{"id":3372,"date":"2026-08-22T20:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:00:14","slug":"blockbuster-new-poll-reveals-which-potential-2028-presidential-contender-republican-voters-currently-prefer-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=3372","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster New Poll Reveals Which Potential 2028 Presidential Contender Republican Voters Currently Prefer Most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appear to be headed toward 2028 as the next Republican presidential ticket, according to voters and polling, but there\u2019s a catch.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet clear which one will be running at the top of the ticket, though it would seem that Vance is the natural choice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2010591\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rubio strengthened his position at the top of this week\u2019s Western Journal presidential straw poll, extending his lead over the rest of the Republican field.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio received 46.1% of the vote in the publication\u2019s non-scientific survey conducted during the week of Aug. 10-16, the outlet said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>That marked an increase of 2.8 percentage points from the previous week\u2019s poll, further solidifying his standing among respondents.<\/p>\n<p>Vance remained in second place with 24.3% support, up 2.4 percentage points from the Aug. 3-9 survey.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky experienced the largest decline among the leading Republican contenders, losing support from the previous poll. He fell to 12.7 percent, a drop of 3.9 percentage points from the previous week.<\/p>\n<p>The weekly survey is not a scientific measurement of voter sentiment and does not necessarily reflect the broader Republican electorate.<\/p>\n<p>However, it offers a snapshot of how participants in the poll currently view the potential 2028 presidential field, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio\u2019s growing advantage suggests that he continues to maintain strong support among the survey\u2019s respondents, while the competition for second place remains more fluid.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fox News, the president told donors at a meeting in the Oval Office in early August ago who he will back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, we need to elect JD,\u201d an anonymous source\u00a0quoted Trump as saying\u00a0to the Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>During a donor event in Las Vegas later, Trump mentioned Vance once, praising him for his work on combating fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing a great job,\u201d Trump said of the vice president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2089360504049246563&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fvance-rubio-for-103749%2F&amp;sessionId=4aab8d69c46a5abd605d7f1e111eb41b173f57cf&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2089360504049246563\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<p>Trump has not made a final decision about whom he would support as a potential successor in the 2028 presidential election, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told the Washington Examiner that Trump has privately said, \u201cWe need to elect JD,\u201d but cautioned that his comments should not be interpreted as a formal endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s DJT. He will say \u2018it\u2019s JD\u2019 and then he\u2019ll say to someone, \u2018Who do you like between Marco and JD?\u2019 It\u2019s just how DJT is,\u201d a Republican strategist close to the administration told the outlet last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been saying this s*** to donors and others that it\u2019s going to be JD for a while, but with DJT nothing\u2019s ever for sure until he makes a public endorsement,\u201d the source further claimed.<\/p>\n<p>A former senior Trump White House official said the president has continued to discuss the possibility of a Republican ticket featuring Vance and Rubio in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>According to the former official, Trump remains interested in the idea but is uncertain whether Rubio would be willing to sign on to serve as a vice president,\u00a0the Examiner added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is set in stone. I think [Trump\u2019s] going to want to see how the midterms turn out, see what the money landscape looks like before making an actual endorsement,\u201d that person told the Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funny thing is you have all of these \u2018insiders\u2019 claiming to know exactly what the president will do, but I\u2019d say that\u2019s all up in the air until the president actually tweets it out,\u201d the source continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself was asked on last week about the Washington Post report that he\u2019d told GOP donors that \u201cat the end of the day, we need to elect JD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s great, but we\u2019re way too early to even be thinking about that,\u201d Trump said in response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appear to be headed toward 2028 as the next Republican presidential ticket, according to voters and polling, but there\u2019s a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3374,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions\/3374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}