RFK Jr. get massive support in crucial battlefield states: survey

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won a large share of the vote in six key states against former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden in 2024, according to a Sunday poll.

Kennedy recently left handed the Democratic Party, won more than 20% support in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as well as 24% in all six states compared to 35% for Trump and 33% for Biden. seconds to a New York Times/Sienna College poll published Nov. 5. Although Kennedy did not garner enough support to win any of the battleground states, his candidacy left the president with only one state, the former president with three, and Biden and Trump. binding in two

Biden won Wisconsin by 2 points against Trump, with Kennedy garnering 22 percent support, according to the poll.

The poll found Trump leading Biden in Georgia, Michigan and Nevada in a three-way tie. The former president won against Biden 36% to 29% in Georgia, and Kennedy received 24% support. In Michigan, Trump led the president by 3 points, followed by Kennedy at 26%. The former president beat Biden 38% to 31% in Nevada, with Kennedy taking 23% of the vote.

Trump and Biden are tied in Arizona and Pennsylvania with Kennedy in the poll, according to the poll. In Arizona, Trump and Biden are tied at 33%, followed by Kennedy with 26% of the share. Both the former and current presidents have 35% support in Pennsylvania, where Kennedy received 23%.

Trump won all but one of the six battleground states in 2016 against Hillary Clinton, but lost them to Biden in 2020. The Democratic nominee won Nevada in both cycles.

Kennedy also won a plurality of younger voters 18-29 and 30-44, according to the poll. In the first age group, Kennedy received 34% of the share, followed by Biden with 30% and Trump with 29%. Among the second age group, Kennedy got 31% support and Biden and Trump were tied at 30%.

The third-party candidate also won the largest share of independent voters at 39 percent, compared to 28 percent for Biden and 25 percent for Trump, the poll found.

The New York Times/Sienna College poll polled 3,662 registered voters in the six battleground states from Oct. 22 to Nov. 3 with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percent. Individually, states’ margins of error were plus or minus 4.4% in Arizona, Michigan and Nevada, 4.5% in Georgia, 4.6% in Pennsylvania and 4.8% in Wisconsin.

Kennedy, Trump and Biden did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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