Americans’ confidence in President Joe Biden’s mental fitness is declining as he nears a full year in office, a new poll shows.
The Morning Consult/Politico poll, released Wednesday, shows that just 44% believe that Biden, who turns 79 on Saturday, is “stable,” while 50% said the opposite. The gap widened to 10 points when asked whether Biden “is in good health,” with 40% saying yes and 50% saying no.
Americans say 48%-46% that Biden is not “mentally fit,” the poll added.
The poll is a sharp contrast from Morning Consult’s poll from October 2020 where Americans said Biden was mentally fit by a 21-point margin. The 56% who said that Biden was fit was also far higher than the 42% who said the same for former President Donald Trump.
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Poll: Majority Say Joe Biden Has Done ‘Not Much’ or ‘Nothing’ Since Taking Office
Most say President Joe Biden has done “not much” or “nothing” since taking office, an ABC News/Washington Post survey released this week found. “Biden has been president for about ten months. Would you say he has accomplished a great deal during that time, a good amount, not very much or little or nothing?” the survey asked.
Overall, 63 percent said Biden has done “not much” or “little or nothing.” Of those, 45 percent said he has done “little or nothing.
Just over a quarter, 27 percent, said Biden has done a “good amount,” while eight percent said he has done a “great deal”:
Biden has been president for about ten months. Would you say he has accomplished a great deal during that time, a good amount, not very much or little or nothing?
Great deal/Good amount 35%
Not much/nothing 63%.@ABC/@washingtonpost, 1,001 Adults 11/7-10https://t.co/ahn7RbOukw
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) November 16, 2021
The survey also found that 59 percent are either “very” or “somewhat” concerned that Biden will “do too much to increase the size and role of government in U.S. society.” Meanwhile, his job approval is underwater, as 41 percent approve and 53 percent disapprove.
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