Some interesting new polling data on the Democratic VP choice:
That makes sense to me. The new administration will be inheriting a monumental mess. The VP job won’t just be ornamental. There will be an immense workload and I would guess any VP would have a large and challenging portfolio. There’s not much room for a big learning curve.
Here’s what Democratic voters are thinking:
Economic expertise and crisis management skills are top qualities Democratic voters want to see in a vice-presidential pick for their party — even more so than executive or legislative experience — as concerns about the pandemic and the economy now become a lens through which voters see that selection process.
Some of the other findings follow:
Biden beats Trump in this poll. But I swear to GOD, I will never understand how it can be this close. What in the hell is wrong with that 43 percent of my fellow Americans. We’re even giving them their precious white guy!
