Going into the Oct. 1 vice presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) seemed to have something of a lead on his Republican counterpart, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). The Minnesotan came out slightly ahead in favorability polls, whereas the Ohio senator is more than 10 points underwater. It seems that Democrats’ efforts to label Vance “weird” and extreme are working to at least some extent.