10-02-2024, 01:43 PM
(10-02-2024, 12:35 PM)DJC link Wrote:Interesting outcome from the VP debate; Walz’s favourability rating went from +14 to +37 while Vance’s went from -22 to -3.
Vance’s refusal to acknowledge that his boss lost the 2020 election seems to have undone his good work from earlier in the debate.
Vance's last ten minutes cost him...
They had a focus group of seven undecided voters after the debate.
Six said the debate hadn't influenced them one way or the other
The seventh said he would be voting for Harris and he said the reason was Vance's answers (or non-answers) around the 2020 election and the refusal of Trump to acknowledge the result.
In the end it probably hasn't swayed the result...
The figures above are from a CNN poll...it also gave the debate to Vance 51 to 49
Both VP candidates have improved their own favourability with the electorate. (+23 for Walz and +19 for Vance)
Some would argue (and have, based on the debate performance) that both would be better candidates than those occupying the 'number one' position on the respective tickets.
The thing is, the Walz we saw is probably the genuine Walz...the one we see on the campaign trail
I'm not sure the JD wasn't the 'chameleon' he needed to be just for the purposes of the debate audience.
The result...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6frs86Szk_0