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FOX NewsAUG 1 2024
Poll: Most Republicans Would Prefer Younger President Than Trump
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The Spin
Democratic narrative
Joe Biden was too old for another term, and so is Donald Trump. Americans know exactly that, and his age could cost his return to the White House as the Democratic campaign has now rejuvenated with Biden's withdrawal. If elected, Trump would become the oldest-ever inaugurated president — and his cognitive and physical decline are clear.
Republican narrative
This YouGov poll effectively reasserts that age has never been an issue for American voters, and that the problem with Biden is his incompetence. What's curious here is to notice that as soon as the three-years-older Biden quit the race, liberals who have long supported him and claimed he wasn't too old started pushing the narrative that Trump is too old.