Predictions About JD Vance's Political Future

[Lesh]

New polling shows that GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance is exceptionally unpopular in key Midwestern states — particularly his home state of Ohio. In the aggregate, Vance has a -6 net favorability rating nationally. This compares poorly to the +19 favorability average of all vice presidential selections since 1990. This matches up with a pollconducted by The Economist/YouGov Poll: 34% of those surveyed had a favorable view of Vance whereas 42% were unfavorable.

But in the Heartland, things are even more troubling for Vance. A CNN/SSRS poll found that, per Newsweek, “28 percent of people hold a favorable view of Vance in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, with 44 percent saying they have an unfavorable view of the MAGA senator.”

Part of Vance’s poor performance may have to do with some of his more unsavory comments regarding parenting and abortion. Since securing the Republican nomination, clips of Vance deriding single women without children and calling for a national abortion ban have resurfaced.

https://x.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1813706583790039224

In a 2021 clip of Vance on then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s show, the Ohio senator called out “cat ladies” who “live in one-bedroom apartments in New York City,” and “are obsessed with their jobs. They’re obsessed with their wealth and with their fortunes.”

Thus, Vance proclaimed, these women have no “direct stake” in the well-being of the United States and “hate normal Americans for choosing family over these ridiculous D.C. and New York status games.” The remarks were made in reference to Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

However, in a recent interview with former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, Vance attempted to walk back some of his comments.

“This is about criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-child. We have to ask ourselves, Megan, why do we have masking of toddlers years after the pandemic ended?” Vance said. He then went on to falsely claim that Harris — whose boss just released a 2025 budget that would restore the 2021 child tax credit — was against targeted financial aid to families with children.

“Why do we have the Harris campaign coming out this very morning, Megan, and saying that we should not have the child tax credit, which lowers tax rates for parents of young children?” Vance (falsely) concluded. “It's because they have become anti-family and anti-kid, and I'm proud to stand up for parents, and I hope that parents out there recognize that I'm a guy who wants to fight for you.”

Vance was a spectacularly bad choice and it illustrates the kind of people Trump surrounds himself with

 

[odanny]

He may be a war mongering POS, but the guy is shrewd and politically astute.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Our new goal in life is to make Dems suffer, you're welcome.

Dems do that to themselves

 

[Dragonlady]

We are keeping our hillbilly. He is perfect.

Now go find you some business!

Well of course you are. Just like you kept your orange faced baboon.

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

For the record.

Why do you need to keep a record of this?