He portrays himself as a consensus alternative.
Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence plans to launch his 2024 campaign for next week. Pence will compete to reach the White House against Donald Trump, for whom he was the ‘second’ to him. The Republican will launch his campaign with a video and a speech in Iowa, one of the first candidate states.
Despite working together throughout his tenure, Pence and Trump fell apart when the former vice president refused to endorse Trump for nullify the results of the 2020 elections.
The race to the White House will not be easy for Pence, Trump has a huge lead in the polls in the Republican field, which now has more than six declared candidates. On June 1, Pence’s median in Republican polls it did not reach 4%compared to 53% for Trump, according to an average of ‘RealClearPolitics’ polls.
The politician follows in the wake of the measures imposed during Trump’s term, although he portrays himself as a consensus alternative. He has also appealed more directly to the evangelical Christian community. In recent months, he has toured large churches across the country.
Republican voters
The success of your campaign will depend on whether you are able to attract to the republican wing who is in favor of the policies of the former Republican president, but reject his ways.
Pence, former governor of Indiana and leader of the party in the US Congress, will also test the inclination of republican voters that they are increasingly in favor of promoting the political career of candidates who do not belong to the traditional orbit of Washington.
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