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J.D. Vance was never a popular pick as Donald Trump's running mate, and it is getting worse each week, sometimes significantly. Call it the Revenge of the Cat Ladies. It could be a horror movie. Vance's favorables are now 9 points underwater. Other recent running mates have usually been above water. Half a dozen polls confirm him dropping as follows:
| Pollster | First poll | Second poll | Net change |
| Reuters/Ipsos | July 16 | July 28 | -3 |
| Economist/YouGov | July 23 | July 30 | -5 |
| NPR+PBS/Marist Coll. | July 20 | July 27 | -6 |
| AP/NORC | July 15 | July 29 | -8 |
| (Not sponsored)/YouGov | July 15 | July 25 | -9 |
| ABC News/Ipsos | July 20 | July 27 | -9 |
The crosstabs give additional information. Vance dropped by 10 points among women. He dropped by double digits among independents in the Marist and YouGov polls that were not sponsored. He also dropped by 19 points among Black voters in the Marist and YouGov polls and double digits among voters under thirty in those polls. Vance is now as unpopular as Donald Trump. Trump wanted a clone and, well, he got a clone. (V)