Is it a case of Kamala-mentum? That’s the question raised by new polling from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and YouGov of the presidential race.
Is it a case of Kamala-mentum?
That’s the question raised by new presidential polling from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and YouGov.
The last time the pollsters were in the field in January, former President Donald Trump led President Biden 43% to 39% when “leaners” were factored in.
In that survey, Robert Kennedy Jr. had 9% support.
Yet during a new survey conducted July 29 to August 1, Trump is behind replacement candidate Vice President Kamala Harris 46% to 43%, with Kennedy down to 6%.
When Kennedy voters were asked to choose between the top two candidates, more of them said they would vote for Trump than for Harris, 29% to 26%, with 45% saying they wouldn’t vote at all.
That narrows the margins since January’s poll, when the same prompt was given to RFK voters about Trump and Biden. Back then, Trump received support from 33% of the RFK voters while Biden took only 23%.
But RFK voters leaning toward Trump aren’t enough to offset Democratic gains elsewhere in a D+4 poll that sampled 42% Democrats, 38% Republicans, and 20% independents.
