Will GOP VP Nominee JD Vance Be The ‘Heir Apparent’ To Donald Trump?

3 months ago

On "Forbes Newsroom," HarrisX Founder and CEO Dritan Nesho discussed a new HarrisX/Forbes poll showing GOP voter opinion of Sen. JD Vance (R-OH).

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00:00This primary season has really shown the GOP as divided into two parties, more of

00:06a Nikki Haley establishment Republican and then more of a Trump MAGA

00:11Republican. You're saying that JD Vance fits nicely into that Trump MAGA

00:16Republican mold. So given his age and given his policies, do voters view him as

00:23the heir apparent to Donald Trump? I think that that's yet to be seen, but

00:30certainly the selection of JD Vance plays to Trump's base. And JD Vance does

00:35very well with rural voters and especially with suburban voters. And

00:42obviously his background, he comes from a downscale white demographic and a

00:50background that he's wrote in his book. His childhood was quite challenging. So

00:56it's a tip of the hat for that core electorate, you know, lower educated white

01:03voters, downscale white voters in suburban areas and in rural areas that

01:08Trump, that may compose the core of Trump's voter base. And so in that regard

01:15he's the closest thing to that voter that exists outside of Trump in the

01:20Republican Party and it's a tip of the hat to those voters. I will also add one

01:25other thing. 80% of Republicans view JD Vance as an exciting pick, in part

01:32because he is young and in part because of his background. Also 91% of

01:37Republicans and 58% of independents actually view him as being honest. And

01:42the honesty card, it's an important card especially for voters who like

01:49anti-establishment figures and essentially view Washington as being in

01:55a gridlock and not able to produce actual solutions for them that matter to

02:01them in their day-to-day life. And that was a very interesting finding that came

02:05out in our poll. 56% of independents viewing JD Vance as honest and 91% of

02:11Republicans saying the same.

Will GOP VP Nominee JD Vance Be The ‘Heir Apparent’ To Donald Trump? | HarrisX/Forbes Poll

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