Karl Rove, a former Bush administration official, said last night's vice presidential debate between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) “will influence polls.” “Nothing happened,” he said, comparing the impact to September's presidential debate. .
“It was a very good night for him.” [Vance]And it was a very bad night for Tim Walz, who served the heavy word salad several times,” Loeb said on Fox News. “But, no, the first debate, which Donald Trump was widely seen as losing among pollsters and observers, did not affect polls. The vice presidential debate also did not affect polls. I wouldn’t.”
But Rove, the network's political contributor, predicted the showdown could increase support for Vance as an individual.
“It could affect the standing of J.D. Vance, who recorded very high negatives and very low positives, worse than Tim Walz,” he argued.
The Republican policy adviser then pointed to a prop on the whiteboard to show the slight movement in the polling average a month after the presidential debate.
“Think about this: On September 1st, the 9th, the race was 44.7 times Trump to 47.8 times Trump.” [for Vice President Harris] On average FiveThirtyEight. As of today, it's 45.9 to 48.5. So this race is deadlocked,” Loeb said, referring to the statistics.
He then added that TV ads, campaigning and other arguments have done little to change the numbers in a “close race.”
“Donald Trump is up 1.2 points,” Loeb said. This race is close. ”
