Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and son of the assassinated U.S. senator, had the support of 6% of likely Florida voters in a separate question giving the option to choose him or Biden or Trump.

The overall results — Florida in the Republican column — didn’t change.

When voters had the option of three candidates, Trump had 49%, Biden 40%, Kennedy 6%, another (unnamed) candidate 2% and undecided 3%.

Kennedy’s strength was among voters aged 18-34.

He had 18% in the youngest group of voters, 9% among those 35-49; 4% among those 50-64, and 3% among those 65 and older.

Political prognosticators have been divided over which candidate will be damaged more by having Kennedy in the race. Some Democrats fear he’ll hurt Biden because of his famous Democratic roots. Some Republicans think he’ll hurt Trump with voters who embrace conspiracy theories. (PolitiFact said its 2023 “lie of the year ” went to Kennedy’s “campaign of conspiracy theories,” mostly related to medical theories.)

Wagner said it doesn’t seem to be substantially hurting one candidate more than the other.

And with or without the presence of Kennedy, Trump is ahead of Biden in Florida. The difference between Biden and Trump is 8 percentage points when it’s just the two of them, and 9 percentage points when Kennedy is added to the mix.

Scott

The poll found Scott is in a good position to win a second term in the Senate.

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