(The hill) – More Americans are worried about former President Trump’s age, according to a up-to-date poll released tardy Friday.
The up-to-date Opinion pollA poll conducted by YouGov for the Stanford-Arizona State-Yale Election Panel (SAY24) found that around 44 percent of Americans said Trump was too old to be president, while the other 46 percent said the opposite. The number rose from 35 percent to 44 percent between February and October, while the proportion saying they were not too old fell from 53 percent to 46 percent, YouGov found.
Even as more Americans expressed concerns about the Republican nominee’s age, the number of Americans who said Biden was too old rose from 63 percent to 70 percent between February and July of this year. According to the survey, over the same period, the number of people who said he was not too old for the job fell from 25 percent to 18 percent.
Biden withdrew from the presidential campaign on July 21 after Democrats increased pressure following his disastrous performance in the debate against Trump on CNN.
Over half of Americans, 56 percent, said they believe Trump’s age and health would at least somewhat affect his ability to serve as commander in chief, according to another YouGov study Opinion poll Carried out earlier this month.
More than a third, 36 percent, said the former president would be “severely” affected by his age and health. Another third, 33 percent, said these factors would have no influence on the Republican nominee.
Conversely, 62 percent of Americans said Harris’ health and age would have no impact on her work in the White House if she were elected president Opinion poll. About 16 percent said it would have a “small” impact, while 9 percent argued it would be “severely” restricted.
The YouGov poll, conducted for SAY24, was conducted on February 21 and October 22 – and between 4,730 and 6,813 respondents completed their surveys. The error rate was between 1.9 percent and 2.5 percent.
The other YouGov poll was conducted Oct. 18-20 among 1,081 U.S. adults. The error rate was around 4 percent.
