JD Vance’s favorability rating has had “serious positive movement” and is marginally positive for the first time in months, a new poll shows.
The Republican nominee for vice president has struggled in the polls since being picked as Donald Trump‘s running mate in July but performed well during his recent debate with his Democratic counterpart, Tim Walz.
Vance’s favorability is currently at 45.4 percent, against an unfavorability rating of 45, according to a new survey carried out by analytics firm Cygnal. That gives him a net favorability of 0.4 with a +/- 2.52 percent margin of error, which makes it statistically net even.
The survey of 1,500 people between October 2 and 3 marks a significant change from Cygnal’s previous polls.
Its early September poll had Vance’s favorability rating at minus 8, with 48 percent saying he was unfavorable over 39 percent favorable.
Cygnal’s analysts linked this “serious positive movement” to Vance’s vice presidential debate performance, noting that Walz’s image has remained “generally consistent.”
In the same October poll, Walz’s favorability rating was 47 percent, compared to 42.5 percent unfavorability rating, a net of 4.5.
The Minnesota governor has consistently had a positive favorability rating, with Cygnal’s previous polls showing him with a 45-percent favorability rating over 40-percent unfavorability in September and a 35-percent favorability rating over 31-percent unfavorability in August.
All three are within a range of 4 to 5 net favorability.
Vance’s image has improved most notably among urban voters (+19 net favorability) and Independents (+26 net favorability), while Walz’s image has dipped by -8 net favorability and -12 net favorability in each of these categories, respectively…
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