When selecting a vice presidential candidate, a nominee for president is usually concerned with choosing a running mate who
A) has significant personal wealth.
B) can serve as a domestic policy adviser.
C) balances the national ticket.
D) shares knowledge of how the federal system operates.
E) shares the ideological beliefs of the presidential candidate.
C
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