Pence made more money by attacking Trump. Can it win him votes?
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nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): It’s a close call, but perhaps the most ineffectual campaign in the 2024 Republican presidential primary has been Mike Pence’s. The fact that he is a former vice-president has not helped his campaign. In our national polling, it fell from 12 to 6 percent. This is due to Republicans’ ambivalence towards him following his split with Donald Trump.
But Pence seems to have found new life last week after Trump’s indictment in connection with his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Pence…
