The age of the 81-year-old United States president has become a subject of concern among voters in the run-up to the 2024 election, particularly because of images of him falling off a bicycle, tripping down the stairs of the presidential plane or falling flat on its face. .on a stand
Joe Biden He is the oldest president in U.S. history and, if he wins a second term in next year’s presidential election, He will be 86 years old when he is finished.
The agent, who turned 81 this Monday usually jokes about it and his team points out that he has an intense and tight schedule it would leave people even younger than him exhausted . In any case, successive investigations show that The age of the president is the main concern of American voters.
Biden’s age has become a topic of concern among voters heading into the 2024 election, including for his images falling off a bicycle, tripping down the stairs of the presidential plane or falling face down on a stand.
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“Biden is a disaster. Next to him, Trump looks fine. His advanced age, the fact that he falls asleep in public, all this gives the impression that he is not capable of governing the country. This gives a bad image. It seems that (Donald) Trump is more qualified to govern than him. should retire », confides a Democratic sympathizer to our Miami correspondent, David Thomson. And he concludes with a pithy sentence: “Honestly, if we only have these two options, I won’t vote “.
One year before the presidential election, Biden’s advanced age is no longer a taboo for Democrats. Some strategists like David Axelrod, former adviser to Barack Obama, publicly admitted that his age constituted a political disadvantage which is reflected in the polls, since Biden is now behind Trump in several of them.
If re-elected next year, Biden will leave office nine years older than him. Ronald Reagan who held the record, when he left the presidency at age 77.
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The White House ignored opinion polls , as Democrats have recently enjoyed a string of electoral successes. But the figures are discouraging for the party.
74% of respondents think Biden would be too old for a second term versus 50% for Trump, according to a recent ABC/The Washington Post poll.
A Yahoo/YouGov opinion poll found that 54% of Americans say Biden no longer has “the competence to exercise the function of president” », compared to 41% before the 2020 elections.
Source: Latercera
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