"I’m not sure whether Vance will produce more votes for Trump but his populist brand of Republicanism offers a coherent, intelligent presentation of Trump’s position. He is a polished version of the man who nominated him as a running mate. For the record, I am delighted by this pick," Paul Gottfried, the editor-in-chief of US monthly Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture and Raffensperger professor of humanities emeritus at Elizabethtown College, said.
"Vance is a solid overall choice. He’s a sitting member of the upper house of US Congress, with a good GOP voting record. I don’t think he’ll hurt Trump’s ticket at all: a lot of people might like the idea of two competent (and white, I notice) law-and-business types going up against 'CRT, DEI, ESG, SEL [Social and Emotional Learning], Nu-HR,' and the rest of that sort of thing. On the other hand, he doesn’t really help massively expand the Trump base the way Vivek [Ramaswamy] or Tim Scott (or Nikki Haley, etc) might have," Reilly explained.