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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clears path to the White House as he faces increasing pressure from the Biden and Trump campaigns, who some say are his “spoiler” candidates. I made it.
“We just need to get to 33% to win the election,” President Kennedy told Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo last week. On his show “World Over” Featured on EWTN Global Catholic Network.
“We don’t need 50 per cent. This is a three-way race, it’s really a five-way race,” he added, referring to independent candidate Dr Cornel West and Green Party candidate Dr Jill Stein.
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Kennedy told Arroyo that she was already close to that 33% mark “in many states,” apparently citing internal research, giving her an advantage over President Biden and former President Donald Trump when it comes to young voters. he claimed.
According to a number of recent polls, Kennedy enjoys better support than any third-party candidate since Texas businessman Ross Perot’s consecutive White House bids in the 1990s. , especially among voters under the age of 35. But he still lags behind Trump and Biden in demographics.
A Quinnipiac poll released last week showed Kennedy’s overall approval rating was 16%, with Trump and Biden each at 37%. He drew significant support from Trump and Biden among voters ages 18 to 34, with 19% support, but still behind the former president (34%) and president (30%).
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with FOX News contributor Raymond Arroyo on EWTN’s “World View.” (Screenshot/EWTN)
of The same poll conducted last fall According to the poll, Mr. Kennedy led Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden among voters aged 18 to 34, winning 39% to 27% and 32%, respectively. But that poll did not include Mr. West or Mr. Stein.
Ben Tulchin, a former Bernie Sanders pollster, recently warned that Mr. Kennedy has lost too much support among young people from Mr. Biden. He told the New York Times last week that he was concerned about Biden’s chances of being re-elected because Kennedy appealed to demographic groups as well as Latino voters.
“Young voters and Latinos respond very well to tough populist messages on the economy, and that’s not Biden’s message,” Tulchin said. “They are dissatisfied with the political and economic status quo, and I see in that mindset the potential to support third-party candidates,” he said.
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Former President Donald Trump, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and President Biden. (Getty Images)
To prevent this from happening, Democratic National Committee launches initiative This is to silence the threat to Biden’s re-election by a third-party candidate, namely Kennedy, in the form of a team expected to aggressively fight them through legal challenges and investigations of opponents.
Similarly, Trump recently criticized Kennedy as a “wasted protest vote” in a post on Truth Social, and his campaign calls him “Extremist Kennedy” and describes Kennedy as a “friend.” Launched a website. left-wing extremists. ”
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In addition, Mr. Biden appeared with six members of Mr. Kennedy’s family, who endorsed him over their own support, a clear disdain in connection with the DNC effort.
Both sides also accuse Mr. Kennedy of being a “plant” meant to embolden the other side, a charge Mr. Kennedy vehemently denies.
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