Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced his campaign for president in April 2023, but on Friday, August 23, he announced he wouldn't actively run anymore. Why?
For starters, who is this guy? RFK Jr. is a member of the Kennedy family, a prominent political family that includes former President John F. Kennedy. His policies included abortion rights, stopping climate change, “transforming” the police force, reducing student loan debt, raising the minimum wage, pulling the U.S. out of foreign wars, campaigning against vaccines, and ending illegal immigration. His running mate was Nicole Shanahan.
Until Biden dropped out of the presidential race, Kennedy was considered to have a bit of a chance, due to his left-centrist policies and the president's dropping popularity. But when Harris entered the race on July 21, Kennedy's support base started to decline. He decided to apply for White House positions under each candidate. Harris declined to offer him a position, but Trump agreed to consider giving him a position in his administration. On August 22, reports were going out across the media saying it was very likely he would drop out, and make the announcement the next day at a conference in Phoenix. He did, and endorsed Trump, as expected.
His endorsement was a turnaround from the largely left-wing policies he had been campaigning for. This situation is very similar to JD Vance's process of going from Trump's opposition to Trump's supporter.
What happens to current Kennedy supporters? He has not dropped out of the race. He just endorsed Trump. This means he is still on the ballot in 27 out of 50 states, and he would receive 281 electors if he wins them (which is extremely unlikely but possible).
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