Polling guru Frank Luntz thinks that RFK Jr.’s decision to drop out of the presidential race and endorse Donald Trump could have big implications for the former president’s chances—and could be the difference in the key battleground states that will decide the election.
“It’s probably worth about 1 percent for Trump and that 1 percent could be everything if it’s in the swing states,” Luntz said during his Friday appearance on NewsNation’s “On Balance” with Leland Vittert.
“In the end, the reason why Kennedy was drawing 10, 12, even as high as 14 percent is because he was taking votes away from Joe Biden,” he continued. “Joe Biden’s gone. Kamala Harris has replaced him, and [Kennedy’s] vote collapsed down to about 4 or 5 percent and what’s left is a Trump vote.”
“Some of them are simply not going to participate in November, roughly two to one,…
