What is a vice presidents job description?
The vice president of the United States runs on the same ticket and is elected with the president of the United States. While his job is to play a supportive role to the president, the vice president has many duties to fill.Succeed the PresidentIf the president of the United States dies or becomes incapacitated by disability during his term in office, the responsibility of the presidential duties will fall on the vice president. The vice president will either govern for the remainder of the president’s term in the case of death, or he will govern until the president is again fit to regain his duties.President of the SenateThe vice president sits in the Senate chamber with the other elected senators and serves as the president of the Senate.Tie BreakerThe vice president holds no vote of his own in the senate except in the case of a tie. If the senate members have an even tie, the vice president can make the deciding vote.Election Ballot ResultsThe vice president receives the electoral b