Minnesota Governor Tim Walz saw a significant bump in polling after Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate in New York, surpassing Ohio Senator JD Vance in postdebate momentum.
The showdown saw the two candidates largely focus on differences, with Vance repeatedly hitting Vice President Kamala Harris on border security, while Walz lambasted former President Donald Trump on abortion rights. Newsweek has contacted the Vance and Walz campaigns for comment via email.
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According to the poll, the Minnesota governor saw a 23-point boost in his favorability ratings, going up from +14 to +37. Meanwhile, Vance saw a 19-point boost in his favorability ratings, going up from -22 to -3.
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First off, almost no meaningful data on the polling impact of something that happened last night is available literally hours later.
Second, both sets of numbers are ridiculously large enough to give whatever the source is added scrutiny.
A 23 point bump is, like those don’t happen. If Biden instantly got a lasting peace in the Middle East he wouldn’t get an overnight 23 point bump.
Absolutely this
I’ve seen stuff on both sides saying their canadite did better in the polls, but we cannot know for certain so soon after the debate. anyone who does so is just going for a sensational story, rather then a factual story
574 registered voters were polled. So while it’s not necessarily meaningful for the election, it is significant and could help drive strategy.
They’re fairly small polls conducted of people who specifically watched the debate. Definitely not representative of the overall electorate.