Scion of US political dynasty, who had been challenging Joe Biden for Democratic nomination, expected to announce on Sunday

Robert F Kennedy Jr is reported to be ending his challenge to Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination and run instead as an independent candidate, in a move that could upset the 2024 race for the White House.

Kennedy, 69 and a scion of a famous political dynasty – a son of the former US attorney general and New York senator Robert F Kennedy, and a nephew of the former president John F Kennedy – will announce his run in Pennsylvania on 9 October, according to Mediaite.

“Bobby feels that the Democratic National Committee is changing the rules to exclude his candidacy so an independent run is the only way to go,” the website quoted a “Kennedy campaign insider” as saying.

  • robo@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    On the other hand, if you vote 3rd party they only need a few percent of the votes to get federal funding next round. Side-effect, it might push the Dems to support approval/ranked voting systems.

    RFK sucks, but there’s many third party candidates, and changing the system overall seems like the only way forward. Handing the ball back and forth between the two big players hasn’t been working the past 50 years.