MAHA leaders are set to use their agenda to shore up support for the GOP among independent voters who might otherwise be tempted to vote blue—or stay home. Some polls show only about a third of independents approve of Trump’s job performance while a majority of them disapprove. To that end, some Republicans have said Kennedy’s message on ultraprocessed food—more popular in polling than his actions on vaccines—will be needed to lift the party next year, after big losses in the recent New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections.
“I hope this is a big warning shot to everyone running in 2026, that they better be talking about MAHA,” said Vani Hari, a Make America Healthy Again activist known as the Food Babe.
About four in 10 parents identify as supporters of the MAHA movement, according to an October survey from the health-research nonprofit KFF of more than 2,700 parents. That includes one in six Democratic parents and one-third of independent parents.
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