Biden's Debate Fallout: Age and Leadership Concerns

President Biden's debate performance negatively impacted public perception and raised concerns about his age and ability to lead.

### Post-Debate Poll Shows Biden Losing Ground to Trump Amid Concerns About Age and Performance
* 🔥  President Biden's poor performance in the first debate has led to a **wider lead for former President Trump** in the Wall Street Journal poll, with Biden **falling behind by six points**.
* 🧓  80% of voters now believe that the 81-year-old Biden is **too old to run for re-election**, compared to 73% in February, indicating a **growing concern among the public about his age**.
* 🎭  Despite Trump expanding his lead, voters still have concerns about him, with only **6% of respondents in the poll who watched or heard about the debate thinking that Biden exceeded their expectations**, compared to **46% for Trump**.
* ❓  When asked which was a bigger concern, voters were about equally split, highlighting the **challenges faced by both candidates**.
* 📉  Many Democratic voters and strategists have long viewed Biden's age as his **biggest vulnerability**, and the post-debate poll results suggest that his perceived weakness has been **further exacerbated**.
* 💬  The Biden campaign and White House aides have been adamant that he will not drop out of the race, with the "**theory of the case**" being that as the election day approaches, the choice between Trump's and Biden's policies will become more critical than their personalities or presentation.
* 🔮  However, a significant number of Democrats have expressed disagreement with this theory in the wake of the debate, with about **two-thirds of Democrats wanting to replace Biden on the ballot**, more than the number of Republicans who want to replace Trump.

After a disastrous performance in the first debate, more border patrol and more asylum officers. President Trump, I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don't think he knows what he said either. President Biden has fallen behind former President Donald Trump by six points. That's the widest lead in Wall Street Journal polling since 2021. Both parties were looking to this debate as a way to jolt voters, and Joe Biden came out on the wrong side of that as the White House and Biden campaign scramble to contain the fallout. Here are the major takeaways from the Wall Street Journal's post-debate poll. It was a performance that was very uneven, and importantly, it was pretty uneven right from the start. He had difficulty finishing his sentence occasionally. If we finally beat Medicare post-debate, confidence in Biden's ability to lead fell. 80% of voters say the 81-year-old is too old to run for re-election compared to 73%.

voters in February. Many democratic voters in polls and strategists have said for a while  that Joe Biden's biggest vulnerability in election was how his age was perceived by the  public. So the fact that our poll found that more voters think he's too old to be president after the  debate than before the debate shows that he was really weakened by it. And Democrats are especially worried while voters have said they don't like either candidate. About two thirds of Democrats want to replace Biden on the ballot more than the number of  Republicans who want to replace Trump. What our poll found is that you could draw a straight line from that debate performance by Joe Biden  to how the public is viewing him today. Because only 6% of people in our poll who said that they watched the debate or heard  about it, thought that Joe Biden exceeded their expectations. That number was 46% for Trump, even though Trump expanded his lead, voters still have concerns about him too.

We're going to make this country successful again because right now it's a failing nation. My retribution is going to be a success. While a lot of the attention will be on Biden when we asked voters, which was a bigger concern, Trump's behavior or Biden's age. Voters were about equally split on which was a bigger concern. Biden and White House aides have been insistent that he will not drop out of the race but they have a lot of Democrats to win over. After the debate, the Biden campaign and Joe Biden himself have acknowledged that it was a bad night for them. But their theory of the case of why they should stay in the race and their theory of the case of how Joe Biden can rebound is that the closer we get to election day, the more stark the choice will be between the policies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden, not simply their personalities or how they present. And so that's the theory of the case. A lot of Democrats have been saying in the last couple of days that they disagree with that and they would like to pick a different

candidate, and we're just going to have to see how it plays out.

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President Biden's Declining Popularity After Debate

President Biden's lead over former President Trump has dropped by six points, marking his widest lead since 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal's post-debate poll.

The poll also indicates that 80% of voters now believe Biden is too old for re-election, showing a significant decline in confidence in his leadership abilities.

Additionally, the debate performance has raised concerns among Democrats, with a majority expressing a desire to replace Biden on the ballot, highlighting the impact of the debate on public perception of the President.

Biden's Campaign Challenges and Theories of Rebound

Voters are divided on whether Trump's behavior or Biden's age is a bigger concern, while the Biden campaign acknowledges a rough debate night.

Despite Democratic disapproval, the campaign's theory is to focus on the policy contrast between Trump and Biden to win over voters.

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