A majority of voters who backed President Biden in 2020 now say he is too old to serve another term effectively, a new poll found.
The recent New York Times/Siena College poll found that 61 percent of those who voted for Biden in 2020 strongly agreed or somewhat agreed that he is “just too old” to serve effectively. Among those planning on voting for him in a hypothetical general election, 59 percent still say he is too old to be an effective president.
Overall, 73 percent of registered voters polled strongly or somewhat believed Biden is too old to be an effective president, including 56 percent of Democrats. This poll is in line with other surveys conducted showing voters raising concerns about Biden’s age.
Biden is already the oldest-serving president in U.S. history at 81. If reelected, he will break his own record of the oldest serving president and would be 86 by the end of his term. Former President Trump, the likely GOP presidential nominee, would be 82 by the end of his term if elected to the White House in November.
Despite Trump only being four years younger than Biden, voters are less concerned with the former president’s age. When asked if Trump is “just too old’ to be an effective president, 42 percent of registered voters strongly or somewhat agreed.
Trump’s supporters were also unlikely to describe the former president as being too old for office. Just 14 percent of those who voted for Trump in 2020 strongly or somewhat agreed he was “just too old” to be an effective president and 18 percent of those backing him in a hypothetical 2024 election said the same.
The poll also found that Trump is leading Biden by 5 percentage points in a hypothetical rematch with 48 percent of support.
The poll was conducted among 980 registered voters from Feb. 25-28 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.