2028 Watch
Republican field · #2 on the board
JD Vance
US Vice President
11% of JD Vance’s news coverage is about running for president.
The other 89% is the day job. We only count the first kind.
Coverage about the race
37 episodes
last 28 days · #2 in the field
Where it airs
68% local
local outlets vs. national shows · last 28 days
Momentum
cooling
71 → 37 episodes vs. the 28 days before
What the coverage said most recently
This week, JD Vance's coverage largely revolved around his potential candidacy for the 2028 election, his role in U.S. foreign policy regarding Iran, and mixed reactions to his public image and statements.
About the race = Episodes our tagger marks as substantively about a candidate’s 2028 prospects — running, primary positioning, endorsements, nomination polling — not their current job, policy fights, or 2024. Tagging is AI-assisted and precision-tuned — it under-counts rather than over-claims. Being on this board is an editorial call about who’s being discussed, not a prediction or an endorsement.
This measures how much of the news audio is about a candidate’s 2028 prospects — not how popular they are, how they’d poll, or who’ll win. It’s a map of the conversation, not a forecast. Data through Aug 25, 2026.