Voters don’t care about experience or preparedness

A clear majority of the public believes Mike Pence is prepared to be president, which isn’t true of Kamala Harris. Yet people are much more likely to say Harris would be a better president than Pence would.

That’s one finding from the latest Washington Examiner poll, conducted by YouGov. It implies that millions of voters believe Harris would be a better vice president than Pence, while also believing Pence is better prepared. In other words, a lot of voters don’t really care about preparedness when choosing a president. That’s unsurprising when you recall who our last two presidents have been: A reality-show host and an author four years out of the state senate.