Some Kennedy supporters still plan to vote for him if he’s on their state ballot, while others are hopeful a Kennedy–Trump alliance defeats Harris in November.
Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is suspending his campaign in battleground states and will back former President Trump’s White House bid, the reaction from supporters of the independent presidential candidate has been wide-ranging.
On Aug. 23, Kennedy said that he is withdrawing his name from ballots in battleground states “where my presence would be a spoiler.”
He urged voters in those states not to vote for him.
Kennedy added that his name will remain on ballots in all other states and that voters could select him over Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Over the course of the Kennedy campaign, a majority of attendees at his campaign events interviewed by The Epoch Times said they voted for Trump in 2020. In an interview with Dr. Phil released on Aug. 25, Kennedy said his campaign’s polling indicated that, if he left the race in the swing states, 57 percent of those voters would cast their ballot for Trump.
Wes Farno, an Ohio-based Republican strategist, told The Epoch Times on Aug. 25 that he believes Kennedy’s backing of