A recent ABC News/Ipsos poll reveals evolving preferences among potential vice-presidential candidates for Kamala Harris. Conducted from July 26-27, the poll highlights key contenders and their favorability ratings, providing a snapshot of the current landscape as Harris prepares to choose her running mate. The data shows a mix of familiar faces and emerging contenders, with notable shifts in public opinion and Harris’s own favorability rating.
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- The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted from July 26-27 and includes responses from 1,200 adults with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points.
- Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) leads with a positive net favorability rating of 10 points, with 22% of Americans viewing him favorably and 12% unfavorably.
- 41% of respondents are unfamiliar with Mark Kelly, and 24% have no opinion.
- Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg each have a positive net favorability rating of 4 points.
- Shapiro: 17% favorable, 13% unfavorable.
- Beshear: 13% favorable, 9% unfavorable.
- Buttigieg: 29% favorable, 25% unfavorable.
- Pete Buttigieg and California Governor Gavin Newsom are the most well-known among respondents.
- Buttigieg: 46% either don’t know him (27%) or have no opinion (19%).
- Newsom: 45% either unfamiliar (26%) or indifferent (19%) with a negative 12-point favorability rating (21% favorable, 33% unfavorable).
- Kamala Harris’s favorability has increased by 8 points from the previous week, now standing at a narrow positive 1-point rating (43% favorable, 42% unfavorable).
- Harris’s favorability rating exceeds former President Trump’s negative 16-point rating (36% favorable, 52% unfavorable) and President Biden’s negative 13-point rating (37% favorable, 50% unfavorable).
- As Harris prepares to select her running mate, attention is focused on the candidates’ favorability and public perception.
- The poll results reflect the current dynamics and potential shifts in support as Harris moves forward in her campaign.
