Posted on 08/14/2024 11:13:17 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
A fight by Joe Biden allies to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off the ballot could backfire on the Democratic presidential campaign by delivering more votes for Republican Donald Trump than Kamala Harris, according to some poll indications.
On Monday, a New York judge removed Kennedy from the New York ballot, saying this New York address is "a scam." The lawsuit was organized by Clear Choice, a Democrat-aligned political action committee formed by supporters of President Biden's bid for a second term in the White House.
Similar rulings to oust RFK could be won in 18 states including multiple battleground states, but this could prove damaging for Harris, now endorsed by Biden as his replacement presidential election candidate. One expert told Newsweek that Trump would benefit more than Harris if Kennedy is kept off the ballot in more of these states.
State and national polls show that when third party candidates are included, Kennedy Jr. is taking more votes from Trump than Kamala Harris three months ahead of the election.
"Trump has a real incentive to get Kennedy out of the race," David B. Cohen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron in Ohio told Newsweek.
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I fail to see how someone named “Bobby Kennedy” would take votes away from Republicans, haha.
“Our Democracy” is a funny thing.
Trump’s October Surprise will be an endorsement from Kennedy when he is not on the ballot in many states due to this NYS determination and decides to get back at the Dems who have done this to him.
Anyone who considers himself a conservative or a libertarian and votes for him is an idiot.
Democrats projecting yet again.
This line from the article doesn't align with the headline.
Considering that Harris has never won any primary vote
but rather has been installed by a back room committee
demonstrates the whole Democratic party machine.
Their "Democracy" for Presidential candidacy is a joke, and an oxymoron !
If Kamala believed that RFK would take more votes from Trump than from her, she would like RFK to stay on the ballot. But the premise that RFK would take more Trump votes is what RFK claims, not a proven fact.
This is all speculation. If a voter didn't believe there was anything wrong with RFK, and also believed TDS lies, and was anti-VAX, maybe. He would probably get a few votes.
-PJ
Bubbay draws more from Ds with the exception of perhaps two counties in PA. Otherwise, they wouldn’t fight so hard to keep him off the ballot.
You're probably an older Republican, like me and many at FR.
I wonder how many younger voters even know who JFK was, or anything about the history of the Kennedy family.
FR search for users with spaces is the name is unpredictable. Does "the same thing" mean the title or my first post?
Correct. If Kennedy was helping Harris, they would have never kicked him off the ballot.
RFK is mass-mailing pro-abortion cards in the Philly suburbs. He’s going to take a chunk out of the Democrats’ vote total there — assuming he’s allowed to stay on the ballot.
The RFK will take more votes from Trump morons are just that. Morons.
RFK Jr’s numbers have tanked since Harris came into the race..he took votes from Biden, because Biden was dead weight..just look at New Hampshire RFK Jr had 10 percent of the vote, now I think its about 3 percent..so he’s plummeting the best thing for him to do is endorse Trump and maybe Trump can offer him a position in his cabinet
We begin to see why they want to ban him.
If kicking him off didn’t help kamalalaladingdong they wouldn’t be trying to.
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