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Does RFK leaving doom Harris?

It certainly isn't good news, but don't panic

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Andrew Gawthorpe
Aug 24, 2024
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Yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended his insane third-party presidential bid and endorsed Donald Trump. American politics as a whole may be better off not having a vaccine and 9/11 conspiracy theorist running for president, but a lot of people are concerned that his supporters will now migrate to Trump, tipping the presidential race back towards the former president.

In this post, I’ll explore who supported RFK, what they’re likely to do now, and what the probable impact on the presidential race will be. This post is paywalled, and I hope you’ll consider upgrading to paid in order to read all of our content and support the continued publication of this newsletter.

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