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Is Joe Biden too old to run in 2024? This is what a majority of Democratic voters believe, according to a survey published in the front page of the New York Times this Monday, July 11. The American president has repeated several times that he wants to run for re-election, but his age raises questions: he is already the oldest president in the history of the United States.
” The president loses a lot of support “, summarizes the New York Times, “ and most Democrats don’t want him to run again in 2024 “. According to this survey carried out by Siena College, only 26% would like the party to choose him again for the next campaign.
At the top of the list of concerns: his age. 80 years in November. 86 therefore at the end of a possible second mandate. Already this weekend, Democratic advisers told the East Coast newspaper that the president was always alert, called them late at night, knew “ point out the weak point on page 14 of a memo “, but that he more often stumbled over words, dragged his step… in short, he ” seemed ” elderly.
His team is already adjusting its schedule. Rather than a grueling 10-day tour, two trips separated by a rest period, even if officially political and diplomatic reasons are advanced.
All parties combined, Joe Biden only collects 33% of favorable opinions, according to this same poll. More than three-quarters of respondents consider that the United States is going in the wrong direction “. ” Pervasive pessimism, affecting every corner of the country, all age groups, racial groups, cities, rural areas and both political parties “, Write the New York Times.
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