Loyalty, trust and a 'hammer' for Trump: A preview of Vance's vice presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

87% : Allies of Trump and Vance believe loyalty is Vance's greatest attribute and his smartest play for the short-term future of their administration and for his longer-term political future.
73% : Defending Trump will be his first priority.
70% : Republicans will have a majority there, and Trump is making his presence felt in the race for GOP leader.
56% : Trump was headed home from his final campaign rally, but Vance was already asleep.
52% : Vance's unshakeable allegiance to Trump has been his calling card since his well-documented conversion from Trump critic to champion, and their bond tightened as running mates.
51% : Vance, who will have a short runway if he wants to run for president in 2028, is expected to tackle whatever Trump assigns him, with immigration being a key area of interest.
38% : Trump, who will be the first president since Grover Cleveland to serve nonconsecutive terms, has his own complicated history.
37% : After he voted on Election Day near his home in Cincinnati, Vance told reporters about the 3 a.m. phone call he had missed from Trump a few hours earlier.
32% : Those close to Trump don't see Vance as someone who would expend political capital to pursue an agenda that runs counter to his.
28% : Unlike most vice presidents who look toward re-election in four years before they plot their own presidential campaigns, he will have less time to plan than his predecessors did, given that Trump is term-limited under the 22nd Amendment.
27% : In a recent interview with The New York Times, he said he and Trump were too "superstitious" to discuss before Election Day what role he might play in the administration, while he described his job as "an extra set of hands for the president.
25% : "JD," the source familiar with their relationship said, "wants to be a hammer for Trump in the Senate.
17% : That day, egged on by Trump -- who at one point accused Pence on social media of lacking "courage" -- rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, some of them chanting, "Hang Mike Pence."
15% : But Pence split with Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, refusing to interfere with the 2020 election results.
2% : Trump and Vance relentlessly criticized Harris' role in the Biden administration as they ran against her this fall, characterizing her as a failed "border czar" in an election in which immigration ranked as a top issue.

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