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Which Dem VP candidate does the GOP fear the most? (with Poll) [1]

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Date: 2024-08-03  

I know that this isn’t the only way to look at the VP selection. There are many calculations that go into the pick. But I think it is interesting and fun to try to think of it from the GOP point of view. Whom do they REALLY REALLY NOT want Harris to pick? I ask this because before the Republican convention I was discussing with several Democratic friends whom we hoped that Trump would NOT pick. The consensus was Nikki Haley. We thought she could potentially help the GOP reach populations that were otherwise not open to them. Luckily, Trump is stupid and egotistical and picked probably the worst possible option.

If we ask whom the GOP fear the most, I am thinking that maybe it could be Andy Beshear. Although we have no hope of carrying Kentucky, Beshear seems to appeal to union members and the working class and could be a good spokesperson to those groups in swing states where they are important voting blocks. He would also be devastating in a contrast with JD Vance. Walz has a somewhat similar appeal but with a more liberal bent, and I feel that the GOP would have an easier time painting the ticket as liberal (not that that is a bad thing, but you know...). People say that Kelly would appeal to similar sectors of the population, but he doesn’t have a pro-worker reputation (although he has modified that a bit recently).

So what do you think? Whom do the GOP fear the most? Not just fear from the VP pick itself but what it would do to the overall ticket and its appeal to voters?

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