On-line visitors can register their choice of vice presidential candidates from a list prepared by Clarence Wyatt, Pottinger Associate Professor of History at Centre and an expert on recent American history. He also called the poll a good example of the role the Internet can play in encouraging voter participation. The vice presidential debate will be held on the Centre campus Thursday, Oct. 5. Visitors to the 2000 Vice Presidential Web Poll can select an individual from lists of Democratic and Republican potential vice presidential candidates. After voting, the selection is tabulated.
Participants can immediately view a summary of the votes, broken down by gender, race and age.
Wyatt's lists may raise a few eyebrows, but the Centre professor says he set out to create a ballot that was short, manageable and provocative. The fun, at this point, is the speculation. Early in the primary season in 1992, Bill Clinton wasn't exactly high on everyone's list. He was a guess at that point, who later emerged as the winner. Anyone who dares make a list of candidates can choose either to make it incredibly long or to keep it simple by offering a snapshot of the moment.