Only a third of voters think 80-year-old Biden would complete a second term as president: Poll
- A new CBS/YouGOV poll shows that only a third of registered voters think President Joe Biden could complete a second term if re-elected
- Age has become a central issue in the 2024 presidential election
- An August poll found that 77% of Americans think Biden, 80, is too old to be president
More than half of Americans think that if Donald Trump (77) won another term, he would complete it — while only a third believe President Joe Biden (80) could stay in office for another four years.
A new CBS News/YouGov poll shows that 44 percent of registered voters believe that if Biden wins a second term, he will not be able to complete it. It comes at a time when age and mental competency are becoming a central issue in the 2024 elections.
Zooming in on mental and physical fitness, voters are much more confident that Trump is fit to serve another term as president — even if they disagree with his politics.
Only 16 percent of respondents think Biden is physically healthy enough for another four years as Chief Executive. But 43 percent think Trump is healthy enough.
American voters are more optimistic about the president’s mental health – but not by much. The September 12-15 survey found that 26 percent of registered voters believe Biden is mentally and cognitively fit for office.
A new CBS/YouGOV poll shows that only a third of registered voters think President Joe Biden could complete a second term if re-elected
It comes as age and mental and physical fitness for office continue to dominate the debate over the race for the White House between Biden, 80, and former President Donald Trump, 77.
Only 7 percent say that both Biden and Trump are still mentally up to the job of president.
Last month, a separate poll showed that 77 percent of Americans think Biden is too old to be elected for a second term.
Trump told former Fox News host Megyn Kelly last week that Biden is not “too old” but “grossly incompetent.” He later told CBS host Norah O’Donnell in another interview that he would support cognitive testing requirements to run for president.
The CBS/YouGov poll shows that Trump would beat Biden in the presidential election by just one point in a 50 to 49 percent outcome.
However, it also shows that two-thirds of registered voters think a Trump rematch with Bidcen in 2024 would prove that the US political system is ‘broken’.
In addition to concerns about Biden’s age, the president is now also facing an impeachment inquiry from the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
Trump, on the other hand, was indicted four times this year and will have to testify about his efforts to overturn Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
There are more than a dozen Republicans vying to replace Trump as the Republican Party’s 2024 nominee. That includes 38-year-old Vivek Ramaswamy.
Biden is participating in the primaries virtually unopposed. Both Democrats Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Marianne Williamson launched extreme attempts to unseat the incumbent candidate for the nomination.