Prominent Pollster Says Dems “Probably” Made a “Mistake” Pursuing RFK Jr. as “He's Taking More Votes from Trump Now.”

Pollster Nate Silver said Wednesday that Democrats were probably wrong to hamper independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign. because his candidacy probably hurts the Republican candidate more.

Kennedy he is currently polling at 5% nationally, while serving as vice president Kamala Harris he is the leader before the former president donald trump to 46.2% and 43.5% respectively, seconds at FiveThirtyEight. Silver, on “Dan Abrams Live,” noted that Kennedy's “margin has narrowed” since Harris joined the race and that his polling data reflects that the independent candidate took “more votes from Trump than Harris” because he is “anti-establishment”.

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“As best as we can tell, and we look at all these numbers, RFK is now getting more votes from Trump than from Harris. I mean, he's anti-vax, he's anti-establishment, and that's getting past the Kennedy name and that brand,” he said. said Silver. “So, you know, the Democrats, for example, wanted him off the ballot here in states like New York. So far, that lawsuit has been successful. It's probably a mistake. They'd rather have RFK drain anti-establishment votes from Trump “.

New York Judge Christina L. Ryba governed Monday that Kennedy cannot be on the New York ballot in November after it was revealed that he included a fake address in his nomination petition.

President Joe Biden campaignthe Democratic National Committeeand others entities launched initiatives to counter Kennedy's campaign out of concern that it would draw more support from Biden's base than Trump's. These efforts included communication strategies and access-to-the-vote challenges.

Kennedy tried to meet with Harris about a possible job in his administration in exchange for his endorsement before the November election. seconds in the Washington Post. The independent candidate he said in a Thursday X post that does not purport to endorse her, stating that the ideology of the current Democratic Party is incompatible with that of her uncle and father, former President John F. Kennedy and former US Attorney General Robert F .Kennedy.

“Vice President Harris' Democratic Party would be unrecognizable to my father and uncle and I cannot reconcile that with my values,” he wrote. “The Democratic Party of RFK and JFK was the party of civil liberties and free speech. VP Harris is the party of censorship, blockades and medical coercion. The Kennedy Democrats were anti-war. Kamala's is full of warmongers.RFK/JFK's Dems were allies of Main Street, cops, and labor.Vice President Harris is the party of big tech, big pharma.

Kennedy is also called known with Trump in mid-July to discuss exchanging an endorsement for a position advising the former president on health care policy, but the meeting did not result in any job offer or endorsement. Trump campaign advisers told the Post they are still in contact with Kennedy and his campaign.

The independent candidate currently has no plans to withdraw from the race, but his advisers said he is considering dropping out if he finds another way to bring change to the nation, according to the Post.

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