Most in new poll say Biden doesn’t have physical, mental fitness for another term

A new poll shows a majority of registered voters say they don’t think President Biden has the physical or mental fortitude to serve another term.

of Quinnipiac University PollA report released Wednesday found that just 34 percent of registered voters believe the president has the “mental fitness to serve a second term,” while 64 percent of registered voters say Biden said that they do not believe they are mentally fit to serve another term.

The poll found similar numbers when voters were asked about Biden’s fitness to serve a second term, with 34% saying Biden had the stamina to serve as president for a second term. 62% of people answered that this was not the case.

The poll also asked registered voters their views on former President Trump. Sixty percent of registered voters said Trump is physically fit for another term, and 48% said he is mentally fit to return to the White House.

The poll followed a special counsel report on Biden’s handling of classified documents, in which special counsel Robert Hur found the president had problems with recall and memory. .

“We also think it is likely that Mr. Biden will appear before the jury at trial as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory, just as he was when we interviewed him.” Mr. Hoa wrote.

The report added to growing concerns about the president’s age. The Biden campaign is unhappy with the media coverage focused on the issue. The publisher of the New York Times said this week that the White House was “very upset” about how the paper reported the 81-year-old president’s age.

The Quinnipiac poll was conducted February 15-19 and included 1,421 participants. self-proclaimed registered voter The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.