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Welcome to DailyMail.com's U.S. politics live blog where Donald Trump's vice presidential contenders are feeling the pressure.
Trump is widely expected to pick his running mate within the month as the Republican National Convention kicks off in mid-July.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden appeared to freeze on stage after giving remarks at a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles over the weekend before Obama took him by the arm in a shocking moment.
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Exclusive: Straw poll shows JD Vance as the runaway leader ahead of Rubio, Burgum and Scott
Trump's pick is the subject of feverish speculation and the grassroots had its say with a poll run over the three day gathering of activists.
When 1,986 people at the Detroit event were asked who they favored out of Vance, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sens. Marco Rubio and Tim Scott, some 43 percent said they favored senator from Ohio.
Scott was a distant second on 15.4 percent, Rubio took third with 7.7 percent, and Burgum, who in particular has been talked up by Trump in recent weeks, took seven percent.
The poll was conducted by Big Data Poll for Turning Point Action, the grassroots movement founded by Charlie Kirk.
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