RFK Jr. Pulls Support From These Key Biden Groups—And Could Sway Election Outcome, New Poll Shows

Latinos and young people—two key Democratic voting blocs that have strayed from President Joe Biden—are among Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s biggest supporters, according to a new poll of battleground states that comes as both Biden’s and former President Donald Trump’s campaigns have shown signs they’re unnerved by Kennedy’s influence in the race.

Kennedy has the support of just 10% of voters in six battleground states in a six-way contest, but support grows to 18% for voters between the ages of 18 and 29 and 14% for Hispanic voters, according to a New York Times/Siena/Philadelphia Inquirer poll of Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

Kennedy polled better among those two demographics than virtually any other groups surveyed, while also netting support from 14% of non-white voters with no college education (the poll allowed voters to choose Trump, Biden, Kennedy, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, independent candidate Cornel West or Libertarian candidate Lars Mapstead).