Poll: 72% of Americans say Biden ‘shouldn’t be running for president’

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US President Joe Biden and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections at CNN's studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

A huge percentage of Americans believe President Joe Biden is unfit to serve a second term. A CBS News/You Gov poll released Sunday found Biden does not have the “mental and cognitive health to serve as president,” according to 72% of Americans.

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The poll also detailed the top reasons Biden “shouldn’t be running for president”:

  1. His age, say 86%, which matches the age Biden will be when he would finish a prospective second term (86).
  2. 71% say the decisions he might make in office.
  3. 66% say his record as president.
  4. 59% say his ability to campaign effectively.

Newsmax writes that while the total percentage of Americans who do not believe he is fit to be president is alarming, it only expands on the majority of Americans who were already very aware of his cognitive decline. The 72% is 7 points higher than three weeks ago, when it was still a 65% majority of Americans who had the belief Biden was unfit to serve.

That means, Thursday’s night debate just now brought on 7% more to the American majority. That additional percentage is largely from Democrats abandoning their leading nominee Biden: 46% of Democrats in the poll now say Biden should no longer seek reelection — up 10 points from three weeks ago.

Despite all this, 55% of Democrat registered voters say Biden should continue to press on, compared to 45% who say he should step aside.

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The CBS News/YouGov survey sample of 1,130 registered voters nationally June 28-29. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.

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