The poll pitted Vice President JD Vance against several prominent Democrats, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The son of a judge, Newsom took an early interest in politics Gavin Newsom at the opening of the PlumpJack wine shop on October 29, 1992. Steve Castillo/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images ...

You’ve got to get out of your posh areas and into the heartbeat of America,” Joshua Hollington, a Democratic voter in South Carolina.