A majority of Americans believe that both President Biden and former President Trump are too old to serve another term in the White House.
According to the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll, 86% of Americans think Mr. Biden (81) is too old to serve as the next president, while 62% think Mr. Trump (77) is too old. thinks the same way.
Concerns are growing about the age of Mr. Biden, who is seeking a second consecutive term as president, and Mr. Trump, the Republican front-runner who is seeking a return to the White House after losing reelection in 2020. An ABC report on the poll cited a September poll from ABC News and the Washington Post that found 74% think the president is too old to serve another term, and 49% say the same about the former president. He says he is thinking about it.
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Former President Trump and President Biden (Fox News)
This trend is further evidenced by a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, which found that 59% of Americans think both candidates are too old, the report said.
But there are also partisan differences in how voters view their party’s nominees, with 73% of Democrats saying they think Biden is too old to serve another term, while Trump Only 35% of Republicans think the same way.
President Biden speaks at the Reproductive Freedom Campaign rally at George Mason University on January 23, 2024 in Manassas, Virginia. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
When it comes to which candidate is better suited to handle immigration and border issues, Trump beats Biden, with 44% of respondents supporting Trump and saying Biden is more trustworthy in this area. This exceeded 26% of respondents who thought so. Voters also gave Trump an edge on handling crime (41% to 28%), the economy (43% to 31%) and inflation (41% to 31%).
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Biden, on the other hand, has more confidence in which candidate they trust more on issues such as abortion (37% to 28%), health care (38% to 28%), and climate change (39% to 22%). had an advantage over Trump. .
Former President Donald Trump speaks in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 9, 2024. (Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
Neither side immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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The poll was conducted on a random sample of 528 U.S. adults between February 9 and 10, with a margin of sampling error of 4.5 percentage points.
