RFK Jr. Is On Track to Win These Two States From Biden

Robert F. Kennedy JR’s campaign has been picking up some major steam over the last couple of months.

His momentum has picked up so much that the left-leaning news outlet Axios even has Kennedy taking both New Hampshire and Iowa from Biden.

Axios reported that Biden may not even be on the ballot in New Hampshire and Iowa due to the fact “Biden’s team is indicating he won’t be on the ballots in those states if they vote before South Carolina.”

Biden’s admin has chosen South Carolina to be the first place where the Democratic primaries kick off but Democrats in New Hampshire are not in step with Biden’s decision and plan to have votes before South Carolina’s primary kicks off.

New: Iowa and New Hampshire are increasingly likely to defy Biden and hold the first contests in the 2024 Dem primary.

Biden’s team has indicated they won’t be on the ballot, giving RFK jr. or another person a chance to win the contests (w/o delegates)https://t.co/picXrJGeBy

— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) June 15, 2023

Interesting nugget via Axios about the DNC trying to rig the primaries for Biden by insisting on SC going first. The DNC might strip Iowa and/or New Hampshire of delegates if they hold a caucus/primary first, because RFK Jr. is poised to beat Biden in those states. pic.twitter.com/563pLQiPzR

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) June 15, 2023

Here’s what Axios reported:

President Biden is almost certain to be Democrats’ pick for president in 2024, but he might not win the first two contests of the primary season if they’re in the traditional first-to-vote states of Iowa and New Hampshire — a scenario that seems increasingly likely.

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Biden’s team is indicating he won’t be on the ballots in those states if they vote before South Carolina, his choice to have the first primary.

Democrats in Iowa and New Hampshire could defy Biden and move ahead with their contests — even as the party warns it will strip them of their national convention delegates if they jump the gun.

That sets up a scenario in which Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or another long-shot Democrat could win those states — and embarrass the president.

Since Biden’s surprise decision last December to make South Carolina the first state in Democrats’ 2024 season with a primary on Feb. 3, New Hampshire Democrats have openly bashed the White House and the Democratic National Committee.

The new calendar put New Hampshire and Nevada voting second — a few days after South Carolina — but New Hampshire Democrats note that their state law requires them to have the nation’s first primary, and many vow to keep it that way.

Iowa Democrats haven’t been as publicly hostile over Biden’s move. But in the past two months they’ve quietly moved to hold their contest the same day as Iowa Republicans — in January, but with a mail-in option for ballots.

Jim Rickards broke it down simpler:

Dems tried to bully New Hampshire into being second in primaries. But NH law requires first position and state government is controlled by Republicans. So, NH goes first with Biden not on the ballot; (he's a Dem flunky). Means RFK, Jr. wins New Hampshire primary. A good start. pic.twitter.com/kFdE9ZyTSc

— Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) April 30, 2023

Kennedy himself believes Biden won’t compete in Iowa or New Hampshire either.

The Hill had more details:

Declared 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. suggested during an interview Monday that President Biden wouldn’t be competing in either of the Iowa or New Hampshire primaries, instead choosing to run in a safer presidential primary state like South Carolina.

“My path through the Democratic primary system, I have to win the primaries,” the Democratic contender told Michael Smerconish on SiriusXM when Smerconish asked him about his path toward notching the Democratic nomination.

“I think that President Biden is not going to even put his name in Iowa and New Hampshire. So I think he’s not even going to compete,” Kennedy added.

The anti-vaccine activist said he believed Biden would wait until the South Carolina primaries to compete in a “safer” state than Iowa or New Hampshire.