Tipping the scales in the US election: Kennedy wants to annoy Trump and Biden. Kennedy's vice president will probably be Nicole Shanahan - danger for Biden and Trump? Kennedy's support among eligible voters is just under 16 percent.

This is astonishing, even historic, if the presidential candidate actually wins so many votes in November. No non-Republican or Democratic candidate has ever received more than a tenth of the vote in a presidential election in the 21st century. The 70-year-old was a long-time democrat, but has attracted attention for his wild conspiracy theories.