A new national poll conducted after the presidential debate between Biden and Trump found that nearly 80% of voters are concerned that Biden “does not have the mental and physical health necessary to serve a second term as president.”
The NBC News poll of 800 registered voters conducted July 7-9, before former President Trump’s nearly assassination attempt during a rally in Pennsylvania last weekend, showed Trump leading Biden head-to-head, 45% to 43%.
While the race remains close, the poll found that 62% of Democrats want someone else to be the party’s top candidate rather than Biden, and 79% of all voters are concerned about the 81-year-old Biden’s mental and physical fitness.
Just 50% of respondents had similar mental or physical health concerns about Trump, 78.
President Biden addressed the nation on Sunday, July 14, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, regarding the assassination attempt on former President Trump. (Erin Shaff/The New York Times, Pool via The Associated Press)
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Meanwhile, 58% expressed great or moderate concern about a New York jury finding Trump “guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the hush payment case and facing additional felony charges, including those related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election.”
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President Biden (right) and former President Trump held a debate on June 27th. (Getty Images)
Regarding the debates, 71% of respondents said it made “no difference” to which candidate they supported.
President Biden’s performance in the June 27 debate was widely criticized and changed the course of the election, with some Democrats calling for him to step down.
On Saturday, July 13, former President Trump was photographed being escorted off stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, with blood running down his face and surrounded by Secret Service agents. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
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In a head-to-head race against Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been mentioned as a possible successor to Biden if he drops out of the election, Trump is leading Harris 47% to 45%, according to an NBC poll.
