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applegrove

(118,865 posts)
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 02:47 PM Apr 21

New Poll Busts the Conventional Wisdom

New Poll Busts the Conventional Wisdom

April 21, 2024 at 2:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/21/new-poll-busts-the-conventional-wisdom/

"SNIP..........

Playbook has two takeaways from today’s NBC News poll:

1. “RFK Jr.’s support draws more from Trump than Biden. Though the CW is that Kennedy is a bigger threat to Biden than to Trump, the numbers here tell a different story: 15% of Trump supporters and 7% of Biden supporters in the head-to-head matchup break for RFK Jr. when the field expands to include third-party candidates.”

2. “‘Protecting democracy’ is a salient issue for voters. There’s a difference between what voters identify as the ‘most important issue facing the country’ (on that, “inflation and the cost of living’ registers 23%, followed by immigration/the border, at 22%) and what they identify as the issue most important in determining their own vote (on that, ‘protecting democracy or constitutional rights’ was on top with 28%, followed by immigration/the border at 20% and abortion at 19%).”

...........SNIP"

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New Poll Busts the Conventional Wisdom (Original Post) applegrove Apr 21 OP
National poll - fairly meaningless? RandomNumbers Apr 21 #1
True, but what Biden State is likely to draw RFK votes from Biden rather than Trump? brooklynite Apr 21 #2
I can't say, but I will say that we need to ensure potential Dem voters know RandomNumbers Apr 21 #3

RandomNumbers

(17,608 posts)
1. National poll - fairly meaningless?
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 03:25 PM
Apr 21

If Jr. tilts any swing states to Trump, it won't matter what the national effect was. And I don't think a national poll can be taken as representative of each specific state.

RandomNumbers

(17,608 posts)
3. I can't say, but I will say that we need to ensure potential Dem voters know
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 03:29 PM
Apr 21

what a total loony-tune nut job Jr. is.

(I don't like to use his father's initials. RFK Sr. was by most accounts, a sane and decent human being. I am sorry for Jr.'s trauma, but the result is what it is.)

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