Robert F. Kennedy

• Texas Views of RFK Jr. and vaccines as the U.S. Senate confirms Kennedy as HHS secretary

  February 14, 2025 | By: James Henson, Joshua Blank
  UT/TxPP polling suggests that while Kennedy himself has achieved a degree of favorable reviews among a non-trivial share of Texas voters (though a declining share over time), views of the safety and efficacy of vaccines remain significantly less widespread than the mainstreaming of RFK, Jr. as a public figure might suggest.

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Favorability (June 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of each of the following: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr."

• Where Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. injects uncertainty in Texas

  May 30, 2024 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  The independent presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has had operatives in both the Trump and Biden camps worried at various times about Kennedy’s potential for siphoning votes from their candidates. National and state-level polling has generally demonstrated that as Kennedy’s candidacy attracts more public attention (certainly relative to other non-major party aspirants to the presidency), he tends to be viewed more favorably by Republicans than by Democrats – which as of the April 2024 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll seems to be the case in Texas, too.

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Favorability (April 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of each of the following: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr."

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Favorability (December 2023)

  Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of each of the following: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.."

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Favorability (August 2023)

  Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of each of the following: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.."