As US President Joe Biden gears up for a re-election battle, the 80-year-old faces growing questions – even among Democrats – about whether his age will limit his ability to campaign and to handle the rigors of the White House in a potential second term
The three-day opinion poll completed on Monday, a day before he announced his re-election bid, showed an American public unenthused by the prospect of a rematch between Biden and his predecessor and current leading Republican rival, Donald Trump, with about two-thirds of respondents overall not wanting either to run again in 2024.
Since taking office in January 2021, Biden has been dogged by high inflation and low approval ratings. Just 41% of poll respondents - including 74% of Democrats and 10% of Republicans - approved of his performance as president. Biden is expected to face scant opposition in Democratic presidential nomination contests after he was credited with helping the party do better than expected in the 2022 congressional elections. Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives but retained a Senate majority, thanks in part to voters fired up by the Supreme Court decision ending the national right to abortion.U.S.
In a hypothetical one-on-one contest, Biden led Trump 43% to 38% among registered voters, a lead for the Democrat that was just outside the poll's 4 percentage point credibility interval for registered voters. Biden also led among independent voters.
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