Minnesota Governor Tim Walz saw a significant bump in polling after Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate in New York, surpassing Ohio Senator JD Vance in postdebate momentum.

The showdown saw the two candidates largely focus on differences, with Vance repeatedly hitting Vice President Kamala Harris on border security, while Walz lambasted former President Donald Trump on abortion rights. Newsweek has contacted the Vance and Walz campaigns for comment via email.

According to the poll, the Minnesota governor saw a 23-point boost in his favorability ratings, going up from +14 to +37. Meanwhile, Vance saw a 19-point boost in his favorability ratings, going up from -22 to -3.


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  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    People love to assume something like book smarts vs common sense or brains vs brawn is a scale where going higher on one means going lower on the other

    • SoylentBlake
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      Well those people generally believe everything is zero sum. If the browns do any better it’s at the expense of the whites.

      In a parable;

      The rising tide might raise all ships, but they’re going around making sure that everyone’s ship but their groups are tightly moored to the dock, so the rising ride will inundate everyone else sooner than their’s. Cutting the mooring never crosses their mind, even as their ship is sinking.