Opinion Mike Pence sits alone in a corner of sadness

[cigaretteman]

Mike Pence wants to be president. But there’s one problem — compared to the competition, he polls terribly. According to the latest data from Civiqs, he’s the only potential GOP presidential candidate who is well-known but not well-liked.

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Republican voters know Mike Pence. But they don’t like him.






Source: Civiqs



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Most GOP presidential aspirants don’t have this problem.

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Republicans who are as famous as Pence — such as former president Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — are beloved by the base. And other candidates who post low favorable ratings, such as Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri or Tom Cotton of Arkansas, aren’t disliked. GOP voters simply don’t know them.

But Republican voters know Pence and they still don’t like him.
As I’ve argued before, GOP voters dislike Pence because he stood up to Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. Immediately after Pence certified Joe Biden’s (rightful) victory, Pence’s favorability rating among Republican voters dropped. He never fully recovered.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/22/pence-2024-polling-favorability-known/

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

So being a cowardly, spineless suck up wins you no fans from either side of the aisle?

 

[IACub]

The GOP is so broken. Can you imagine saying, "That Mike Pence is so unlikeable. But the Marjorie Taylor Green? She's got moxie!"

 

[TheCainer]

The GOP is so broken. Can you imagine saying, "That Mike Pence is so unlikeable. But the Marjorie Taylor Green? She's got moxie!"

It says a lot about the overall character of today's GOP.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

It says a lot about the overall character of today's GOP.

I mean we’ve heard it all from posters here.

Not the old GOP…when pushed, we push back harder…leftists, Marxists, socialists, communists… etc etc

The playbook is pretty much limited to manufactured outrage and performative BS.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

So being a cowardly, spineless suck up wins you no fans from either side of the aisle?

No being cowardly and spineless for 4 years and suddenly developing a spine at the last and most crucial moment means you have no fans on either side.

To be fair to Pence as spineless as he was for 4 years at the last most crucial moment he grew a spine. And for that he won't be president. I'm ok with that.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

No being cowardly and spineless for 4 years and suddenly developing a spine at the last and most crucial moment means you have no fans on either side.

To be fair to Pence as spineless as he was for 4 years at the last most crucial moment he grew a spine. And for that he won't be president. I'm ok with that.

I give him zero extra credit for that. It was his job.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

I give him zero extra credit for that. It was his job.

And that's why he has no fans on either side.

 

[BGHAWK]

Pence, just another republican who didn't have the guts to go against trump. After he left office, he had every opportunity to speak out about the Jan 6 insurrection attempt, and to cooperate with the Jan 6 committee and make himself look like a leader for the Republican party. Instead he must have thought by not cooperating and keeping silent that that would help him in some way. I think he miscalculated.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

 

[UKGrad93]

Mike Pence is a weird dude.

 

[TC Nole OX]

I give him zero extra credit for that. It was his job.

I loathe Pence but I give him credit for stepping up under monumental pressure when it mattered most. Yes it was his job but the vast majority of politicians, and people in general, will bail out on doing their job when faced with the slightest adversity or inducement.

 

[TC Nole OX]

 

[Pheidippides]

The GOP is so broken. Can you imagine saying, "That Mike Pence is so unlikeable. But the Marjorie Taylor Green? She's got moxie!"

Pence is likeable, like Jimmy Carter was “likeable”. Likeability is not his problem

 

[tumorboy]

Pence is likeable, like Jimmy Carter was “likeable”. Likeability is not his problem

Pence's problem was Treason was a bit too far off the ledge for him. Pence realized if he had gone to the mat for election overturning. He'd be the one who would pay the price. While Trump would sit back and see how it plays out.

 

[ICHawk-I]

He isn't polling too bad for a guy whose party wanted to hang him not long ago.

 

[Finance85]

Pence is a sad individual. He wears his religion on his sleeve, which is fine as an individual, but terrifying when it's used as the basis for policy and governing. Just as Democrats use big government to erode freedom, Pence would use religion to promote government taking away freedom.

 

[BGHAWK]

Pence as governor of Indiana had a lot of Kimmy in him. Maybe that's where she got some of her agenda.

 

[alaskanseminole]

 

[TC Nole OX]

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