President Joe Biden‘s debate performance two weeks ago has only heightened concerns about his mental acuity among the public, according to a new poll.
A Pew Research Center poll released Thursday shows that only 24% of adults would say that “mentally sharp” describes Biden very or fairly well, compared to 58% who would say it describes former President Donald Trump very or fairly well. The figure for Biden continues a drop from a March 2021 peak of 54% believing “mentally sharp” described the president very or fairly well.
Biden has higher ratings for honesty than Trump, 48% to 36%, while adults believe Trump to be mean-spirited at a higher rate than Biden, 64% to 31%.
One trait in which adults believe Biden and Trump are equal is whether they are “embarrassing,” with 63% saying that it describes both men very or fairly well, according to the survey.
When the pollster surveyed registered voters, it found that Trump leads Biden, 50%-47%, head-to-head, in another bruising result for the president.
Since the Atlanta debate between the two men, Biden’s campaign has been marred by poor polling after his disastrous performance only fueled concerns about the president’s age and mental acuity.
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Biden has maintained that he will not step aside from the presidential race and dismissed concerns about his age, mental acuity, and ability to beat Trump in November. Despite the president’s attempts to quiet doubters, the number of Democrats in Congress publicly calling on him to drop out of the race has grown – with the first Democratic senator publicly doing so Wednesday.
The president will hold a rare solo press conference at the NATO summit at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Washington and sit down with NBC News for a televised interview Monday as he continues to attempt to calm concerns with just over a month before the Democratic National Convention.
