Pollster Frank Luntz said this week that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could be the difference that propels Trump to victory this fall over Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
Luntz told Leland Vittert on NewsNation that while RFK Jr.’s impact on the race has gone down since President Joe Biden was forced out, he still has enough impact to sway the outcome of the election.
“It’s probably worth about 1% for Trump, and that 1% could be everything if it’s in all the swing states,” Luntz said. “In the end, the reason why Kennedy was strong 10%, 12%, even as high as 14% is because he was taking votes away from Joe Biden. Joe Biden is gone. Kamala Harris has replaced him, and his vote collapsed down to about 4% or 5%. And what’s left is a Trump vote.”
“Some of them are simply not going to participate in November,” he added. “Roughly 2 to 1, the ones who are remaining will vote for Trump…