He super tuesday this week cleared the way for donald trump in the Republican internal already Joe Biden in the democrat. Trump had already managed to turn his party’s primaries into a casting for the search for his vicean election in which he ruled out the only rival still standing: the former ambassador to the UN in his administration, Nikki Haley.
One that today Biden winks at him to try to capture his voters, and shorten the gap that all the polls show in favor of the tycoon. Of course, Trump has weaknesses. Numerous cases in court that indicate his intervention in an attempt to obstruct the assumption of his successor, in addition to others that investigate him for the possession of classified documents in his private home. But there other stains appear in the mirror for the current president, also punctuated by the sexual and influence peddling scandals of his son Hunter, when Biden was Barack Obama’s vice president.
The trial against Trump for classified documents found in his Florida home has a start date of May 20, 2024, six months before the November presidential election. And it is not ruled out that a conviction may occur, which is why Republicans loyal to the former president have been agitating for a long time. the flag of proscription.
Biden’s team understands that a conviction by his rival will almost certainly alienate the independent and undecided voters who often decide elections, and that could work in the president’s favor. But the current administration has other problems, war spending in Ukraine and now in Israel, combined with an economy that is not what was expected despite the indices that show growth. AND Biden’s health is a recurring topic on the political agenda.
In fact, around 60% of Americans question Biden’s mental capacity to serve as president (and the same goes for Trump). A poll finds that a growing percentage of voters doubt that the 81-year-old president has the memory and acumen for the job. The study, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, marks an increase from January 2022, when about half of respondents expressed similar concerns.
For many voters, this year’s election seems like a forced revival between two men who are well beyond standard retirement age. And the next president will likely have to manage enormous global conflicts (trade and war), in addition to addressing domestic emergencies and working with a dysfunctional Congress. There Trump has an advantage: only 38% of Americans approve of how Biden is handling his job as president, while 61% disapprove.
Voters are dissatisfied with Biden’s handling of immigration (29%), the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (31%) and the economy (34%). Nearly 6 in 10 (57%) Americans think the national economy is somewhat or much worse than the one they inherited from Trump: Only 3 in 10 say they are better off under his leadership.
About a third of Democrats said they have no confidence in Biden’s mental abilities in the new poll, up from 14% in January 2022. And overall, Republicans are more comfortable with Trump’s mental abilities than Democrats. with those of Biden: 59% of Republicans are extremely or very sure that Trump has the capacity to be president. And 9 in 10 Republicans say that Biden lacks the mental capacity to serve as president, endorsing the speech of the former president, who will surely once again hammer the nickname “sleepy joe” in the presidential campaign.
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