RFK Jr. is poised to be a chaos factor in November [Video]

Editor’s note: Lee Drutman is a senior fellow in the Political Reform program at New America. He is the author of the book “Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America” and the co-host of the podcast “Politics in Question.” He also writes the newsletter “Undercurrent Events.” The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN.

In a normal presidential election year, an anti-system third-party candidate like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would not be polling at nearly 10% at this point in the cycle. But this is not a normal year.

This is an election year ripe for an anti-establishment candidate to create significant uncertainty — and potentially stir some even bigger changes to the US party system. With the announcement of his running mate, Silicon Valley attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy’s campaign will expand its ballot access.

Assuming President Joe Biden and former President …