CNN Data Reporter Spots How JD Vance Is 'Making History In The Completely Wrong Way'

CNN’s senior political data reporter Harry Enten explained why he believes Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is currently “making history in the completely wrong way.”

“Frankly, I don’t really understand the pick,” Enten told “Outfront” anchor Erin Burnett on Tuesday of Donald Trump’s decision to run alongside Vance instead of a more moderate figure.

“And apparently, neither do the American voters,” Enten continued. “Because, we take a look at the net favorable rating for JD Vance, that’s the favorable minus unfavorable. It’s in negative net territory. Look at that. Negative six points.”

Enten said he’d trawled polling data back to 1980 and discovered that Vance is the first vice presidential nominee since then to have “a net negative favorable rating that is underwater” so soon after the convention.

“The average since 2000 is plus 19 points,” he pointed out, adding that presidential running mates are “usually very popular” but “in this case, he’s dragging Trump down.”

Trump’s pick of Vance has come under increasing scrutiny since President Joe Biden’s decision to nix his reelection campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement.

With Harris’ campaign appearing to gain momentum and raking in big fundraising dollars, some commentators have suggested Vance’s extremist policies may now do more harm than good to Trump in the latter’s quest to swing on-the-fence suburban voters.

Trump, however, has said he still backs the “Hillbilly Elegy” author.

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