Republican rout: Vice president JD Vance blames Israel relations for electoral losses, ignoring tariffs, ICE raids, and corruption scandals alienating base voters. JD Vance, America's loutish vice president, has a theory of the Republican rout in last week's midterms. As he explained in a lengthy social media post the day after the elections, voters who abandoned Donald Trump's 2024 coalition in favor of Democrats could be won back if the GOP did.