Joe and Hadassah’s Personal Notes on the 2000 Campaign, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 40