Running-Mate Myths

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : He's a historically popular leader who consistently outperformed national Democrats in his House district, including in rural areas and counties that have supported Trump, which would be important in the Southwest and across the country.
42% : And again, I mean, Trump has won elections without doing this, so you don't have to do it, but his signature weakness as a politician is that I just can't think of any time when somebody came at him with a good-faith concern and he seemed like he really was trying to engage with that and be like, I understand why you might think I'm bad, but in fact, I'm good.
32% : And, particularly, I think when the candidates are so different between Kamala and Trump, you're not going to have a situation where there's a Democratic voter out there that's like, Man, I really don't want to vote for a woman.
21% : Trump has been known for being very racially inflammatory on a number of dimensions.

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