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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Aides have long described Trump and Vance as real friends who enjoy each other´s company.
68% : With Trump prevented by the Constitution from running in 2028, Vance is a natural successor.
64% : "While Trump and Pence were always said to be close before their split, they had very different personalities.
62% : ""I really see him as being the person to be the flag bearer going forward, following President Trump," he said at a recent gathering of business leaders.
61% : "Pence and Trump started off on this same footing, with the same high expectations, and had a great working relationship," said Devin O´Malley, the vice president´s former press secretary and senior adviser to his campaign.
57% : "I would say JD´s the guy that will plug any hole or be as beneficial to the administration and be as beneficial to President Trump as possible," said Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, a friend and ally.
56% : "I think because he is younger he has a boldness that - with the exception of President Trump - as you age, your boldness I think becomes shade by lessons learned over the years," Capito said.
46% : The Buckeyes play Notre Dame for the title in Atlanta on Monday night, hours after he and Trump are set to be sworn into office.
39% : Senior Trump adviser Jason Miller called him "the future of the Republican Party and this movement that President Trump has started.
36% : When Trump needs somebody to defend him or his policies, he added, "JD´s going to be the guy that leads the troops to have President Trump´s back.
35% : Trump's decision to tap Vance as his No. 2 landed with a thud at first.
34% : While some Republicans might have resisted going on CNN or speaking with The New York Times, Trump said, Vance "really looks forward to it, and then he just goes in and absolutely obliterates them.
25% : Trump would not forgive Pence, blaming him for their loss, and turned legions of his supporters against his second-in-command.
17% : Trump picked Pence, someone he barely knew, in part to assuage evangelical Christians alarmed over Trump's behavior and to win over other Republicans skeptical of his outsider candidacy.
17% : Unlike Pence, Vance is also ideologically aligned with Trump on major issues ranging from trade to the use of U.S. forces overseas.
12% : Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., recently traveled with Vance to North Carolina to meet with victims of Hurricane Helene.
11% : Trump said during his victory speech the night of the election, describing how he had instructed Vance to "go into the enemy camp."

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