After formally announcing his candidacy for re-election ahead of the 2024 election, President Joe Biden has low approval ratings and an unsatisfactory record for serving in the White House, according to a poll released Sunday by The Washington Post and ABC News. He faces skepticism about his mental and physical fitness.
Biden’s approval rating has hit a new low of 36% in post-ABC polls, up from 37% in the February 2022 poll, according to the poll. Meanwhile, his 56% of respondents disapproved of Biden.
Also, just one-third of Americans believe Biden has the mental acuity to function as president, and 32% of respondents said Biden “would function effectively as president.” “I have the mental sharpness necessary to Only 33% of respondents believe Biden is physically fit to serve.
Biden, who will be 82 at the start of his second term if re-elected at 80, dismissed concerns about his age in the next election after announcing he was running for re-election.
“I can’t even give you a number,” Biden said in April. not ”
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Americans have a better view than Biden of former President Donald Trump, widely seen as the frontrunner in the Republican primary, for his ability to function as president physically and mentally. About 64% of Americans think Trump is physically fit enough to serve, and 54% think he’s mentally fit to serve.
Biden trails Trump in the 2024 general election, with 44% of voting-age respondents saying they would “definitely” or “probably” vote for Trump, and 38% saying the same for Biden. Meanwhile, 18% are undecided.
Biden also trails another front-runner in the 2024 Republican primary, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. About 42% of voting-age respondents said they would definitely or probably vote for DeSantis, compared to his 37% who would vote for Biden, and 21% were undecided.
The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%.
This one chart breaks it down: How old will Joe Biden be if he is re-elected president in 2024?
This article originally appeared in USA TODAY: Biden lags Trump and DeSantis in new 2024 election polls