With the campaign still as close as ever, the running mate debate, which will be the last in the electoral race, risks “striking” between the two completely opposite candidates, according to analyst Jean-Marc Léger.
“It risks being a fireworks display of arguments, it will hit, we should not expect a soporific debate, even if usually the vice-presidents’ debates are less interesting,” launched the president of the Léger firm.
The confrontation on Tuesday evening will pit Republican JD Vance, “a very telegenic, very surly lawyer” against Democrat Tim Walz, “sympathetic professor, very emotional and very scattered.”
“Both candidates are white, working-class men from the Midwest. That’s all they have in common, apart from that they are totally different,” recalled the specialist in an interview with LCN on Tuesday.
According to a recent Léger poll, Tim Walz would win the battle for popularity with 36% of American voters in favor of his candidacy compared to 24% for his opponent.
“In the statistics (JD Vance) is the least popular vice-president of the last 25 years,” he stressed.
Conversely, Tim Walz “is the second most popular vice president after John Edwards in 2004.”
For Mr. Léger, it is clear that this debate will truly represent “two clashing conceptions of America”, with Donald Trump’s running mate who risks being more incisive than the ex-president himself.
