{"id":15654,"date":"2026-08-21T08:29:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=15654"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:29:50","slug":"rubio-crushes-vance-in-2028-presidential-polling-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/rubio-crushes-vance-in-2028-presidential-polling-matchups\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio Crushes Vance in 2028 Presidential Polling Matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <strong>Victor Nava<\/strong> reports in <em>New York Post<\/em>, the Emerson College National Poll reveals Rubio leading both former Vice President <strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong> and Representative <strong>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/strong> by identical 48% to 43% margins when voters were asked about potential 2028 presidential contests.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&#8217;s performance against the same Democratic figures proves less robust. While the vice president edges out the Squad member 46% to 44%, he trails the failed 2024 Democratic nominee by 4 percentage points in the hypothetical matchup.<\/p>\n<h2>California Governor Leads Both Republicans<\/h2>\n<p>When matched against California Governor <strong>Gavin Newsom<\/strong>, both Trump administration officials fall short, though Rubio again demonstrates stronger support than Vance. The term-limited Golden State governor secures 49% backing against Vance and 48% against Rubio, while the vice president garners 44% support compared to the secretary of state&#8217;s 46%.<\/p>\n<h2>Buttigieg and Ossoff Show Democratic Strength<\/h2>\n<p>Former Transportation Secretary <strong>Pete Buttigieg<\/strong> and Senator <strong>Jon Ossoff<\/strong> emerge as the strongest Democratic performers against the two leading Republican prospects. Buttigieg maintains a consistent 49% to 44% advantage over both Rubio and Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Ossoff, who recently generated controversy by insinuating a romantic connection between President Trump and White House aide <strong>Natalie Harp<\/strong>, holds a 3-point lead over Rubio at 47% to 44% and a 5-point margin against Vance at 49% to 44%.<\/p>\n<p>The Emerson College survey polled 1,000 registered voters between August 16 and 17, carrying a margin of error of 3 percentage points.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump&#8217;s 2028 Stance Remains Ambiguous<\/h2>\n<p>President Trump has previously characterized Vance and Rubio as a potential &#8220;dream team&#8221; ticket for 2028, though he has not specified which administration official should lead the presidential bid. Earlier reports suggested Trump privately encouraged donors to support Vance&#8217;s election in 2028, though the president later dismissed such accounts as premature, telling reporters he considers it far too early to make endorsements while praising Vance as outstanding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio outperforms Vice President JD Vance in early 2028 presidential polling, leading Democrats by wider margins according to an Emerson College survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":15653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[3706,789,768,2684,298,209],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-15654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2028-presidential-election","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-kamala-harris","tag-marco-rubio","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15661,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654\/revisions\/15661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15654"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=15654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}