The start of Mike Pence's campaign for the Republican Party primaries marks a historic event. It's the first time a former U.S. vice president has run against the president who originally put him in office. As can be seen in the video that accompanies this news, Pence wants to present himself as an alternative to the tycoon Donald Trump. In the storming of the Capitol, on January 6, 2021, the former vice president refused to follow the presidential order to annul the 2020 election that elected Joe Biden.
The author of the blog 'The Battle for the White House' and analyst of Agenda Pública, Pedro Soriano, points out in the video that the broken relationship between the candidates is a key point of Pence's future electoral performance. "A president like Trump, who has enormous charisma within his voter base, pitted against his former vice president who has no special charisma puts Pence in a really difficult position," he says.
In addition to his willingness to distance himself from Trump, Pence will also face two other points of tension: his social conservative side and tensions within the Republican Party. "In the sense of the ability to drag the vote, Pence is not a man who puts much on the table compared to other candidates, such as the governor of Florida, Ron De Santis," Soriano said.