JD Vance's VP test looms large for GOP | CNN Politics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma said he spoke to Trump about Vance before the vice presidential selection and it was Vance's "energy" that attracted him to the Ohio Republican.
43% : "Trump had vetted him.
40% : He liked that he was well known and came from a true American story completely opposite of (Trump's) story so I think it was one of those things that he checked a lot of the boxes that Trump was looking for.
34% : Or are he and his message still a liability that could cost Trump the White House?Since he was tapped as Trump's running mate, Vance's stumbles and past statements - from attacks on "childless cat ladies" to proposing to raise taxes on those without children - have been billed as out of touch with the mainstream.
25% : I think one difference is the Republican Senate in 2025 vs 2017 is going to to have a larger number of members who share President Trump's worldview - or at least are amendable to his worldview, rather than just stridently opposed," said Alexander Gray, who was chief of staff of the National Security Council under Trump.
21% : "Energy is a big issue for him," Mullin said of Trump.
16% : A widening gulf in foreign policyFor many GOP senators who have broken with Trump on his anti-NATO rhetoric, Vance's most concerning stances deal with foreign policy, where Vance has been among the most vocal opponents of sending foreign aid to Ukraine.

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