Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom led Vice President JD Vance among young male voters who were asked which prospective candidate they preferred in a hypothetical 2028 presidential election, according to findings by a Republican pollster.
The poll — conducted in late October by TIPP Insight in collaboration with the League of American Workers, a GOP-affiliated organization founded by former President Donald Trump adviser Steve Cortes — asked 2,100 registered voters age 18-25, including a sample of 1,300 men, who they would prefer between Vance or Newsom.
Thirty-eight percent of the young men surveyed picked the California governor, while 33% say they would rather vote for Vance. Fifteen percent said someone else, and the remaining 15% said they were unsure.
Notably, 67% of the men who voted for Trump in 2024 said they would vote for Vance, while 14% of that group favored Newsom.
The survey comes amid speculation that both politicians could run for president in 2028. Newsom told CBS’s Robert Costa in October he’d be lying if he said he didn’t put serious thought into it, while President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One that a ticket with Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be “unstoppable.”
