Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has both considerable strengths and potential drawbacks as a candidate.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is widely considered a frontrunner for Kamala Harris’s vice presidential pick.
Speculation about Shapiro has risen after Harris’s campaign said she would reveal her VP choice at a rally in Philadelphia next week—in his home state—which will kick off a series of events in battleground states.
Shapiro has both considerable strengths and potential drawbacks as a candidate.
First, the pros. Shapiro is very popular in his state of Pennsylvania, which is an important battleground state for Democrats.
Trump is ahead in the polls in Pennsylvania, and some Democrats believe that securing the state’s 19 electoral votes will be critical to winning in November.
Shapiro, considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, is also a charismatic and gifted orator.
He is viewed as fairly moderate, which could be an asset in courting traditional Democrats and independent voters. Some Republicans have voiced that Shapiro is the candidate they find most formidable, NBC reported using anonymous sources.
