At age 80, a Democrat should run for re-election in 2024; Trump, his potential rival, is 77 years old
A poll conducted by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 77% of Americans think President Joe Biden is too old to rule the United States for another 4 years. Of the total, 89% are Republicans and 69% are Democrats.
The survey included 1,165 adults living in the United States from August 10 to 14, 2023. The margin of error is 3.8 percentage points. Data has been previously published ap news This Monday (August 28, 2023).
At age 80, Biden will run for Democratic re-election on November 5, 2024. His likely challenger — who comfortably leads the Republican primary — is former President Donald Trump. For half of the participants, the 77-year-old politician is too old to hold office.
AP-NORC also asked what is the first word or phrase that comes to Americans’ minds when the candidates are mentioned. In response, 26% of Republicans cited Biden’s age and another 15% used words such as “sloworConfusedAmong Democrats, the age of the president was mentioned by 28%. They preferred terms such as “president“,”leader“,”strongorable“.
And in Trump’s case, the words that appeared the most in the poll were “corruptorwinding” (15%); “badand other negative terms (11%);liar” that it “Dishonest(8%); and positive comments such as “good(8%).
Finally, the research firm asked whether Americans think there should be an age limit for holding high-level public office. 67% of the respondents supported the Supreme Court justices’ demand to set a maximum retirement age. In the case of members of Congress, 68% defended this measure, while 66% supported setting a specific age for presidential candidates.
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