Christopher J. Devine is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio, USAKyle C. Kopko is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, USA

• Preface1. Origins and evolution of the vice presidential home state advantage2. The home state advantage is dead ... long live the home state advantage!3. When perception becomes campaign reality4. An empirical analysis of the vice presidential home state advantage (state-level data)5. An empirical analysis of the vice presidential home state advantage (individual-level data)6. Did LBJ really 'deliver' Texas ... and the South?7. Has the vice presidential home state advantage ever decided an election?8. Who votes for the running mate, anyway?9: The VP advantageAppendix A: Documentation of media 'veepstakes' coverageAppendix B: Fixed effects model of Democratic vote share with interaction terms, 1884-2012Index

Christopher J. Devine is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio, USAKyle C. Kopko is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, USA

• Preface1. Origins and evolution of the vice presidential home state advantage2. The home state advantage is dead ... long live the home state advantage!3. When perception becomes campaign reality4. An empirical analysis of the vice presidential home state advantage (state-level data)5. An empirical analysis of the vice presidential home state advantage (individual-level data)6. Did LBJ really 'deliver' Texas ... and the South?7. Has the vice presidential home state advantage ever decided an election?8. Who votes for the running mate, anyway?9: The VP advantageAppendix A: Documentation of media 'veepstakes' coverageAppendix B: Fixed effects model of Democratic vote share with interaction terms, 1884-2012Index

Christopher J. Devine is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio, USAKyle C. Kopko is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, USA

• Preface1. Origins and evolution of the vice presidential home state advantage2. The home state advantage is dead ... long live the home state advantage!3. When perception becomes campaign reality4. An empirical analysis of the vice presidential home state advantage (state-level data)5. An empirical analysis of the vice presidential home state advantage (individual-level data)6. Did LBJ really 'deliver' Texas ... and the South?7. Has the vice presidential home state advantage ever decided an election?8. Who votes for the running mate, anyway?9: The VP advantageAppendix A: Documentation of media 'veepstakes' coverageAppendix B: Fixed effects model of Democratic vote share with interaction terms, 1884-2012Index