Vice President JD Vance leads three top contenders in hypothetical matchups for the 2028 presidential election, an Emerson College poll revealed Friday.

The poll of 1,400 U.S. voters taken July 21-22 showed that Vance held narrow margins over three Democrats who are potential candidates: former Treasury Secretary Pete Buttigieg, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

Vance held his slimmest margin against Buttigieg, at 43.9% to 43.1%, with 13.1% undecided. The poll showed that in 2024, 42% of respondents voted for President Donald Trump in November and 40.5% for Vice President Kamala Harris, with 15.7% saying they did not vote and 1.8% saying they voted for someone else.

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