A recent poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports revealed that more than a quarter of American voters say they might vote for a third-party presidential candidate this year, and young voters are especially open to the idea.
According to Rasmussen Reports’ national telephone and online survey, 28% of “Likely U.S. Voters” say they are likely to vote for a third-party candidate in this year’s presidential election, including 12% who are “Very Likely to vote third-party.” Fifty-nine percent (59%) are unlikely to vote third-party, including 30% who say it’s Not At All Likely. Another 14% are not sure.
“Nationwide, 47% of voters under 40 say they’re at least somewhat likely to vote third-party in this year’s presidential election, compared to 24% of those ages 40-64 and 10% of voters 65 and older,” Rasmussen said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign announced Monday that it met the signature requirement to qualify for the ballot in North Carolina. The survey of 1,079 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on March 21 and 24-25, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
