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I'm surprised how well RFK Jr is polling out of the gate.

Can he crack the debate threshold?

1 posted on 10/15/2023 9:29:19 AM PDT by RandFan
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The modern day Ross Perot but sticking it to the democrats this time.


2 posted on 10/15/2023 9:30:51 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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And almost all of that is coming from Trump’s votes.

Kennedy is the Uniparty spoiler. It is his only reason to be in the race. It gives Rinos and indys who don’t like either Biden or Trump a reason to vote.


4 posted on 10/15/2023 9:31:46 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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I have never understood how RFK jr was going to grab a lot of MAGA voters away from Trump. It has always seemed obvious to me that many Democrat voters, given a choice between the Kennedy family and Biden, would gladly move away from Biden.


5 posted on 10/15/2023 9:32:12 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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I wouldn’t get too excited about an internet poll where people opt in. Just remember the calls on FR to ‘freep’ various polls.


8 posted on 10/15/2023 9:35:24 AM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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That’s all bullshit and you know it. “Swing states” are “Fixed states.”


10 posted on 10/15/2023 9:42:38 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: RandFan
I'm surprised how well RFK Jr is polling out of the gate.
Can he crack the debate threshold?


Third party/independent candidate usually poll well early. People tend to leave them if they feel they can't win the election, which is what happened to Perot in '92. Dems voting for RFK, Jr. means that they can't win, because he takes away more votes than they can steal in their large urban bases.
20 posted on 10/15/2023 10:06:41 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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If true, we should be waving RFK, JR. flags and donating a little money.


22 posted on 10/15/2023 10:21:00 AM PDT by boycott
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Can he crack the debate threshold?

Trump and RFK should not participate in debates with a Democrat nominee, particularly Biden. Alternatively, Trump and RFK should debate each other and only only each other, sans traditional media moderators. Neither get a fair shake from anyone in the mainstream media. Personally, I would prefer candidates ask questions of each other and the moderator does nothing more that keep time.

The debate rules should be simple. Debate segments are divided by topics. Candidate should keep their questions on topic. There is a time limit of five minutes to respond to a question and there is a rebuttal to each question that has a time limit of five minutes. That avoids questions that are only answered by one candidate. Additionally, there should be no fact checking. Americans are smart enough to do their own fact checking. Those that don’t are not going to change their minds about anything.

Representatives from the Trump and RFK campaigns should make a joint statement at the beginning of the debate stating that the American people and media should grade the debate by the quality of questions and answers from both candidates and the primary purpose is to fully understand what both candidates would do as President.

27 posted on 10/15/2023 11:44:17 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Muslims in America must immediately return to their nations of origin to fight Islamic extremism.)
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Baris continues to say RFK will hurt Trump in select counties, esp. in PA, among DemoKKKrats who otherwise would vote against Rutabaga.

However, lawyer Robert Barnes says these people are, for now, “parking’ their votes and will eventually trend to Trump.


35 posted on 10/15/2023 4:37:20 PM PDT by LS
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