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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: RFK to drop out, endorse Trump
Date: 08/22/24 11:08 AM
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Actually not. As Philip Bump explains in this WaPo column, Kamala actually has a bigger lead with RFK out of the race than with him in it. The difference is small (1 point) but it’s hardly a given that RFK dropping out (as is now expected) will change much at all.

I'm not sure that Bump's analysis tells us anything meaningful. Comparing the head-to-heads with the multi-candidate race is certainly going to be within margins of errors of those two questions, of course; but it ignores two major real world differences. The first is that RFK would endorse Trump, which is different than him simply not being available as a choice. The second is that state-by-state races matter far more than the national one.

So if least some of RFK's supporters are actually supporters, then some of the folks that might vote Harris (or just stay home) if RFK just dropped out might end up moving to Trump if RFK partners up with Trump. That RFK can help Trump with his endorsement, not just his absence. Plus, RFK might bring his funding source (Nicole Shanahan) with him.

And Harris polls slightly better in the multi-way in swing states than the head-to-head. Which I wouldn't make much of, since the margins of error are even bigger in the state polls than the national - but still, if you're guessing which way the slight benefit runs, I'd say Trump:

newsweek.com - How rfk jr dropping out would affect trump harris battleground states
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