{"id":1408,"date":"2026-06-06T12:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:23:19","slug":"dems-are-underestimating-jd-vance-for-2028-liberal-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=1408","title":{"rendered":"Dems Are Underestimating JD Vance For 2028: Liberal Host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1409\" src=\"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Capture-15-286x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Capture-15-286x300.png 286w, https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Capture-15.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The warning signs are flashing red. A sitting vice president with rock-solid grassroots loyalty, a grieving movement searching for a new standard-bearer,<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1939652\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>and polls that show him crushing every rival \u2014 and Democrats still think he\u2019s a joke.<\/p>\n<p>From AmericaFest straw polls to Chris Cillizza\u2019s uneasy praise, the Vance machine is alrea\u2026 Continues\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1939652\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>JD Vance\u2019s rise is no longer hypothetical; it is being built in real time, in plain sight. Polling already places him far ahead of every other Republican,<\/p>\n<p>with early surveys showing him at 40 percent nationally and enjoying a 46 percent favorability rating. Analysts like Chris Cillizza and Harry Enten,<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1939652\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>hardly MAGA cheerleaders, now openly concede that Democrats ignore his appeal \u201cat their own peril.\u201d Within the conservative base, the story is even starker: at Turning Point USA\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>AmericaFest, Vance captured over 84 percent in a 2028 straw poll, outperforming even Donald Trump\u2019s dominance from two years earlier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1939652\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Erika Kirk\u2019s emotional public endorsement \u2014 vowing to get her late husband\u2019s friend<\/p>\n<p>\u201celected for 48 in the most resounding way possible\u201d \u2014 symbolized a movement transferring its loyalty. Vance may insist he\u2019s focused on the present, but the infrastructure, passion, and expectation for a 2028 run are already locked in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The warning signs are flashing red. A sitting vice president with rock-solid grassroots loyalty, a grieving movement searching for a new standard-bearer, and polls that show him crushing every rival&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1410,"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}