VP JD Vance is runaway Republican candidate, polling reveals
Rob Crilly / Fri, May 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM EDTDonald Trump may appear to be running an Apprentice-style contest to select his successor but a new poll reveals that there is only one name in the frame for voters.
JD Vance, the vice-president, is favoured by 46 per cent of Republicans to become the party’s 2028 nominee, according to a survey by JL Partners.
Marco Rubio, Mr Trump’s secretary of state, is the preferred pick of just six per cent, behind Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida on eight per cent, and Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur, on seven.
JD Vance is runaway Republican candidate, polling reveals
Donald Trump may appear to be running an Apprentice-style contest to select his successor but a new poll reveals that there is only one name in the frame for voters.
I don't believe our vice-president is particularly presidential.
Vance has already given the voters a chance, and lost in the primary.
More likely, the Trump din drowns out Republicans that might otherwise get noticed.
So perhaps VP JD polls ahead out of name recognition, or perhaps title recognition (some of those polled may have heard of "vice-president" even if they don't know what it means).
Meanwhile
The Dems. are still squabbling over Biden. Ideologically Democrats aren't organized enough to form a circular firing-squad. Give them time.