Veepstakes: Could Marco Rubio become the first Latino VP?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Florida's senior Senator earned the nickname "Lil' Marco" for challenging Donald Trump during the 2016 primaries, but he has since forged a close alliance with the former president - so much so that some believe he could be tapped for No. 2.Rubio was born in Miami to Cuban immigrants who arrived before the 1959 communist revolution -- contrary to claims he had long made of them fleeing from Fidel Castro.
26% : During Trump's first term, he became an overt loyalist and voted to acquit Trump in his second impeachment trial for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
26% : "Florida and the Cuban vote are already securely in the Republican column, and Rubio isn't likely to bring over the working-class midwesterners Trump needs to pull away from Biden.
21% : He's a moderate who could make independents feel less anxious about voting for Trump, but Eurasia Group's US Managing Director Jon Lieber says choosing him would mean the Trump campaign is "confused about their vulnerabilities since Rubio brings nothing the other candidates don't.

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