Vice presidential nominees don’t tend to decide elections, but they can tip them for or against the top of the ticket.
That’s the challenge for Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) when they confront each other on a debate stage Tuesday in New York City.
In what could be the last debate of the 2024 presidential election and with voting already underway in several key states, Walz and Vance will try to do no harm to Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, respectively, with this cycle’s battlegrounds all within polling margins of error and only weeks remaining of their campaigns.