Historically, vice presidential candidates have been chosen to
a. set the president's agenda
b. mentor the president
c. balance the presidential ticket
d. ensure that the president's party will have a good chance of winning the next presidential election

Historically, vice presidential candidates have been chosen to balance the presidential ticket.

c

answer: born in saint-dié, in the vosges department, france, he studied law, and was called to the bar at paris in 1854,[2] but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to le temps. he attacked the second french empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against baron haussmann, prefect of the seine department. a series of his articles in le temps was later republished as the fantastic tales of haussmannlaxupa (1868).[2]

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