Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s approval rating has surged since he was announced as Vice President Kamala Harris‘ running mate, while Republican Donald Trump‘s pick, Ohio Senator JD Vance, has seen his fall, according to a poll.
A YouGov survey conducted on August 8, two days after Harris announced Walz as her vice presidential pick, found the governor with a net favorability rating of +11. That was up from a +1 net favorability in another YouGov survey conducted in late July.
Vance, on the other hand, has seen his approval rating drop since Trump announced him as his running mate on July 15.
The Republican’s net favorability was -6 in a YouGov survey conducted between July 15 and July 19. It dropped to -9 in another survey conducted between July 22 and July 25.
A poll conducted by Marist Poll for NPR and PBS between August 1 and August 4 also had Vance’s net favorability at -9 (34 percent favorable, 43 percent unfavorable). This was 5 points lower than in the same poll in July.
In late July, Vance faced backlash over comments he made in 2021 referring to certain female Democratic politicians as “childless cat ladies” with “no direct stake” in the country.
