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      9 months ago

      Old, confused Democrats? He’s not really leftist at all. Everything I’ve heard about him makes me feel like he’s a Republican.

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      9 months ago

      Single-issue anti-vaxxer voters might trust him more than they trust Trump. (and none of them were going to vote for Biden anyway, so probably at worst a wash for Biden)

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        This is my dad. He doesn’t like trump but still suffers from all kinds of other anti-progrsssive brainwashing.

        He thinks RFK is a brave outsider.

        He also voted for Perot, so take that for what it’s worth.

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      Well, the D’s know the name of the game is beat Trump, that’s how biden got nominated, nobody actually liked him. They’ll vote for Biden no matter what just to make sure Trump doesn’t win.

      The target demographic for this guy are Trump independents, that is, the people that won him the election in the rust belt in 2016, people who lean Democrat but were sick of the politicians and their constant bullshitting. So it’s likely RFK is a way to spoil Trump, not the D’s.

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      9 months ago

      He will vote for himself, and his mother is still around and will probably vote for him.

      So I am expecting him to get exactly 2 votes.

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          I think it might be hard to predict exactly but I I am bit with you. Those right leaning independents that don’t like Trump are quite unlikely to vote for him regardless. But that known name may put Biden as their second choice.

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            9 months ago

            All of Kennedy’s platform positions are firmly right-wing… and so is all of his support. He should have been part of the Republican debate, he’d have fit right in.

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      9 months ago

      Democrats who don’t think Biden is far enough to the right. They’ll still blame progressives if Biden loses to Trump, though.