United States elections 2024: Donald Trump Wins
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Whopping 86% of voters feel Biden is too old to finish another term: poll
A whopping 86% of US adults felt that Biden is too old for another term in an ABC News/Ipsos poll released in the wake of the blistering special counsel report that rekindled lingering public angst…
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Whopping 86% of voters feel Biden is too old to finish another term: poll
BySocial Links forRyan King
Published Feb. 11, 2024, 4:29 p.m. ET
It’s the same old story.
A staggering majority of voters feel President Biden is too old to serve out a second term in office, according to a new poll — the latest data outlining growing concerns about the commander in chief’s advanced age.
A whopping 86% of US adults felt that the 81-year-old Biden is too old for another term in an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday in the aftermath of a blistering special counsel report that noted apparent memory issues for the president.
Among those voters, 59% said that both Biden and his potential rival former President Donald Trump are too old, while only 27% felt Biden but not Trump is too old, per the poll.
Another 3% said only Trump, 77, is too old to serve as commander in chief again, bringing the total saying that about the 45th president to 62%.
When broken down along party lines, 73% of Democrats feel Biden is too old, while only 35% of Republicans said the same about Trump.
For independents, 91% felt that Biden is too old, while 71% believed the same thing about Trump.
Consternation about Biden’s age was turbocharged last week by special counsel Robert Hur’s report in which he found Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials.”
However, Hur also declined to press charges citing Biden’s cooperation, precedent — and concerns a jury would likely see him as a “well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.”
3Back in 1972, Joe Biden went after then-incumbent Sen. Cale Boggs for his age. Boggs was 63 at the time.AP
In his 388-page report, Hur documented multiple instances in which Biden allegedly lapsed during his five-hour interview with the former Trump-appointed US attorney for Maryland.
The report claimed Biden “did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended (‘if it was 2013 — when did I stop being Vice President?’), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began.
Biden and his allies adamantly refuted those characterizations.
“I am well-meaning, and I’m an elderly man and I know what the hell I’m doing,” Biden raged to reporters after the report dropped.
A myriad of polls have flagged concerns among voters about Biden’s age. He is already the oldest US president in history.
3President Biden has conceded that concerns about his age are legitimate.AP
He would be 86 by the end of his second term if he’s re-elected.
If Trump, 77, were to win in November and serve out a full term, he would narrowly top Biden as the oldest president in history by a few months.
“Joe is 81, that’s true, but he’s 81 doing more in an hour than most people do in a day,” First Lady Jill Biden said in a recent message to supporters. “His age, with his experience and expertise, is an incredible asset and he proves it every day.”
Both Trump’s and Biden’s campaigns have taken turns highlighting the other’s verbal gaffes and mental lapses on the campaign trail, trying to paint the other as in a state of cognitive decline.
When asked about whether Biden should’ve been charged over the classified document ordeal, 38% felt he should’ve, compared to 34% opposed, and 28% undecided, the poll showed.
3Allies of the president point to his accomplishments in office and brush aside grumbling about his mental acuity.AP
Trump was slapped by special counsel Jack Smith with 40 counts related to his alleged hoarding of classified documents, though Hur stressed a key difference was that Biden was more cooperative and didn’t try to obstruct the probe.
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Forty-one percent of respondents said neither when asked who would do better overseeing confidential documents, compared to 33% who said Biden and 23% Trump.
The survey was conducted from Feb. 9–10 among 528 adults with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
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Trump takes 11-point lead over Biden on economy: Poll
Former President Trump has a large lead over President Biden in a new poll released by the Financial Times that shows him ahead by 11 points on the question of who would best handle the economy, of…
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Trump takes 11-point lead over Biden on economy: Poll
BY NICK ROBERTSON - 02/12/24 6:01 PM ETSHARETWEET
Former President Donald Trump and President Biden
Former President Trump has a large lead over President Biden in a new poll released by the Financial Times that shows him ahead by 11 points on the question of who would best handle the economy, often the key issue in a presidential election.
About 42 percent of respondents in the poll released Sunday said Trump would be the best steward for the U.S. economy going forward, while 31 percent chose Biden. The remaining were undecided or said neither candidate.
The figure underlines a dilemma for Biden, who is presiding over historically low unemployment and a booming stock market but seemingly has yet to convince voters of his economic stewardship.
The Financial Times poll showed some evidence of rising positive sentiment on the economy.
About 27 percent of respondents said the U.S. economy is “excellent” or “good,” up from 21 percent in a poll four months ago. Similarly, 47 percent of respondents said they can “comfortably” pay their expenses, up 3 percentage points from November.
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But that sentiment has not translated into approval for Biden. His 36 percent approval on the economy is the same as it was in the November survey.
The Trump campaign has continued to hit Biden over inflation, which was high during his first years in office but has now reached its lowest levels since it last peaked in 2022.
Consumer prices rose 3.4 percent between January 2022 and 2023, and 0.3 percent between December and January, a significant decrease over months prior. The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates high for much of the year as inflation continues to fall.
The Biden administration has sought to sell its story on the economy.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last week boasted about the “historic recovery” of the U.S. economy since COVID under the Biden administration.
“Over the past three years, the Biden Administration has driven a historic recovery,” Yellen said in opening remarks before the House Financial Services Committee last Tuesday.
“[Gross domestic product] growth is strong, and inflation has declined significantly,” she continued. “We have also achieved a healthy labor market.”
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