Removed as it’s a question, not an article, but the reason is pollsters are treating him as a legitimate candidate, even when polling states where he has not yet gained ballot access and may not ever gain access.
He’s currently on the ballot in California, Delaware, Hawaii, Michigan, and Utah. That’s it.
He CLAIMS he’s got enough signatures for Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, and Ohio. Remains to be seen.
I think, like so many other realities of American politics, it needs to be understood as a sad reflection of America itself.
RFK Jr. caters to a specific branch of the mentally ill, but in a country with severe social problems and unavailable mental health care services this is not such a tiny niche. COVID sent a lot of people over the edge, and an anti-vaccine candidate in it's wake is bound to do well.
Combine this with the fact that conspiratorially minded Americans are obsessed with the Kennedys, and you have yourself a candidate who appeals strongly to a non-negligible part of the population.
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