It's a tie: One year before the presidential election, Joe Biden and Donald Trump each command 37% of the vote in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll − with independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. costing Trump what would have been a narrow lead.
Kennedy, scion of the nation's most revered Democratic family, won 13% of the vote in a hypothetical match-up, drawing voters who by 2-1 said they would otherwise support the probable Republican nominee.
Progressive activist Cornel West, also planning an independent campaign, is at 4%. His supporters would break to Biden if he weren't on the ballot.
The survey's findings underscore the complicated arithmetic and the unsettled politics of the likely rematch of the 2020 nominees, especially with the addition of at least one significant independent candidacy and possibly more.
So here's my take on this. For one thing, we're a full year away from the election and Newsome hasn't even announced yet.
Kennedy's is a joke and a spoiler - for Biden, not Trump. And Trump AND Joe may not make the cut, so WTF is the point of these exercises in futility? Do these people actually think we A: Give fuck about the results, and B: Does anyone change their minds about anyone or anything based on poll results? No to both...
"Oh, look, an elitist Democrat even farther Left than Obama. I'll vote for him instead of the conservative populist Trump!" Who thinks that way?
ReplyDeleteI cannot figure out how they have constructed a LEGITIMATE poll with a sample or question phrasing that has Kennedy take votes away from Trump.
Some people still will blindly vote for any Kennedy, including people in Chappaquiddick.
ReplyDeleteNo Trump supporter advocates for reparations. RFK Jr. lost any of that support.
ReplyDeletePolls are important to the big donors. No one wants to spend millions on a loser.
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