Donald Trump is already beating Joe Biden — weekend polls from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CBS News and Fox News all agree. NY Post contributor Daniel McCarthy shares this story.

But the race is close: Trump’s lead is only two to five points, and there are eight months to go until Election Day, plenty of time for new events to tip the outcome.

Unfortunately for Biden, one new development that voters can count on will certainly favor Trump: his announcement of a running mate.

How much difference will a fresh face on the undercard make for the GOP?

In recent decades, both parties have picked VPs to balance the inexperience of their presidential nominees.

George W. Bush in 2000 seemed like a foreign-policy lightweight compared with Al Gore, who had served for eight years as vice president and eight years before that as a United States senator.

Read more at https://nypost.com/2024/03/04/opinion/trumps-running-mate-will-make-2024-a-different-contest-from-2020s-biden-matchup/

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