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RFK Jr. ranks higher in favorability than other major 2024 candidates: poll (thehill.com)

submitted 1 year ago by WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world to c/politics

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[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/politics/cnn-poll-democrats-2024/index.html

Within his own party, 60% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters say they back Biden for the top of next year’s Democratic ticket, 20% favor activist and lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and 8% back author Marianne Williamson. Another 8% say they would support an unnamed “someone else.”

Biden’s primary supporters are largely locked in: 58% say they would definitely support him and 42% say that they could change their minds. In contrast, those backing other candidates are far from committed, with just 19% in that group saying they definitely will support their first-choice candidate and 81% saying that they could change their minds.

The poll suggests that Biden would likely win the support of the vast majority of Democratic-aligned voters in 2024. Just 14% in that group say they wouldn’t back him in the primary. And only 7% say they definitely would not support him in November 2024 should he win the party’s nod.

It looks like RFK Jr would draw votes away from republican candidates in a general election. The issue, though, is he can't make it past the primaries. He has the same issue as DeSantis, you can't win a primary without the support of trump, and you can't win the general with it.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It is quite the conundrum. I hope the court cases don't distract Trump from his attacks on DeSantis.

[–] schizanon@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

He's crazy enough to run independent, and he's got the Bitcoin vote to fund him. If Trump loses the nomination, I could see the MAGAs switching to him; he's an antivaxxer so he's halfway there, all he needs to do is say some racist shit and he'll clinch it. Perfect spoiler. He's the candidate I endorse on TruthSocial.