GOP Voters Sound Off On Trump’s Possible
VP Picks — Their Answers May Surprise
You: I&I/TIPP Poll
Issues & Insights,
by
Terry Jones
Original Article
Posted By: RockyTCB,
2/19/2024 6:11:29 AM
A presidential candidate’s running mate is usually chosen to “balance” the ticket to shore up electoral weaknesses. But in former President Donald Trump’s case, his vice presidential pick is likely to receive added scrutiny due to his multitude of legal problems. That’s why this month I&I/TIPP asked U.S. voters: Who should Trump’s vice presidential running mate be?
To find out who’s potentially strongest as a vice presidential candidate, I&I/TIPP’s national online poll, taken by 587 registered Republican primary voters from Jan. 31-Feb. 2, asked two questions: “If Trump wins the Republican nomination, who would be your top choice for his Vice President?”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
jkb 2/19/2024 6:33:50 AM (No. 1660834)
Ben Carson is my pick. He proved himself able to handle DC as head of HHS. He's a mature, level headed counter-balance to Trump. He doesn't really want to be president. A solid known quantity who will be the best partner for MAGA efforts.
29 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
BarryNo 2/19/2024 6:46:43 AM (No. 1660836)
BS Poll:
DeSantis and Ramaswamy have already said they would refuse a VP offer.
This is about Halley, who is opposed to Trump, philisohically, and would be another Mike Pence, at best in a crisis situation
Garbage poll. There are other, willing candidates who are better.
49 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
FJB 2022 23 24 2/19/2024 7:36:32 AM (No. 1660852)
Well, I veto Haley. I understand during a campaign things are said to put your opponent in a less than favorable light, but SHE sounds too much like a Dem and she perpetuates some of the Dem talking points. There are better people out there, forget Haley!
56 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
chumley 2/19/2024 7:42:17 AM (No. 1660857)
No Washington insiders. They are already owned by someone. No uniparty hacks with a good friend across the aisle. Good Americans only, for a change.
32 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Muguy 2/19/2024 7:43:30 AM (No. 1660858)
Mr. Trump will select his own candidate, thank you!
This sport and folly of attempting to tell him who to select makes for interesting speculation, but he will make the choice and not be force fed by ANYONE.
Too many have been swayed by popular media and RINO choices, like Ramaswamy and Governor Nikki. Making a selection based on race, or popularity is a serious game that is set up for failure by popularity.
There are decent people out there who could serve, but the nature of DC prevents good people from BEING ALLOWED to serve if they were to be elected to serve.
21 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/19/2024 7:54:39 AM (No. 1660867)
A few good choices on the list but Nimarata is not one of them.
18 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
SkyKing1222 2/19/2024 8:02:25 AM (No. 1660876)
Any chance of a long game win requires dismantling the alphabet bureaucracy.
Mike Flynn is the only guy with the knowledge to accomplish this.
29 people like this.
Rand Paul was not one of the choices, so my vote would have been "other".
If Trump has so little wisdom as to select Haley, he can expect the deep state to assassinate him to get one of their own in the oval office.
19 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/19/2024 8:44:50 AM (No. 1660913)
Kari Lake or Sarah Sanders.
But most anyone would be crazy to run with trump.
When the Democrats find out who will run with him they will come down on that person like a ton of bricks.
It will have to be someone clean and brave, and ready to fight a dirty battle, because it will be one of the dirtiest battles in the history of mankind.
27 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
anniebc 2/19/2024 8:50:45 AM (No. 1660916)
I'm anti-girl for VP or President. There's too much pressure and attention given to girls. I don't want someone who has to think or act like a man; I want a man. A certain type of man, a man's man. When the world is less dangerous we can play around with girl leaders. Think about it. How many countries around the world are picking girls to run things these turbulent days?
39 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Philipsonh 2/19/2024 9:17:21 AM (No. 1660940)
I like Mr. Donalds. PERIOD.
5 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
thefield 2/19/2024 9:22:58 AM (No. 1660946)
Unless Trump wins greater than 50 electroal votes, it can not be Desantis. What are the pollsters thinking?
2 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Gallo3 2/19/2024 9:41:48 AM (No. 1660968)
Trump should elevate Vivek now. Then in the worst case scenario, MAGA will not have to support Haley nor DeSantis. In the meantime Vivek can go on the trail and convince young people to support the team. Do it Mr. Trump.
9 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
padiva 2/19/2024 10:26:59 AM (No. 1660999)
Carson is too old.
Gotta be someone who can carry on in 2028 as a great POTUS candidate.
Someone around 60 years old.
Vivek will be a great czar for reducing gov't programs & employees
7 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Miceal 2/19/2024 10:30:55 AM (No. 1661003)
Considering ALL of President Trump's "legal problems" are made up BeeEss, I'd say he'll do OK with whomever he chooses.
7 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 2/19/2024 10:52:02 AM (No. 1661030)
I took a few statistics courses in college. In the first one, the required text was a small paperback entitled "How To Lie With Statistics". It taught that the first question you should ask yourself, when looking at a poll, is "what's N?" N is the number of participants in the poll. In this case, N=587. Let's assume half the population favors Trump. That's 165 million people. Talking to only .00000356 of that chunk of people tells you exactly nothing.
This "poll" is worthless.
12 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 2/19/2024 10:53:42 AM (No. 1661033)
Never Haley. NEVER.
DeSantis won't likely accept, it isn't his year.
The Swami.....OK, sorta, I could live with that, but I don't think he brings much to the ticket, and there is still the "who is this guy, REALLY?" factor.
I think Tim Scott would bring a lot of black voters who are on the fence about Trump.
8 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
cor-vet 2/19/2024 10:54:58 AM (No. 1661034)
Tulsi?
1 person likes this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
franq 2/19/2024 11:02:44 AM (No. 1661046)
Mark Robinson from North Carolina.
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
mariboo72 2/19/2024 11:43:15 AM (No. 1661092)
DeSantis is doing too much important work in Florida. He needs to stay there. Ramaswamy would be much more valuable in another position; Chief of Staff or a cabinet position. No to Haley. It's not important to most of us, but a woman or minority would help with Independents and moderates. Kari Lake is too radical for a lot of people. She'd be a good advisor or maybe in charge of Homeland Security. Mike Flynn, Tim Scott, Kristi Noem or Sarah Sanders would each be a good choice
5 people like this.
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