Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Formally Announces: The son of former US Attorney General and New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy officially entered the Democratic presidential primary yesterday. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. gained national attention for his anti-vaccination stance but is unlikely to be a serious threat to President Biden. He could, however, do some damage in New Hampshire and Georgia if the two states don’t adhere to the Democratic National Committee primary schedule, thus likely forcing the President to skip those primaries.
The adjusted DNC schedule bounces New Hampshire from the first primary position and adds Georgia to the pre-Super Tuesday calendar, among other changes. New Hampshire will not easily relinquish their traditional position, and doesn’t have to because the individual states, and not the political parties, control their own primary election schedule. The Georgia legislature and Governor may not approve the schedule because doing so would force the state to finance two primaries since the Republicans are not adding the Peach State to the pre-Super Tuesday schedule. New Hampshire: Trump Leading in New Poll: A new University of New Hampshire Granite State poll (4/13-17; 818 NH likely Republican primary voters; online) sees former President Donald Trump continuing to lead the proposed Republican presidential primary field, while home state Gov. Chris Sununu breaks into double-digits ascending to third place. Mr. Trump would lead Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Gov. Sununu, 42-22-12%. No other potential candidate reaches 5% support. On the Republican side, New Hampshire will remain as the first-in-the-nation primary. South Carolina: Trump Leads Home State Opponents: The recently released National Public Affairs survey (4/11-14; 538 SC registered voters likely to vote in the Republican primary; online & text) finds former President Trump again topping the Palmetto State field with 40% of the vote, a full 20 points ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. South Carolina candidates Nikki Haley, the former Governor, and Sen. Tim Scott who has filed a presidential exploratory committee, would command 18 and 16%, respectively. Though still trailing badly in their home state, the NPA ballot test posts the South Carolina pair to their strongest showing to date. Comments are closed.
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