--- title: Donald Trump Vice President: Who Should He Pick? description: Donald Trump has narrowed his vice presidential shortlist. Tell us who you think he should pick in this unscientific poll. canonical: https://time.com/4403320/donald-trump-vice-president-poll/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T18:22:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:57.540Z article:section: Politics og:title: Who Should Trump Pick as His Running Mate? og:description: Tell us what you think. og:url: https://time.com/4403320/donald-trump-vice-president-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Who Should Trump Pick as His Running Mate? twitter:description: Tell us what you think. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Who Should Donald Trump Pick as His Running Mate? by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 12, 2016 6:22 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 12, 2016 6:22 PM UTC 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":"2026-08-19T07:45:57.540Z","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","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?"}}]}] ```