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Vance courts disaffected Trump voters for a 'new right' coalition ahead of 2028
Vice President JD Vance is turning his midterm postmortem into a pitch to Trump voters who feel burned by the Iran war and U.S. ties with Israel, Fox News Digital reported. A Trump administration official summed up the message: "Vance is our guy."
Vice President JD Vance is trying to forge a new alliance with Trump voters who drifted away from the Republican Party, positioning himself for 2028 after Tuesday's midterm rout, Fox News Digital reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. A Trump administration official told the outlet that Vance's four-point diagnosis of the defeat is his rallying cry to the "new right."
On Wednesday, Vance blamed the loss on the war with Iran and said a pollster had found that 2024 Trump voters who backed Democrats wanted the war ended, a focus on the cost of living, an America First agenda and a change in the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Who the "new right" voters are
According to the official, the "new right" is broadly a coalition of Republicans aligned with Trump's original America First movement: staying out of foreign conflicts, making the country affordable for families and closing the borders. But those voters also believe Trump is too aligned with Israel on foreign policy, the official said. Among some on the right, Fox noted, the Iran war is tied to Trump's relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The AP Voter Poll gives part of the picture: about 6 in 10 voters called attacking Iran the "wrong decision," but only about a third said the war was "crucial" to their vote, versus roughly half for the cost of living or government corruption.
"Vance is our guy"
The official stressed that Vance is not separating from Trump the way former Vice President Mike Pence did after Jan. 6, 2021. Instead, he is speaking to Republicans who support the president but disagree with, or feel betrayed by, his foreign policy. The message, the official said: "Vance is our guy."
Axios, as cited by Anadolu Agency, reported that Vance had warned the war lacked broad public support and believed it would cost Republicans the midterms. Trump called Vance's message "good," saying, "I know how he feels about it," but was noncommittal on 2028: "Maybe he won't run. I don't know who's going to run."
Rivals and doubters inside the GOP
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the results "close to an extinction-level event for Republicans in many parts of the country," while Sen. Ted Cruz blamed tariffs, the war and data center construction, declaring, "Texas is blue." Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana told Fox News he would back Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a 2028 primary, Jewish Insider reported. Rubio, who largely stayed off the trail, has said he would defer to Vance.
Ohio was a blow for the vice president, with Democrats winning the governor's race and the Senate seat he once held. Still, Cornell political scientist Douglas Kriner told Newsweek that Vance "is far from finished," calling him the "leader-in-waiting of the MAGA base." An October New York Times/Siena poll had him at 33% among Republican primary voters, ahead of Rubio's 23%.
Cover photo: Variety (archive). Photos: The White House / Wikimedia Commons (archive)
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