RFK Jr. candidacy hurts Trump more than Biden, NBC News poll finds
by NBC News
NBC News— The latest national NBC News poll finds the third-party vote — and especially independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — cutting deeper into former President Donald Trump’s support than President Joe Biden’s, though the movement the other candidates create is within the poll’s margin of error. Trump leads Biden by 2 percentage points in a head-to-head matchup, 46% to 44%, in the new NBC News poll. Yet when the ballot is expanded to five named candidates, Biden is the one with a...
Boing Boing—New Marist poll shows that RFK Jr. candidacy is actually hurting Donald Trump — and helping Biden. People who are worried that candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will siphon more voters from President Biden than Donald Trump (helping Trump win) will be pleased to know that a new Marist poll shows just the opposite. When respondents were asked who they'd vote for if it were just Trump and Biden running for president, Biden received 51 percent to Trump's 48 percent. — Read the rest
TheHill—RFK Jr. hurts Trump’s election chances more than Biden: poll. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s independent presidential candidacy could hurt former President Trump more than President Biden at the ballot box, according to a new NBC News poll of the race. Trump holds a 2-point lead over Biden in the head-to-head poll released Sunday, though with third party candidates added Biden takes a lead over the
LASVEGASNOW—Biden, Trump close in Nevada, 6 other swing states; Kennedy candidacy hurts Biden, poll shows. Former President Donald Trump is holding onto his lead over President Joe Biden in a head-to-head matchup in Nevada, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s candidacy tilts votes in Trump's favor when all possible candidates are on the ballot, according to poll results released Tuesday.