2028 candidates / JD Vance

JD Vance

JD Vance

Vice President of the United States · Republican

1st in the national Republican primary average at 37.4%. Updated November 9, 2026.

Primary polling

Primary averages

General election polling

Head-to-head polls

OpponentVanceOpponentMargin
Gavin NewsomPollCheck average, 5 of 19 polls used40.643.9D+3.3
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezPollCheck average, 6 of 11 polls used45.240.8R+4.4
Kamala HarrisPollCheck average, 3 of 8 polls used43.648.4D+4.8
Pete Buttigieg4 polls, no average; latest YouGov, Oct 10-14, 20263638D+2
Mark Cuban1 poll, no average; latest YouGov, Oct 10-14, 20263439D+5
Jon Ossoff1 poll, no average; latest Emerson College, Aug 16-17, 20264449D+5
Josh Shapiro1 poll, no average; latest On Point/SoCal Strategies, Dec 23, 20243734R+3
Stephen A. Smith1 poll, no average; latest On Point/SoCal Strategies, Aug 18, 20253735R+2
Gretchen Whitmer1 poll, no average; latest On Point/SoCal Strategies, Dec 23, 20244033R+7
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Sources

Primary polls adapted from Wikipedia: Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries (revision 1384224925) - Statewide opinion polling for the 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries (revision 1383421160) - Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 Democratic Party presidential primaries (revision 1384490676) - Statewide opinion polling for the 2028 Democratic Party presidential primaries (revision 1383986109). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Poll lists adapted from Wikipedia: Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 United States presidential election (revision 1384610890). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; PollCheck averages are derived from them.

Office from Wikipedia (JD Vance (revision 1384547276)). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photos: official portraits, public domain (US government); see Photo credits.

Data through November 9, 2026.