“Walz Is Trouncing Vance in the Battle of the Veeps”
“As of August 12, Vance’s favorability ratio is the inverse of Walz’s: In the FiveThirtyEight averages, he’s at 31 percent favorable to 41 percent unfavorable.
So if Vance’s selection was in part designed to offset Trump’s now-more-exposed age and incoherence with an image of youth, vigor, and verbal dexterity (he is, after all, the author of a best-selling book), it’s a problem that his utterances have reinforced the impression that he’s a gaffe-prone extremist.
This doesn’t disqualify Vance from the time-honored role of campaign attack dog, but if his popularity continues to lag, the Trump campaign may more or less mothball him for the duration or consign him to fundraising among his wealthy friends.”
