Absolutely, he hasn’t the political mojo, he brings nothing that would impel large parts of the electorate to back him with any fervor. The evangelical right is a shrinking coalition and not sufficient by itself to win the White House anymore.
Trump succeeds politically by doing the exact opposite of politics, but he’s a one-off, once we are rid of him we won’t see his like rise to power again for a very long time, I feel certain; he’s the object lesson that will prevent a recurrence, the wake-up call for the US electorate, as it were.
As I said, Pence has institutional knowledge from actually governing, know-how that Trump lacks completely and said lack hamstrings his efforts at every turn; as his administration has been so aptly described, it’s “malevolence tempered by incompetence”. Pence knows the Constitutional structure and restraints, knows how to work the levers and back-channels and build coalitions to accomplish his agenda, and can put on a great game-face when needed, as we saw in the VP debates. But his utter lack of any personally appealing traits will tie his hands if he tries to work a radical agenda.
Plus, bottom line, if he ends up Prez, it will most likely be the result of the D’s taking the house and either the Senate as well, or convincing enough Senate R’s it would be in their own best interest to vote Trump out, or convince Trump he is leaving so he resigns, so a Pence presidency will be a powerless one by definition.
My prediction for awhile now has been that if D’s take the House, as soon as articles of impeachment are referred to committees Trump will whine, project culpability onto everyone else around him, and resign.
The only scenario I can see where Pence has power enough to pose a threat would be if Trump resigns first and leaves Pence with R majorities.