CNN’s senior political knowledge reporter Harry Enten defined why he believes Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is at the moment “making history in the completely wrong way.”
“Frankly, I don’t really understand the pick,” Enten advised “Outfront” anchor Erin Burnett on Tuesday of Donald Trump’s determination to run alongside Vance as an alternative of a extra reasonable determine.
“And apparently, neither do the American voters,” Enten continued. “Because, we take a look at the net favorable rating for JD Vance, that’s the favorable minus unfavorable. It’s in negative net territory. Look at that. Negative six points.”
Enten mentioned he’d trawled polling knowledge again to 1980 and found that Vance is the primary vice presidential nominee since then to have “a net negative favorable rating that is underwater” so quickly after the conference.
“The average since 2000 is plus 19 points,” he identified, including that presidential working mates are “usually very popular” however “in this case, he’s dragging Trump down.”
Trump’s decide of Vance has come beneath growing scrutiny since President Joe Biden’s determination to nix his reelection marketing campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his substitute.
With Harris’ marketing campaign showing to realize momentum and raking in huge fundraising {dollars}, some commentators have advised Vance’s extremist insurance policies might now do extra hurt than good to Trump within the latter’s quest to swing on-the-fence suburban voters.
Trump, nonetheless, has mentioned he nonetheless backs the “Hillbilly Elegy” creator.
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