A majority of voters, including half of Democrats, do not think 77-year-old Democrat Joe Biden will serve as president every four years, putting added pressure on who he intends to elect as vice president, and potential successor, according to a new poll.
According to the latest Rasmussen Reports poll, 59% of likely voters believe Biden’s vice president will take over in his first term if elected in November.
And that includes 49% of Democrats, the poll said, and backing from others who have many in the party found that it does not matter who is elected, as long as it is not President Trump.
“Most voters think it is likely that this person will become president in the next four years if Biden is elected in November,” the poll said.
Just over half of voters continue to say they will likely vote against Trump this fall, and a large majority of those voters do not seem to care who runs against him, Rasmussen said.
The survey either did not indicate likely voters or ask what they expect to happen that a president would support Biden from his office, and elect his president-elect. However, there have been other studies, which suggest that some voters believe the former vice president has cognitive problems.
Questions about Biden have put a special focus on his choice for a running mate, which he has limited to women only. Black leaders press Biden to elect an African-American woman.
