Large chunks of GOP, Democrat and independent voters say they support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West over Biden or Trump
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Former President Trump and President Biden are tied in a hypothetical 2024 matchup but are both facing potential threats to their candidacies from independent presidential bids, a new poll has found.
According to the Suffolk University/USA Today poll released Monday, 37% of registered voters said they would support Biden and 36% said they would support Trump. However, independent presidential candidates Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West also garnered significant support — 13% and 4% respectively.
The support for Kennedy came largely from independent voters (23%), but he also drew large chunks of support from Republicans (9%) and Democrats (7%). West did the same with Democrats (6%) and independents (5%), as well as 2% of Republicans.
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From left to right: Independent presidential candidate Cornel West, former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (Getty Images)
When asked who would be their second choice for president, a plurality of voters (36%) said they were undecided, but Kennedy garnered the most of any candidate at 26%. He was followed by West at 16%, Trump at 6% and Biden at 5%.
A large portion of voters also expressed interest in a potential No Labels bipartisan presidential ticket with 26% saying they would seriously consider voting for it and 41% saying they would not. Others (23%) said it would depend on which candidates made up the ticket, and 9% were undecided.
A strong majority said they either disapproved (15%) or strongly disapproved (41%) of Biden's job performance. Just 27% said they approved and 13% that they strongly approved.
Then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and political activist and author Cornel West walk onstage together during a campaign event at the Whittemore Center Arena on February 10, 2020, in Durham, New Hampshire. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Vice President Kamala Harris got similar negative ratings when voters were asked about her favorability. Most said they viewed her unfavorably (53%) rather than favorably (33%), and 12% were undecided.
Voters' views of the Senate fared slightly better than of the House of Representatives, with 36% holding a favorable view of the former, and 24% of the latter. 42% held an unfavorable view of the Senate, but 54% held an unfavorable view of the House. 22% were undecided toward both.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during a campaign event at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Concerning confidence that government officials in Congress and the White House could handle that challenges facing the nation, a meager 4% had a lot of confidence and 32% had some confidence. An overwhelming number of voters said they had either very little confidence (34%) or none at all (27%).
A whopping 71% said they felt the country was on the wrong track while just 17% said it was heading in the right direction. 12% were undecided.
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Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
