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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : He's been a real warrior," Trump said of Vance during a campaign event in Milwaukee.
49% : When asked to clarify those remarks, Trump's campaign pointed to the former President's belief that abortion laws should be left to the states.
48% : Here's how the news is developing:Claim: Vance said Trump made the Affordable Care Act strongerFact-check:
48% : Abortion is important to many voters this cycle, especially women and Democrats.
48% : Trump claimed the debates are "so stacked," adding, "you'll see it tomorrow with JD.
47% : Affordable Care Act enrollment declined by more than 2 million people during Trump's presidency, and thenumber of uninsured Americans rose by 2.3 million, including 726,000 children, from 2016 to 2019, the U.S. Census Bureau reported; that includes three years of Trump's presidency.
44% : Vance did not directly answer, instead responding that Trump has said that if Democrats believed that climate change is serious, they would be increasing energy production in the U.S. "and that's not what they're doing.
44% : In years since the op-ed was published, Vance has said his views on Trump changed.
40% : In August, Trump signaled he was open to revoking mifepristone access during a press conference in Mar-A-Lago, when he responded to a reporter's question about whether he would direct the FDA to ban the drug.
39% : And those things are pretty open and humane," Trump said, while also emphasizing at that conference that he wanted to "give everybody a vote" on the issue.
38% : In an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll from August, they gave Harris a 12 point lead on the issue over Trump.
37% : And they trust Harris more than Trump on the issue.
37% : Vance blamed the media for its coverage of Trump and then said he changed his mind in part because of Trump's record in office.
36% : Vance was asked to explain how his health care plan would protect people with preexisting conditions, with the moderator noting that during the presidential debate, Trump said he had "concepts of a plan" to replace the Affordable Care Act.
36% : KFF has found that nearly three-quarters of reproductive-age women oppose leaving abortion access up to the states, as Trump and Vance have said they support.Democrats have been working in states across the country to paint Republican candidates as too extreme on the issue, and are hoping it drives voters to the polls as it has the past two years.-- 538's Monica PottsClaim: Vance: 'I never supported a national ban.
33% : Vance, Walz offer contrasting views on climate change when questioned on Hurricane HeleneAsked about climate change's role in extreme weather amidst the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Vance said Trump supports clean air and water, but expressed skepticism carbon emissions play a role in such weather events.
33% : The problem is, we're so far down the line," Trump said.
32% : Trump hasn't released detailed plans but, as Vance said, has proposed the idea that there should be fewer regulations and that limiting immigration would increase supply.
31% : It's worth noting, however, that Trump told Time Magazine in April that states could decide to start monitoring pregnancies as a way to track illegal abortions, saying that overturning Roe vs. Wade returned those decisions to the states.
26% : "-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim_Springfield voters want 'fewer memes, more solutions' from the campaignsThe Ohio town was at the center of a political firestorm after Vance and Trump amplified false claims that Haitian migrants were eating people's pets.
24% : Vance's comments come one day after Trump bluntly denied any connection between climate change and the devastating storm.
24% : ""I think this opportunity tonight, I hope, will not be more of the same kind of political theater that we've seen in so many of these debates, but actual substantive discussion and debate and accountability," Gabbard -- who endorsed Trump -- continued.
20% : He can talk about the border that Trump fixed and they broke.
18% : Early in his career, Vance made a number of comments that were disparaging toward Trump.
16% : "While on the campaign trail last weekend, Harris used Tuesday night's debate to goad Trump into accepting a second debate, saying that it shouldn't be the "last word.
13% : Vance and Trump have also both said that Project 2025 is not associated with their campaign.
10% : Vance's past criticisms of Trump are highlighted.
6% : In response to Vance's criticism of Harris' immigration policy, Walz brought up the fact that Congress had a plan to address the migrant issue before Trump pushed Republicans to drop their support.
5% : He defends himselfWalz repeatedly poked at Vance's past criticisms of Trump and now the CBS moderator is asking him to explain"Because I've always been open and sometimes, of course, I've disagreed with the president but I've also been extremely open about the fact that I was wrong about Donald Trump," Vance said.
1% : Vance sidesteps answering if Trump thinks climate change is a hoaxWalz said Trump has called climate change a hoax and then "joked that these things would make more beachfront property to be able to invest in.

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