Marco Rubio Gains on JD Vance in 2028 GOP Race - EUROPE SAYS
Vice President JD Vance’s path to the Oval Office may not be as clear as once thought. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has passed Vance onKalshias the favorite to win the 2028 presidential election—a massive. . .
Vice President JD Vance’s path to the Oval Office may not be as clear as once thought. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has passed Vance onKalshias the favorite to win the 2028 presidential election—a massive surge from this time a year ago when he trailed the VP by 25 points. Vance remains the slight favorite to win theGOP nominationon Kalshi, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis trailing in a distant third, but Rubio is now the favorite to win the general election. His 16 percent chance narrowly edges Vance’s 15 percent. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in third place at 11 percent. Marco Rubio is now the favorite to win the 2028 presidential election, followed by JD Vance and Gavin Newsom. / KalshiRubio, 55, and Vance, 41, have been circling each other for months as potential GOP successors to President Donald Trump, who has enjoyed keepingeveryone guessingabout who, if either, he plans to back. According to White House sources who spoke toAxiosthis month, Trump has privately leaned toward Vance, but has stopped short of saying so publicly. Instead, the president has kept his options open, going as far as polling guests at adinnerin May about who they prefer. Pollingshows that Vance’s support has been shrinking in recent months. The federally regulated financial exchange and prediction market marked Rubio’s odds asCNN chief data analyst Harry Enten highlighted the narrowing gap between JD Vance and Marco Rubio in the GOP’s 2028 race. University of New Hampshirepolling shows Vance’s lead over Rubio has collapsed from 46 points in February to just 10 points in July among GOP primary voters. The vice president has alsoendured a bruising week of criticismfrom the online right, with backlash intensifying after his three-hour interview with podcaster Joe Rogan. His detractors have rallied around a “Never Vance” campaign, branding the vice president “unfit” to handle a potential peace deal with Iran. Vance’s allies have moved quickly to dismiss the backlash as an “inauthentic,” coordinated attack from his enemies, but Rubio’s surge suggests the vice president may be facing a deeper problem. GOP megadonor Ken Griffin, who ranked as the fifth-largest Republican donor in 2024, hasalready signaledhe would back Rubio over Vance if the secretary of state runs in 2028. The president has not formally endorsed Vance. / Gaelen Morse / REUTERSThe New York Timesreported in May that there are growing tensions behind the scenes at the White House regarding Vance, with more than a dozen insiders saying the president has privately aired frustrations about the VP’s performance and political future. Trump reportedly complained that the former Ohio senator had never won a difficult race without his backing, criticized the number of vacations Vance had taken, and questioned his decision to send Vance into negotiations in Pakistan aimed at ending the war in Iran. Tags:GOPjd vancemarco rubiopresident donald trumpsecretary of state