JD Vance, the junior Senator from Ohio, has been selected as Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee. A young face with a thin electoral record, Vance represents an effort by the Trump campaign to establish a legacy. Vance is a former critic of Trump turned staunch supporter, and holds heterodox stances within the party on economic issues. Vance’s brand of blue-collar, pro-worker populism was intended to continue the positive trends Republicans have seen with white working-class voters under Trump. But how did it perform in his first election? Not particularly well. Trump dominated rural Ohio While Donald Trump and JD Vance…
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Eric Cunningham
Eric Cunningham is the founder and editor-in-chief of Elections Daily. He is a lifelong resident of North Carolina and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Communication, Journalism. His work has appeared in The Assembly and Ordinary Times. You can follow him on Twitter at @decunningham2.
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