Vice President JD Vance is already lapping the Republican field for 2028, and CNN data analyst Harry Enten says the numbers driving his rise are nothing short of bizarre. Prediction markets now give Vance nearly a 50 percent chance of becoming the GOP nominee — miles ahead of rivals like Marco Rubio — while early polling shows him with a jaw-dropping 42-point lead in New Hampshire more than two years before primary voting begins. Enten said he’s never seen a non-incumbent post majority-level support this early in the Granite State, calling Vance’s dominance historic and unprecedented in polling records going back to 1980. With Trump’s heir apparent surging and the rest of the field barely visible, Enten said Vance is “way out ahead of the pack” — and Republicans are already acting like the race is over.
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