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Then what are the duties of the vice president?
Changing leadership is a difficult enough adjustment without calling an election every time a crisis occurs. Government runs best, perhaps, when it runs smoothly. The way the present constitution works is that when the president can no longer serve, the vice president takes over.
It has worked well enough in nine cases in the past. They were
Vice President Reason Replacing
John Tyler Death William Harrison
Millard Fillmore Death Zachary Taylor
Andrew Johnson Assassination Abraham Lincoln
Chester A. Arthur Assassination James Garfield
Theodore Roosevelt Assassination William McKinley
Calvin Coolidge Death William G. Harding
Harry S. Truman Death FDR
Lyndon B. Johnson) Assassination John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford Resignation Richard Nixon
As a further footnote, the election in 2020 cost 14 billion. It isn't cheap to call an election.
During Nixon's crisis, 2 vice presidents were needed - Agnew and Ford.
