Polls say Biden too old, Trump too corrupt to run in 2024
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In a poll by the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, the majority of those polled mentioned Biden's old age, while Trump's main issue was his conduct.
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People watch from their vehicle as Donald Trump and Joe Biden speak during a presidential debate in San Francisco on October 22, 2020. (AP)
According to a new poll by the Associated Press- NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, President Joe Biden is “old” and “confused", while Donald Trump is “corrupt” and “dishonest".
These are among the top adjectives Americans use to characterize the two in an open-ended question asked in the survey.
In a poll by the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, the majority of those polled mentioned Biden's old age, while Trump's main issue was his conduct.
After being indicted in 4 cases in a total of 91 criminal counts, the words most used to describe Trump were "corrupt", "crooked", and "bad", followed by "liar" and "dishonest".
Meanwhile, 26% of respondents described Biden with words like "old" or "outdated", while 15% used words like "slow" and "confused".
The poll indicated that 24% of Americans approved of Biden's second run for president, while 30% approved of it for Trump.
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Furthermore, 62% of Americans hold a negative impression of Trump, while 52% hold the same view of Biden.
An ideological divide was also found among voters. Republicans were more likely than Democrats to use the words "slow" and "confused" to describe Biden.
According to a poll by Redfield and Wilton Strategies, a majority of #Democrats have revealed they are concerned about the current president's ability to successfully complete his duties given his old age.#US #JoeBiden pic.twitter.com/G2zxMN4rXZ
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) August 28, 2023
The poll also illustrated familiar ideological divides. It found that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to use words like “slow” and “confused” to describe Biden (25% to 7%), as well as words like “corrupt” and “crooked” (14% to 0%) and “weak” or “unqualified” (9% to 2%).
Meanwhile, comments around Trump were more positive saying things like “strong” (11%) and mentions of America or patriotism (8%), along with mentions of the presidency or leadership (6%).
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to regard Trump as corrupt (25% to 4%) and dishonest (12% to 4%). Among the top terms used to characterize the former President by 7% of Democrats is racism.
