The chapter delves into discussions surrounding potential VP contenders, including Sarah Huckabee Sanders and JD Vance, analyzing their qualifications, backgrounds, and potential drawbacks. Speculations around Trump's choices, considerations for appealing to different voter demographics, and historical impacts of VP candidates on elections are explored. The conversation also touches upon hypothetical scenarios and challenges faced by certain potential candidates in the VP selection process.
On this solar eclipse day installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew tests their polling knowledge on the rare celestial event with a special edition of “Guess What Americans Think.” They also preview 538’s new Swing-O-Matic, a tool that lets you model demographic changes in the 2024 election and see their resulting electoral impacts. And in our latest installment of the 2024 VP draft, the crew takes a guess at who could be former President Donald Trump’s pick for the position.
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