--- description: Donald Trump has narrowed his vice presidential shortlist. Tell us who you think he should pick in this unscientific poll. title: Who Should Trump Pick as His Running Mate? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Who Should Donald Trump Pick as His Running Mate? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 12, 2016 6:22 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 12, 2016 6:22 PM CUT Donald Trump has narrowed his vice presidential shortlist to three: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Choose who you think the presumptive Republican nominee should add to his ticket in the unscientific poll below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4403320/donald-trump-vice-president-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4403320/donald-trump-vice-president-poll/"},"headline":"Who Should Donald Trump Pick as His Running Mate?","datePublished":"2016-07-12T18:22:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:12:25.786Z","description":"Donald Trump has narrowed his vice presidential shortlist. Tell us who you think he should pick in this unscientific poll.","url":"https://time.com/4403320/donald-trump-vice-president-poll/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","Chris Christie","newt gingrich","Mike Pence","veepstakes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4403320/donald-trump-vice-president-poll/","name":"Who Should Donald Trump Pick as His Running Mate?"}}]}] ```