🚨 JUST IN: JD Vance surges to +34 point lead in the 2028 Republican presidential primary – Emerson
The Emerson College Polling survey released on Friday showed Vance receiving 46 percent support, with his closest competitors being Secretary of State Marco Rubio with 12 percent and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) with 9 percent. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is an independent, followed with 5 percent, then Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley with 2 percent each.
President Donald Trump has weighed in somewhat on who could be his successor as Republican nominee in 2028 but has avoided declaring support for one candidate. He told Fox News in February that “it’s too early” to declare Vance as his successor but said he and others are “very capable.”
In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” from last month, he mentioned Vance and Rubio as possible future leaders of his “Make America Great Again,” or MAGA, movement.
“I think [Vance is] a fantastic, brilliant guy,” he said. “Marco is great. There’s a lot of them that are great.”
The poll was conducted from June 24 to 25 among 1,000 registered voters, including 416 Republican primary voters. The margin of error among Republican respondents was 4.8 points.
