RFK’s Independent Bid Is Hurting Biden In The Polls: Report
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly hurting President Biden within the polls as he continues his unbiased marketing campaign for the White Home.
Kennedy initially ran in opposition to Biden within the Democrat main and noticed some good ballot returns regardless of not having a respectable shot to win the nomination.
However, as The Political Insider reported at the time, “Man, if solely someone might persuade Kennedy to run as an Impartial.”
He did. Some readers although had been left involved that his anti-COVID vaccine views had been strongly linked to conservative views on the time, and may lead him to siphon votes away from Donald Trump.
The numbers don’t appear to be bearing that out.
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Biden Dropping Factors In Polls That Embrace RFK Jr.
Trump, the Republican nominee, has gone exhausting in ensuring that voters perceive that RFK is extra carefully aligned with President Biden. The message appears to be coming throughout within the polls.
“RFK Jr is a lifelong leftist. He voted for Biden within the 2020 election, he calls himself a “Kennedy Democrat,” and has donated to Democrats since 1985,” a Trump marketing campaign electronic mail reads. “He endorsed Hillary Clinton in her 2000 Senate run, 2008 presidential run, and over Trump in 2016.”
In response to the Intelligencer, whereas RFK was drawing votes away from each candidates initially, his function has grow to be extra outlined in current polls.
“Newer polling has most frequently proven him serving to Trump greater than Biden, each nationally and within the battleground states,” they write.
The outlet cites RealClearPolitics numbers that present RFK sways the race by nearly 4 full factors. That may be a important shift when discussing two candidates which have been neck-and-neck for a while.
“The RealClearPolitics polling averages nationally now present Trump main Biden by 1.6 p.c (46.6 to 45.0 p.c) in a two-candidate race, and by 5.4 p.c (40.7 to 35.3 p.c, with Kennedy at 12.3 p.c) in a three-candidate race,” Intelligencer writes.
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The Kennedy Title Alone
RealClearPolling on Tuesday additionally confirmed Trump main or tied with Biden in each swing state except Wisconsin.
With RFK within the ballot, it was a clear sweep for Trump, together with Wisconsin going from +1 for Biden to +2 for Trump, a three-point swing, in addition to Pennsylvania going from a Tie to +6 for Trump.
Which means he might massively sway the election if he stays in. It appears the Kennedy identify alone is sufficient to get some Democrats to vote for RFK.
His family realizes this. Kennedy has been ostracized from the clan for a while now. However it’s been heating up since they realized he might assist Trump win.
RFK’s sister sees the polls. She too is troubled on the notion that her brother is taking votes away from Biden.
“I really feel strongly that that is a very powerful election of our lifetime. And there’s a lot at stake, and I do suppose it’s going to come back all the way down to a handful of votes and a handful of states,” Rory Kennedy tells CNN.
“And I do fear that Bobby simply taking some share of votes from Biden might shift the election and result in Trump’s election.”
It’ll definitely be fascinating to see how a lot strain Democrats placed on him to drop out.
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