{"id":1038819,"date":"2024-08-12T15:28:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T19:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1038819"},"modified":"2024-08-12T15:28:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T19:28:55","slug":"new-polling-jd-vances-dangerous-and-weird-attacks-on-women-are-wildly-unpopular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-jd-vances-dangerous-and-weird-attacks-on-women-are-wildly-unpopular\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW POLLING: JD Vance\u2019s Dangerous and Weird Attacks on Women Are Wildly Unpopular"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to new <\/em>polling<\/em><\/a> showing how unpopular JD Vance\u2019s dangerous and weird attacks on women are, <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJD Vance\u2019s dangerous, insulting, and downright weird attacks on women are (unsurprisingly) lowering his standing with voters every day. The American people know a creep when they see one \u2014 and Vance\u2019s far-right record of pushing to ban abortion nationwide, suggesting women should stay in violent marriages, and attacking exceptions for rape and incest while dismissing them as \u2018inconvenient\u2019 circumstances is as unpopular as it is horrifying. Vance\u2019s bizarre and off-putting track record has proven again and again to be a massive liability to the Trump-Vance losing MAGA ticket \u2013 just like the rest of their extreme Project 2025 agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW POLLING: The more voters learn about JD Vance\u2019s dangerous and weird attacks on women, the more they dislike him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semafor<\/a>: \u201cNew polling shared exclusively with Semafor shows Democrats\u2019 attacks on JD Vance\u2019s views on abortion, divorce and \u2018childless cat ladies\u2019 are sticking with voters.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA pair of surveys by Blueprint, the centrist Democratic pollster backed by Reid Hoffman, one taken July 21 – July 22, two days after Vance was announced as Donald Trump\u2019s running mate, and then again two weeks later on August 4, showed Vance\u2019s net favorability falling from -7 to -11 <\/strong>with fewer voters unsure either way. That\u2019s similar to other public polling, which has also shown Vance making a poor first impression since joining the Republican ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe main shift in how respondents viewed Vance: He\u2019s become more and more identified with his particular brand of conservatism and less with his famed biography as an author, veteran, and politician. Presented with a list of options to describe Vance in August, the most common answers were \u2018conservative,\u2019 \u2018anti-woman,\u2019 and \u2018weird,\u2019 while more positive options like \u2018young,\u2019 \u2018smart,\u2019 and \u2018businessman\u2019 declined from July. The percentage calling him \u2018extreme\u2019 shot up 13 points\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf the statements offered, participants were most aware of the \u2018childless cat lady\u2019 comments with 50% of those surveyed saying they had heard of the remarks and 55% saying they were bothered by them. Scoring worse, but less well-known: A 2021 interview with Spectrum News in which he defended a Texas abortion law\u2019s lack of exceptions for rape and incest by suggesting pregnancies from such circumstances are \u2018inconvenient.\u2019 Sixty-two percent of voters said they were \u2018bothered\u2019 Vance used the word \u2018inconvenient\u2019 to describe pregnancies that stem from rape and incest with 50% reporting \u2018it bothers me a lot.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Vance wants abortion to be \u201cillegal nationally,\u201d suggested women should stay in violent marriages, and has repeatedly disparaged Americans who don\u2019t have children.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance said in 2022 he \u2018would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJD Vance said he \u2018certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019 and was \u2018sympathetic\u2019 to the view that a national ban was necessary to stop women from traveling across states to obtain an abortion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance suggested he would support prohibiting abortion even in cases of rape and incest\u2014and dismissed those catalysts as \u2018inconvenient.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance Suggests People in \u2018Violent\u2019 Marriages Shouldn\u2019t Get Divorced\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cRepublican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks toward people without children, a CNN KFile review of his comments shows, including fundraising off his now-infamous \u2018childless cat lady\u2019 remarks in a series of emails that called Democratic leaders \u2018childless sociopath\u2019 who \u2018don\u2019t have a direct stake in this country.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn November 2020, Vance said on a conservative podcast that childless Americans, especially those in the country\u2019s \u2018leadership class,\u2019 were \u2018more sociopathic\u2019 than those with children and made the country \u2018less mentally stable.\u2019 <\/strong>Vance added that the \u2018most deranged\u2019 and \u2018most psychotic\u2019 <\/strong>commentators on Twitter \u2013 now known as X – were typically childless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pat Rynard, Courier Newsroom<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance says Americans without children should \u2018face the consequences<\/strong> and the reality\u2019 and not get \u2018nearly the same voice\u2019 in democracy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201c[Vance] suggested that the country needed to \u2018reward the things that we think are good\u2019 and \u2018punish the things that we think are bad<\/strong>\u2019 — before suggesting that individuals without children should be taxed at a higher rate than those with children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance\u2019s VP launch has been a disaster\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cProject 2025 Leader Is Overjoyed by Trump\u2019s Vice Presidential Pick\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance said in 2022 he \u2018would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s not just \u2018cat ladies\u2019: JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cVance argued for higher tax rate on childless Americans in 2021 interview\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance doubles down on \u2018childless cat ladies\u2019 dig: \u2018I\u2019ve got nothing against cats\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cVance urged DOJ to enforce Comstock Act, crack down on abortion pills\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cSome House Republicans slam Vance as Trump\u2019s VP pick: \u2018The worst choice\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cRepublican senators divided over Trump sticking with Vance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cSome Republicans express buyer\u2019s remorse over Vance VP pick\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cIs J.D. Vance the Worst Vice Presidential Pick Ever?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cVance confronts upheaval and uncertainty in first 10 days as Trump\u2019s running mate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 making him the most disliked VP nominee our country has seen in decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s getting worse for JD Vance\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA half-dozen polls have now tested views of Vance more than once in the last few weeks. In each of them, his already-underwhelming image ratings have deteriorated \u2014 sometimes significantly\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis net favorable ratings have dropped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n