As Republicans and Democrats gear up for the vice-presidential debate next week, exclusive polling shows that this is an event that has the potential to change everything.
Two-thirds of Democrats believe the vice-presidential candidate has a significant impact on the overall presidential ticket, according to polling from Prolific for The Independent .
Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance is set to debate Democratic VP pick Tim Walz this Tuesday, October 1 at 9pm ET .
Three out of four Americans (75 per cent) are planning to watch the VP debate, according to the poll, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,000 participants on the Prolific platform on September 22.
Vance has said he “doesn’t have to prepare that much” for his first head-to-head — despite reports to the contrary in The New York Times , which suggested he will spend several days this week in preparation.
Though the VP debate might appear to live in the shadow of this month’s Trump-Harris match-up, the polls suggest that, for many voters, the event will be far from insignificant.