Stephen Farnsworth, a University of Mary Washington professor and director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, notes that the former president can harm the chances of the GOP nominee just by being too present. “Glenn Youngkin’s strongest appeal is that he is not a Trump clone,” Farnsworth notes. “The more he acts and sounds like Trump, the more unappealing he will be to suburban voters who may have voted for Republicans like Mitt Romney or John McCain but found the former president unappealing.”
