86% of Americans Say Biden Is To Old To Be President

[tytlyf]

Some people hate democracy and honesty and much prefer a fascist who claimed he'd be a dictator on day 1.

At 78, I have never heard anyone running for the presidency say anything even close to that.

All the warning signs are there of previous dictators and these people just ignore it like Trump is just a jokester. "He doesn't mean it"
The attempted coup wasn't enough for them.

 

[McBell]

From the artice:
Sixty-two percent of Americans think Trump, who is 77, is too old to serve as president. There is a large difference in how partisans view their respective nominees -- 73% of Democrats think Biden is too old to serve but only 35% of Republicans think Trump is too old to serve. Ninety-one percent of independents think Biden is too old to serve, and 71% say the same about Trump.

You did not answer the question.
The graphic seems to be saying that they are basing all their numbers on the answers of 528 people.

Is this the number of people asked?

 

[PureX]

In a country that has significant problems with ageism, it's not like this is any surprise. The United States of America is a country that does not respect its elders. It is a country that enshrines youth and stupidity over age and wisdom.

That's where the money is, baby!

 

[Revoltingest]

I don't think either candidate is too old.
But if they're suffering significant decline,
then it's time to go out to pasture.
More important than age....their values.
This is where both thugs grind me gears.

 

[Rational Agnostic]

from: Overwhelming majority of Americans think Biden is too old for another term: POLL.
"According to the poll, conducted using Ipsos' Knowledge Panel, 86% of Americans think Biden, 81, is too old to serve another term as president. That figure includes 59% of Americans who think both he and former President Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, are too old and 27% who think only Biden is too old."

So given the above who are the Democrats going to replace him with? Or are they still going to let him run and lose?

Trump is only three and a half years younger than Biden so if Biden is too old, then Trump is as well. But I definitely agree there should be a maximum age to be president. There is a minimum wage which is too high imo, do people really think all 34 year olds are unqualified to be president but any 90 year old should be eligible? I would say the minimum age should be closer to 25 and the maximum age should be around 75.

 

[esmith]

Even if he's "too old", Biden is still a vastly better choice than Trump.

Age has nothing to do with it; the issue is lack of mental cognitive.

 

[F1fan]

Seems there are a few here that are in denial

Is this a confession?

 

[PureX]

Age has nothing to do with it; the issue is lack of mental cognitive.

That's really not the issue at all in this coming election. And we all know it.

 

[libre]

I'm considerably less concerned about a leader who might croak a year into his new term than one who encourages brown shirt type behaviour.

 

[Stevicus]

from: Overwhelming majority of Americans think Biden is too old for another term: POLL.
"According to the poll, conducted using Ipsos' Knowledge Panel, 86% of Americans think Biden, 81, is too old to serve another term as president. That figure includes 59% of Americans who think both he and former President Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, are too old and 27% who think only Biden is too old."

So given the above who are the Democrats going to replace him with? Or are they still going to let him run and lose?

I think age is just a number. There are quite a number who can remain lucid and capable into their 80s and even 90s, although it seems to vary widely from individual to individual. Jimmy Carter will be 100 years old this year.

 

[Soandso]

Both are too old, imo. I'm more concerned with the guy who brags about being a dictator for one day who admires other dictators and is currently being tried for criminal activity, for starters

 

[Father Heathen]

Age has nothing to do with it; the issue is lack of mental cognitive.

Again, still a vastly better choice vs. Trump (who's clearly going through his own cognitive decline). Even if Biden were to die, his corpse would be a better choice than Trump, who's a corrupt, incompetent, treasonous rapist.

 

[Quintessence]

Trump is only three and a half years younger than Biden so if Biden is too old, then Trump is as well. But I definitely agree there should be a maximum age to be president. There is a minimum wage which is too high imo, do people really think all 34 year olds are unqualified to be president but any 90 year old should be eligible? I would say the minimum age should be closer to 25 and the maximum age should be around 75.

It's remarkable we have a conversation about age limits as if that's the important thing to determine who is qualified to hold public office instead of, I dunno, a civics test. Or actual job qualifications. Like any other job has.

Baffling, really.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

I think age is just a number. There are quite a number who can remain lucid and capable into their 80s and even 90s, although it seems to vary widely from individual to individual. Jimmy Carter will be 100 years old this year.

There was a time, if I recall, when we looked to our elders for wisdom. Too old fashioned for today's world?

 

[Shaul]

Perhaps they misunderstood when asked the question thinking they were being asked if Biden was too sold to be President.

 

[ImmortalFlame]

Perhaps they misunderstood when asked the question thinking they were being asked if Biden was too sold to be President.

Possible. I also think we're overlooking the possibility they heard "bald".

 

[esmith]

I think age is just a number. There are quite a number who can remain lucid and capable into their 80s and even 90s, although it seems to vary widely from individual to individual. Jimmy Carter will be 100 years old this year.

See Post #26

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

There was a time, if I recall, when we looked to our elders for wisdom.

Is that a Canadian problem, too? That would surprise me if it were.

We still see a lot of traditional, multigenerational families here in Mexico, where nursing homes are neither affordable for most of these families nor desirable. These elders are respected, and for long as they are able, they contribute advice, which is valued, and childcare. It's not uncommon to see one of these people sitting in a chair on the street watching people walk by.

Meanwhile, back in the States, it's "OK, boomer," which you probably know is a disrespectful and dismissive comment usually from Gen X-ers and millennials directed at people over sixty, who are viewed as simply irrelevant or worse - the people who ruined it for subsequent generations.

 

[F1fan]

Age has nothing to do with it; the issue is lack of mental cognitive.

You mean to say cognitive abilities. To say “mental cognitive” means nothing.

 

[Twilight Hue]

from: Overwhelming majority of Americans think Biden is too old for another term: POLL.
"According to the poll, conducted using Ipsos' Knowledge Panel, 86% of Americans think Biden, 81, is too old to serve another term as president. That figure includes 59% of Americans who think both he and former President Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, are too old and 27% who think only Biden is too old."

So given the above who are the Democrats going to replace him with? Or are they still going to let him run and lose?

If there is a min age established for a reason, then it stands that a maximum age should also apply for a reason.