Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), tapped earlier this month as Vice President Harris’s running mate, is better liked than his Republican counterpart , Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), according to a poll released Wednesday.
The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Research Center found that 36 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Walz, outpacing Vance’s 27 percent.
Both vice presidential hopefuls are still fairly unknown to a portion of the American electorate, however. The poll found that around 4 in 10 Americans do not know enough about the Minnesota governor, and 3 in 10 said the same about the first-term Ohio senator.
A higher number of adults have an unfavorable view of former President Trump’s running mate. The survey found that 44 percent of adults had an unfavorable view of Vance, much higher than the 25 percent that said the same about Walz.
As Walz is slated to address the party at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday evening, he will have an opportunity to boost his name ID as some portions of the party’s voters are unfamiliar with him.