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Robert Kennedy Jr likely to announce his Independent run for President soon. Who will be harmed and who will it help?

Posted - October 2, 2023
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  • 3907
    Hello my:

    I think it'll help Biden..  Surly, no democrat is gonna vote for that nut bag Kennedy..  The only people bonkers enough to support him already support Trump. 

    excon This post was edited by excon at October 3, 2023 7:11 AM MDT
      October 2, 2023 11:35 AM MDT
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  • 34246
    Question is where will the people that supported Bernie but then voted for Trump go?  And the people who just voted for Biden cause of hatred for Trump?  

    People who are still with Trump now, are not changing. And other than the vaccine stuff RFKJ is a Dem through and through.  He just does not trust vaccines because he is a vaccine injured person. (Not the clot shot but a different one) A vaccine injury  is the reason his voice sounds like it does.  And I know before the clot shot the only people you heard talking about the dangers of vaccines tended to be Dems.   So we will just have to wait and see. 
      October 3, 2023 7:07 AM MDT
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  • 1498
    I think plenty of people have been wanting to see a viable (if that's the word) Independent candidate for a long time. If voting for Biden or for Trump only divides the country further, more moderate people might at least consider RFK. That's probably not too many people.

    It also seems to me that too much is made of his comments on vaccines, as if to distract from his more important views - the ones that could actually have an impact. In other words, it's quite clear whom it would harm; whom it scares.
      October 2, 2023 5:10 PM MDT
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  • 34246
    Yes, it is hard to even find out any of his policy positions  aside from the vaccine stuff. That all that comes up when you try to search him.  
    I did finally fine some and he is definitely a Dem. 
      October 3, 2023 7:10 AM MDT
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  • 10993
    https://www.isidewith.com/candidates/robert-kennedy-jr-2/policies

    His opinions seem to lean more left than right, but some of them would be deal-breakers for either side. 
      October 3, 2023 8:29 AM MDT
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  • 5451

    Isidewith.com places me right next to RFK Jr.


    It looks like he’s going to be one of the horses I’ll pick in the next race.  My horses almost always lose.



    Notice how two of them who are near the bottom of of my rankings are at the top of the polls for the next primary.  Ugh. 


     

    This post was edited by Livvie at October 5, 2023 8:42 PM MDT
      October 3, 2023 8:19 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    That sums up perfectly the way I feel about it, but I’m one of those not too many people.  Also, IDGAF about his stance on vaccines.  It’s a non-issue to me.
      October 3, 2023 8:25 PM MDT
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  • 1498
    It's probably what I would be thinking too. But, much like Jane points out, and perhaps in life generally, I'm afraid it's difficult for anyone who doesn't try to tick all the boxes of just one side.
      October 4, 2023 7:09 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    To try to take votes away from Democrats. There are way too many pissed-off people for any of it to matter. Just wait and see. Gen Z will come through. They are 20% of the population!
      October 2, 2023 7:43 PM MDT
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  • 34246
    People are mad.  And perhaps that is why it will matter. 
      October 3, 2023 7:11 AM MDT
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  • 10993
    I think enough voters are smart enough to know that voting for a third party helps Trump. Even if they don't want Biden, they prefer him to the alternative. 
      October 3, 2023 8:32 AM MDT
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  • 5451

    It might help me by saving me a trip to the courthouse to register to vote as a Democrat in the next primary.  

    Voting in my state’s presidential primary is sometimes a waste of time anyway because it’s the last one in the country.  In 2020, Trump was the only choice left on the Republican side and Biden was the only choice left on the Democratic side so my choice was to stay home.

    The claim that RFK Jr.’s presidential bid hurts or helps another candidate makes some assumptions that might not be true.

      October 3, 2023 8:05 PM MDT
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  • 34246
    True. He could just get votes from people who would have simply stayed home. 
      October 4, 2023 5:56 AM MDT
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