Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has surged ahead of scandal-plagued Joe Biden as the most favorable Democrat candidate in a stunning new poll which has sent shockwaves through the D.C. political establishment.
The new poll by the Economist and YouGov has found that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is in the process of pushing the 80-year-old Biden off the podium.
In an email from RFK’s campaign on Friday afternoon, he explained how the new poll revealed he has the highest favorability ratings of any candidate in the 2024 race for the White House.
It read: “This latest poll is sending shockwaves among the political class in Washington DC. After being in the race less than two months, Kennedy is viewed favorably by 49 percent of those polled, while Biden is at 45 percent.”
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MSN report: According to the poll, RFK was viewed favorably by 49 percent of respondents and unfavorably by just 30 percent, leaving him with a net rating of 19 points – higher than any other candidate in the poll, which surveyed 1,500 adult respondents from June 10 to 13.
Biden came in with 52 percent of respondents viewing him somewhat or very unfavorably while 45 percent have very or somewhat favorable impressions.
The email continued: “These are amazing results, but they confirm what many of us already know.
“Like you, millions of Americans are tired of the endless division, censorship, and outright propaganda coming from Washington DC.
“But they can’t ignore us any longer. Yesterday, Mr. Kennedy was on Joe Rogan’s podcast that reaches hundreds of millions each month, and we’re getting more requests every day for Mr. Kennedy to speak across the country.”
Democrats in Iowa and New Hampshire, according to his team, could defy Biden and move ahead with their contests – even as the party warns it will strip them of their national convention delegates if they jump the gun.
That sets up a scenario in which RFK, or another long-shot Democrat could win those states – and embarrass the President.
Since Biden’s surprise decision last December to make South Carolina the first state in Democrats’ 2024 season with a primary on February 3, New Hampshire Democrats have openly bashed the White House and the Democratic National Committee.
The new calendar put New Hampshire and Nevada voting second – a few days after South Carolina – but New Hampshire Democrats note that their state law requires them to have the nation’s first primary, and many vow to keep it that way.
Iowa Democrats haven’t been as publicly hostile over Biden’s move. But in the past two months, they’ve quietly moved to hold their contest the same day as Iowa Republicans – in January, but with a mail-in option for ballots.
That could put Iowa first on the Democrats’ calendar – but New Hampshire lawmakers and party officials have signaled they may then attempt to move ahead of Iowa.