Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Photo courtesy of Team Kennedy.
It appears that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to withdraw from his run for the presidency. It is also rumored that he may even endorse Donald Trump. Maggie Hroncich reports in The New York Sun that a withdrawal by Kennedy could help Trump whether there’s an endorsement or not. She writes:
The next major front of a rapidly changing election cycle could begin on Friday, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s expected withdrawal from the presidential race appears likely to benefit President Trump’s poll numbers.
Mr. Kennedy’s departure from the race — which is expected to be announced during an event in Arizona — would give a boost for Trump as he faces off against Vice President Harris in the fall, several polls and strategists are forecasting. The independent candidate has faced financial issues and plummeting poll numbers since President Biden dropped out of the race in July.
“The RFK curiosity on the left is gone,” one political strategist, Sarah Longwell, put it, the Wall Street Journal reported. She said that the voters who are still backing Mr. Kennedy, despite Ms. Harris’s entrance in the race, are “Trumpy people, and so he will pick up those voters” if Mr. Kennedy withdraws.
Another political strategist, Karl Rove, says that Mr. Kennedy’s departure could help Mr. Trump — at least slightly — in the battleground states of Georgia and Arizona.
“My gut tells me it probably helps Donald Trump, because the people who were for him because he was a Kennedy, I think they began leaving after Joe Biden pulled out on the 21st, so a small amount of help,” Mr. Rove told Fox News.
Several polls indicate the same: The Wall Street Journal’s numbers indicate that Ms. Harris’ 1-point lead would turn into a 2-point deficit if Mr. Kennedy is not in the race. The polling indicated that with Mr. Kennedy and other independents out of the race, half of voters supporting them would back Trump compared to a fourth supporting Ms. Harris.
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