Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a “no-spoiler pledge” for Joe Biden during a presentation in New York City.

RFK Jr. said he is the only candidate who can defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, citing internal polling conducted by John Zogby Strategies.

“The largest 50-state poll of the 2024 cycle indicates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the only alternative to four more years of Donald Trump. This poll surveyed more than 26,000 likely voters across the country and has a margin of error of only 0.6%,” the RFK Jr. campaign stated.

According to the internal polling, Donald Trump defeats Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election.

“President Biden cannot beat President Trump. When you actually poll every state, and tally the electoral votes, Biden loses in a head-to-head against Trump and he loses in a three-way too,” Kennedy24 wrote.

“In a three-way race between Biden, Trump and Kennedy, Kennedy’s presence shifts the states of Maine and Virginia to Biden’s column, and no states to Trump’s column. So Kennedy’s presence helps Biden, but Biden still loses to Trump,” Kennedy24 continued.

“Even if President Trump were to drop out, President Biden can’t win. In fact, if Trump drops out, Kennedy wins in a 196 electoral vote landslide,” Kennedy24 added.

RFK Jr.’s campaign claimed he would defeat Donald Trump in a head-to-head contest, suggesting Biden is the real spoiler.

“And if President Biden were to drop out, Kennedy wins again – the only scenario in which President Trump competes and loses,” Kennedy24 stated.

Holden Culotta writes:

RFK Jr. announces No Spoiler Pledge: “This is a pledge that I offer to take if President Biden also takes it”

1. “Both parties agree to co-fund, in mid-October, a 50-state poll with 30K or more likely voters”

2. “The survey will test the results of a head-to-head race pitting President Biden against President Trump and a second head-to-head race pitting me against President Trump”

3. “Whomever performs weakest against President Trump in a two-man contest will drop out of the presidential race”

“By the way … President Trump is not a spoiler, because he can actually win, but I’m happy to make this same pledge with President Trump, because I can do better against President Biden than President Trump can.”

“If either President Trump or President Biden won, the division is gonna continue, the anger, the vitriol, the chaos, the polarization is gonna worsen.

The only way to end that is through my successful candidacy.”

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Kennedy24 stated:

“To be a spoiler, a candidate has to fulfill two requirements — first, they must not be able to win themselves, and, second, by participating in the election, they must prevent someone else from winning who otherwise would,” Kennedy explained.

By that criterion, the only spoiler in the race is President Biden. He is the one who cannot win against either candidate and whose presence gives Trump the victory instead of Kennedy.

After presenting the detailed findings at a press conference on May 1 in Brooklyn, New York, Kennedy called on President Biden to step aside so that he could provide American voters with their only viable alternative to four more years of Donald Trump.

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“We only have one chance to beat Donald Trump, and we need a nominee who can get the job done. And that would be me,” RFK Jr. reportedly said during the presentation.

POLITICO reports:

Kennedy then called on Biden to take a “No Spoiler Pledge,” and withdraw from the race if he were to perform worse than Kennedy in a head-to-head matchup with Trump in a 30,000-plus person poll in mid-October.

Kennedy said he would be happy to make a similar appeal to the former president as well, but Trump “is not a spoiler because he can actually win.”

The presentation seemed aimed at responding to attacks from both parties about his ability to swing the general election. Kennedy has undergone a barrage from Trump in particular in recent days, with the former president saying on social media that supporting Kennedy amounted to a “wasted vote.”

Democrats have not been shy about their critiques of Kennedy either, standing up an operation with veteran campaign strategists to combat third-party threats like Kennedy.

Democratic National Committee spokesperson Matt Corridoni said Kenendy’s proposal to get Biden to drop out is “as deeply unserious his campaign is.”

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