RFK Jr.’s poll numbers have slumped since Kamala Harris entered the race, in a clear sign that most of his voters are simply anti-Biden or anti-Trump.
RFK Jr. had polled at around 15% up until July, but a new CBS poll released on Sunday shows him on 2%.
The poll put Harris on 49% and Trump on 47%.
RFK Jr.’s campaign has faced a number of difficulties, including securing the necessary large amounts of money to sustain months of public events. The campaign has relied heavily on the personal finances of his running-mate, Nicole Shanahan, the ex-wife of Google’s billionaire co-founder Sergey Brin.
According to Britain’s Daily Telegraph, “The campaign ended in June with just $5.5 million cash on hand, having spent more money than it raised – almost half of which was provided by Ms Shanahan. By contrast, Ms Harris raised some $200 million in the week after Mr Biden endorsed her as his successor.”
There has also been repeated controversy for Mr Kennedy, including denunciations from his own family, accusations he cooked a dog in South America and now a bizarre story about him dumping a dead bear in Central Park, which Kennedy himself released on Sunday in order to get out ahead of an upcoming piece about him in the New Yorker. Reports also emerged in May that Kennedy claimed a worm had eaten part of his brain.
Suggestions that Kennedy might be preparing to drop out of the race were heightened when footage of a phone call between him and former president Trump was leaked. Trump appeared to suggest that he wanted RFK Jr. to be part of his government.
Kennedy said he was “mortified” by the leak, but he maintained he had no intention of leaving the race.
“When president Trump called me I was taping with an in-house videographer. I should have ordered the videographer to stop recording immediately,” he said.
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