While it might be easy to think of the veep role as a “backup president,” she or he has a crucial role in running the executive branch. The day to day duties of the position can vary widely, according to the Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center Barbara A. Perry, Ph.D, but they always include serving as a key adviser to and representative of the president, as well as acting as a governing partner. “[Vice presidents] are really engaged in the administration on a daily basis,” Perry tells Elite Daily. “They’re in their offices, they’re in the meetings, and they’re constantly contributing their ideas, if a president is open to those ideas. So they’re having more impact now, in these more recent years, on shaping policy and in taking control during emergencies.”
Barbara Perry
