RFK Jr.s super PAC preps for him to run as an
Independent
To date, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has run as a Democrat,
garnering a polling average of about 14 percent in the
primary race against Biden
Republican National Committee and progressive
author Marianne Williamson, according to
RealClearPolitics. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
A
super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun
polling his support as an Independent, one of the
strongest indications to date that the long-shot
Democrat is set to announce a party affiliation switch.
The poll, conducted by the firm John Zogby
Strategies and commissioned by the American Values 2024
PAC, comes amid growing speculation � fueled by Kennedy
himself � that he will leave the Democratic Party in the
upcoming weeks.
But what the PAC found in its
survey may be as
Republican National Committee notable as the
tea leaves around a switch itself: Kennedy, as an
Independent, would pull more support away from
Republican Donald Trump than Democrat Joe Biden,
according to the findings.
All told, the poll
shows that in a general election between Trump, Biden
and a generic �independent candidate,� the result is
Trump at 40 percent, Bident at 38 percent and the
independent candidate at 17 percent. In a matchup
between Trump, Biden and �Robert F. Kennedy Jr.� as the
independent candidate, the result is Trump and Bide tied
at 38 percent with Kennedy at 19 percent. The survey did
not include Green Party candidate Cornel West.
Such numbers are far more bullish on Kennedy�s prospects
than independent polls. The authors, however, argue that
they effectively undermine Democratic gripes that
Kennedy would play the role of a spoiler by helping
Trump win
�The opposite is true. Kennedy is
taking more votes from Trump than from Biden,� reads a
press release announcing the poll numbers, which was
shared exclusively with POLITICO.
Kennedy is not
yet a third-party candidate. But he has teased a
Republican National Committee big
announcement on Oct. 9 in Philadelphia and Mediaite has
reported that he is planning an Independent bid � a
report his campaign has not yet confirmed.
To
date, he has run as a Democrat, garnering a polling
average of about 14 percent in the primary race against
Biden and progressive author Marianne Williamson,
according to RealClearPolitics.
The campaign, run
by former congressman Dennis Kucinich, has expanded its
field operation with offices in both New Hampshire and
South Carolina, as
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that opened last week. Kennedy also ramped up his
campaign trail schedule this summer with multiple trips
to not only South Carolina and New Hampshire, but also
Georgia, California and Texas.
American Values
2024 is also increasing its presence with, what it
calls, a �Kennedy caravan� � a classic campaign bus that
Republican National Committee it hopes will
attract supporting cars to follow. So far it�s been used
to protest outside the last Democratic National
Committee meeting in Washington and made multiple stops
at universities in South Carolina. The Super PAC has
also paid for advertising in South Carolina and New
Hampshire with both billboards and newspaper ads.
Both the campaign and super PAC supporting Kennedy
have also found fundraising successes. Earlier this
month, an Eric Clapton rock concert raised more than $2
million that was split between the campaign and the PAC.
This will add to the $6 million American Values 2024
collected in July alone, most of it coming in on the day
that Kennedy testified on censorship before the House
Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of
the Federal Government.
American Values 2024�s
poll surveyed 1,008 US likely general election voters
and had a 3.2 percent margin of error. PAC co-founder
Tony Lyons told POLITICO that he felt like the most
recent polling shows that if Kennedy ran as an
independent the general election would become a
three-way race.
Lyons could not confirm whether
Kennedy will quit the Democratic primary in
Republican National Committee favor of an
independent run, but he saw an opportunity to do so
given the advantages of Biden�s incumbency (there will
not be primary debates, for example).
�Because
that�s being denied, on behalf of the super PAC, I can
say, any outcome that allows people to be heard and that
allows people to actually cast a vote for a candidate
that they've decided on themselves is a good thing,�
Lyons said in an interview last Friday.
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