#2969: Vice President First Names

XKCD comic, described below.
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[A table is shown in a panel.]

[To one side, there is a single 'key' square, shaded yellow, given a label:] "Four letters or fewer"

[Table header has no 'first column' cell, leaving a bite out of it]

[Second column cell:]President

[Third column cell:]VP

[Further rows are of the pattern of: years, presidential names and vp names]

[Year:] 2024 [President (question mark then two rows of names):]? [name1:] Kamala [name2:] Donald [VP, shaded yellow (two rows of names then question mark):] [name1:] Tim [name2:] JD [question mark:] ?

[Year:] 2020 [President, shaded yellow:] Joe [VP:] Kamala

[Year:] 2016 [President:] Donald‎ [VP, shaded yellow:] Mike

[Year:] 2008 [President:] Barack‎ [VP, shaded yellow:] Joe

[Year:] 2000 [President:] George [VP, shaded yellow:] Dick

[Year:] 1992 [President, shaded yellow:] Bill || Al

[Year:] 1988 [President:] George [VP, shaded yellow:] Dan

[Year:] 1980 [President:] Ronald‎ [VP:] George

[Year:] 1976 [President:] Jimmy [VP:] Walter

[Year:] 1974 [President:] Gerald [VP:] Nelson

[Year:] 1973 [President:] Richard [VP:] Gerald

[Year:] 1968 [President:] Richard [VP:] Spiro

[Year:] 1964 [President:] Lyndon [VP:] Hubert

[Year:] 1960 [President, shaded yellow:] John [VP:] Lyndon

[Year:] 1952 [President:] Dwight [VP:] Richard

[Caption below the panel:]

Since the 1980s, a political consensus has emerged: vice presidents should have short first names.

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

[Political pundit on the ScrabbleTV News channel] "After four years of defying orthographic pressure, Joe ceded the top of the ticket to Kamala, who--after considering Josh, Mark, Andy, Roy, and Pete--picked Tim."

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