Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of one of the most storied American political families, could draw the support of about one in seven U.S. voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll ahead of his presidential campaign's expected Monday launch.
, the son and namesake of the slain U.S. senator, could draw votes away from both Democratic President Joe Biden and his likely Republican challenger Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Kennedy is expected to
The two-day nationwide poll completed Wednesday found that in a two-way matchup, Biden and Trump each had the support of 35% of respondents, with 11% saying they would vote for some other candidate, 9% saying they would not vote and 9% saying they did not know who they would vote for. That result also showed Biden and Trump essentially tied because the poll was based on an online survey of 1,005 people and had a credibility interval, a measure of precision, of about 4 percentage points in either direction.While not considered a top contender for the presidency, Kennedy benefits from a well-known name. In addition to his father, his uncle Democratic President John F. Kennedy was also assassinated during the turbulent 1960s.
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