Poll: Trump follows Biden in voter views on physical and mental fitness


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56% of respondents said Biden was mentally fit to lead the nation, compared to 44% who said no. For Trump, 45 percent said he was mentally fit to fill the Oval Office, with 55 percent disagreeing.

The poll also found that more voters said Biden, 77, was physically fit to be president compared to Trump, 60 percent to 56, respectively.

The responses were largely divided along the party lines.

Seventy-nine percent of Republican voters, 45 percent of independents, and 17 percent of Democrats said that Trump, 74, was mentally fit for office.

By contrast, 84 percent of Democrats, 52 percent of independents, and 29 percent of Republicans said the same thing about Biden.

Voters over 50 were less likely to give Trump high marks for his mental state.

About 45 percent of respondents 50 and older said Trump was mentally fit for the job. 56% of voters in the same age groups viewed Biden as mentally fit.

The results of the July 7-10 poll come as the Trump campaign raises its questioning of Biden’s cognitive abilities. If elected, Biden would be the oldest first-term president.

The Hill-HarrisX poll was conducted online among 2,841 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.

Gabriela Schulte

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