- Polls show Trump leading Biden in all seven major battleground states
- While the vast majority of swing-state voters describe Biden as ‘too old,’ less than half said the same about Trump at age 77
- The majority of swing state voters blame Biden and the Democrats for the increased number of border crossings
- Nearly 6 in 10 swing-state voters describe Trump as ‘dangerous’
A new poll shows that eight in 10 swing-state voters believe President Joe Biden is too old to run again, a serious warning sign for the 81-year-old president, who will have to sway voters in those key states convince you to vote for him. to win the 2024 elections.
The Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll conducted in mid-February of seven critical swing states found that voters from all demographic groups, including some of the Democratic Party’s more reliable constituencies, think the president is too old.
It comes as the Biden administration has pushed back on concerns about the president’s age and mental acuity after special counsel Robert Hur’s report earlier this month described the president as an “older man with poor memory.”
On Wednesday, Biden underwent a physical examination and his doctor declared him “fit for duty,” describing the president as “healthy.” active, robust 81-year-old.’
The White House had confirmed that the president had not taken a cognitive test as part of his exam, but the president’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, did say that Biden had undergone an “extremely detailed neurological exam.”
But even among those who did say they plan to vote for Biden, seven in 10 say he is “too old.”
Less than half of respondents said Biden’s likely Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, is too old at 77.
The poll showed Trump leading Biden in all seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
President Biden, 81, leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after a physical examination on Wednesday during which his doctor declared him ‘fit for duty’
Fewer than half of swing-state voters believe Donald Trump, 77, is too old to run for office again
While the economy remains the main issue, concerns about immigration have increased in every swing state.
The poll found that a majority of swing-state voters blame Biden and Democrats in Congress for the surge in immigrants.
At the same time, the debt for Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration, while much lower, has also increased 5 percent since January after Republicans rejected the bipartisan border deal at Trump’s encouragement.
Biden and Trump are both heading to the southern border on Thursday where they will hold dueling events. The president is on his way to Brownsville, Texas. Trump is headed to Eagle Pass, ground zero of a border fight between Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Biden administration.
While Republicans have criticized the administration over immigration, the White House has blamed hardline Republicans for crushing a bipartisan deal in the Senate to address the border earlier this year.
Migrants cross the border at Eagle Pass, Mexico. Both Biden and Trump head to the southern border for dueling events on Thursday as polls show immigration is a major issue among swing state voters.
While Biden is taking increasing blame for the border crisis and the vast majority are concerned about his age, Trump is not without his own vulnerabilities.
Nearly six in 10 swing state voters believe Trump is “dangerous.” Even among those who plan to vote for the former president, 28 percent agreed that Trump is dangerous.
As many of the half of swing state voters also say they would not be willing to vote for Trump if he were convicted of a crime.
The former president faces 91 criminal charges in four separate cases involving allegations of hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, mishandling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.