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Vance Rejects Midterm Poll; GOP ‘Still Digging Out of the Hole the Democrats Put Us In’

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Vice President JD Vance took issue with a Fox News poll showing a majority of voters preferring Democrats to Republicans in the upcoming November 2026 midterms.

“As much as we love Fox News, we always think Fox News has the worst polling, me and the president agree on that,” Vance told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum in an interview Tuesday afternoon. 

“We’re still digging out of the hole the Democrats put us in,” Vance added.

? JUST IN: JD Vance SLAMS Fox News' polling for being too pro-Democrat while on the network"This number would not be good for the majority."VANCE: "As much as we love Fox, we ALWAYS think Fox has the worst polling. Me and the president agree on that. Sorry! IT'S TRUE." ? pic.twitter.com/umORVgXcMB— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 17, 2026

? JUST IN: JD Vance SLAMS Fox News' polling for being too pro-Democrat while on the network"This number would not be good for the majority."VANCE: "As much as we love Fox, we ALWAYS think Fox has the worst polling. Me and the president agree on that. Sorry! IT'S TRUE." ? pic.twitter.com/umORVgXcMB

A recent Fox News poll released late January showed Democrats leading Republicans in the generic ballot by a margin of 52-46%.

The vice president noted that while he and President Donald Trump have accomplished much in their first year in office, more time is needed to undo the impacts of the Biden administration.  

“If you go back to the Biden administration, the average American lost about $3,000 in take-home pay during the four years that Democrats were in charge. In the first year of the Trump administration, average Americans have gained about $1,200,” Vance told MacCallum.  

“If you’re looking at it from the perspective of the last year, Americans have done better. If you’re looking at it from the perspective of the Biden administration, we’re still digging out of the hole the Democrats put us in,” Vance continued.  

VP VANCE on negotiations with Iran: "One thing about the negotiation I will say this morning is, in some ways it went well. They agreed to meet afterwards, but in other ways it was very clear that the president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to… pic.twitter.com/AbgH9t3lY0— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 17, 2026

VP VANCE on negotiations with Iran: "One thing about the negotiation I will say this morning is, in some ways it went well. They agreed to meet afterwards, but in other ways it was very clear that the president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to… pic.twitter.com/AbgH9t3lY0

Vance says that Americans are going to receive “long term dividends” from the work the administration has done.  

The vice president suggested the winning messaging that Republicans need to focus on are the $18 trillion made towards new investments.

“That’s factories being built, built, that’s wages going up,” he said.  

He also mentioned a 20% reduction in murder rates, a secure border, and the deportations of criminal illegal aliens.

“There’s still so much to do, and I think it’s up to us, it’s up to me, it’s up to the president, it’s up to the entire team to make the argument to the American people that we’ve made your life better, and if you give us another couple of years of Republican governance, we can keep on building upon that record,” Vance concluded.  

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