Kamala Harris thought she was on a cakewalk to the White House.
But Kamala got thrown for a major loop.
Kamala Harris was left speechless by what this top Democrat confessed about her.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended his Presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump.
Kennedy’s opposition to vaccine mandates and endless foreign wars meant he was attracting the type of anti-establishment voters that would more naturally support Donald Trump.
Real Clear Politics showed Kennedy polling at five percent, so Kennedy pulling out of the race could potentially prove decisive.
Pollster Frank Luntz told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert that, even if Kennedy provided an extra one-percent boost to Trump, that may be all Trump needs to secure a second term.
“It’s probably worth about 1% for Trump and that 1% could be everything if it’s in the swing states. In the end, the reason why Kennedy was drawing 10, 12, even as high as 14% is because he was taking votes away from Joe Biden. Joe Biden’s gone. Kamala Harris has replaced him, and [RFK’s] vote collapsed down to about 4 or 5% and what’s left is a Trump vote,” Luntz stated.
“Some of them are simply not going to participate in November. Roughly two to one, the ones who are remaining will vote for Trump over Harris and that’s worth a single percent and that single percent can make the difference in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin,” Luntz added.
Luntz explained that the press tried to downplay the Kennedy endorsement because they don’t want Trump to win and want to deny him a good news cycle.
“If he had endorsed Harris, I do think he would be regarded as a hero but because he endorsed Trump, the people who are communicating that are not giving him the credit that he deserves, and I think we have to be careful in the last 73 days of this election campaign to understand the motivations of the people providing us information,” Luntz added.
But there may be no denying the impact Kennedy’s endorsement of Trump could have on the race.
Real Clear Politics shows Trump leading Kamala Harris by 0.1 points across the seven battleground states.
Trump’s pollster Tony Fabrizio released a memo following the Kennedy endorsement breaking down the data.
Fabrizio’s numbers matched Luntz’s analysis showing that the support Trump could pick up from former Kennedy backers would be enough to deliver victory in the battleground states which will ultimately decide the election.
Memo from @TonyFabrizioGOP to Team Trump — “What RFK Jr.’s Exit and Endorsement Means” pic.twitter.com/MSJz9so1n7
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