28 March 2024

Hit Pieces




Third-party candidates tend to poll much better than they actually perform on Election Day, when their supporters are confronted with the reality that their preferred candidate won’t win.
What’s unusual this year is the sheer number of disaffected voters who don’t like either Biden or Trump and just want someone — anyone — as an alternative. Young said that, when Ipsos polls a theoretical no-name candidate as an alternative to Biden and Trump, that person gets about 10 percent. (That share is not far from Kennedy’s current level of support.)
“We haven’t had a situation where we have had so many viable third-party candidates, and so many people who don’t like either [major party] candidate,” Lake said.
In addition to Kennedy, the group “No Labels” headed by former Senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman as well as the Green Party and the Libertarian Party have promised to name presidential tickets of their own. Cornel West, the progressive political commentator, is also running as an independent.

Kennedy’s supporters span the race, age, and income spectrums, according to Ipsos’s polling. They are slightly more likely to be women and to identify as independents, leaning a bit more right than left and embracing more conservative economic policies but centrist stances on social issues, Young said.

Lake said that in her polling and focus groups, about half of Kennedy’s supporters back him because they associate him with his father. Other Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents, particularly young voters, embrace his credentials as an activist environmental lawyer.

2 hours ago — Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, has a long history of criticizing IVF.
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11 hours ago — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is enjoying a new burst of attention after unveiling his choice of running mate on Tuesday, entrepreneur and lawyer Nicole Shanahan.
23 hours ago — Who could Kennedy hurt more come November? If he can get on enough state ballots, that might be the biggest wild card in the race.
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18 hours ago — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined "CUOMO" on Wednesday for his first interview since announcing his vice presidential pick.
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21 hours ago — Whatever her other virtues, Nicole Shanahan is worth a fortune as the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Should we care about RFK Jr. and his new running mate?

The Kennedy conspiracy theorist, his VP pick Nicole Shanahan, and their potential to upend the 2024 presidential election, explained.

Should we care about RFK Jr. and his new running mate?

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