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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

JD Vance has 30-point lead over 2028 rivals despite Trump listing him behind Marco Rubio, new poll finds

President Donald Trump has about three years and six months left in his second term, but one top GOP figure has already opened up a commanding lead in the race to succeed him as the Republican Party standard-bearer.

An Emerson College poll released on Friday revealed that Vice President J.D. Vance has a whopping 34-percent lead in a hypothetical Republican primary race over his next-closest potential rival, Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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