29/06/2024
â ď¸ď¸WARNING FOR BIDEN AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, I CALL IT, BIDEN WARNING SIGNSâ ď¸.
Polls Indicate a Growing Concern Among Voters Regarding Biden's Fitness, But Race Is Almost Equal.
Only one in five respondents in an Ipsos poll of over 2,500 likely voters taken after the debate called Bidenâs mental fitness âgoodâ or âexcellent,â a seven-point drop from another Ipsos poll conducted just days before the debate.
Among likely Democratic voters, the drop was even more severe, with 42% saying after the debate they believe Biden is mentally fit, compared to 56% beforehand.
Meanwhile, 15% of respondents in that poll (conducted June 27-28) said Biden is physically fit to be president, compared to 21% who said the same before the debate (conducted June 20-25).
Another 60% of respondents in a Morning Consult poll conducted one day after the debate said Biden should âprobablyâ or âdefinitelyâ be replaced with another Democratic candidate in the November electionâincluding 47% of Democratic voters.
Among Morning Consult respondents who watched the debate, 78% said Biden is too old, an increase from a Morning Consult poll released just days before the debate, when 64% of all voters said the same (45% of voters said Trump is too old after the debate, a slight increase from the 42% who said the same before the debate).
Only 35% of respondents in Morning Consultâs post-debate poll said Biden is mentally fit, another drops from just days before the debate, when 43% of respondents called him mentally fitâwhile Trumpâs mental fitness numbers rose from 47% to 54%.
A YouGov poll conducted Thursday night and Friday also found 30% of Democrats want a new candidate to replace Biden, compared to only 13% of Republicans who said the GOP should nominate a new candidate over Trump, Follow for more news.
