Overview
- Raw Story, citing analyst Sarah Longwell’s focus groups of Trump voters, reports growing preference for Marco Rubio over Vice President JD Vance as a future GOP standard-bearer.
- Participants cited Rubio’s many posts, including Secretary of State, National Security Adviser, and recent acting leadership of USAID, which runs U.S. foreign aid, and the National Archives, which manages federal records, as proof of capability.
- Several said social-media jokes about his long list of titles made them assume he was getting things done.
- Quotes in the sessions praised Rubio’s speaking and steadiness, with some calling him the “adult in the room.”
- Others said JD Vance lost them after perceived flip-flops or a bid to curry favor, a shift that could matter for 2028 if these views move beyond small focus groups.