Warning Signs For Biden: Post-Debate Polls Show More Voters Worried About Biden’

Warning Signs For Biden: Post-Debate Polls Show More Voters Worried About Biden's Fitness—But Race Still Virtually Tied

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The first polls released after Thursday's presidential debate—characterized by a rocky performance by President Joe Biden—show an increasing number of Americans believe the 81-year-old president is too old and should drop out of the race, though at least two polls found Biden still maintains a narrow edge over former President Donald Trump.
Only one in five respondents in an Ipsos poll of over 2,500 likely voters taken after the debate called Biden's mental fitness "good" or "excellent," a seven-point drop from another Ipsos poll conducted just days before the debate.


Among likely Democratic voters, the drop was even more severe, with 42% saying after the debate they believe Biden is mentally fit, compared to 56% beforehand.

Meanwhile, 15% of respondents in that poll (conducted June 27-28) said Biden is physically fit to be president, compared to 21% who said the same before the debate (conducted June 20-25).


Another 60% of respondents in a Morning Consult poll conducted one day after the debate said Biden should "probably" or "definitely" be replaced with another Democratic candidate in the November election—including 47% of Democratic voters.

Among Morning Consult respondents who watched the debate, 78% said Biden is too old, an increase from a Morning Consult poll released just days before the debate, when 64% of all voters said the same (45% of voters said Trump is too old after the debate, a slight increase from the 42% who said the same before the debate).

Only 35% of respondents in Morning Consult's post-debate poll said Biden is mentally fit, another drop from just days before the debate, when 43% of respondents called him mentally fit—while Trump's mental fitness numbers rose from 47% to 54%.

A YouGov poll conducted Thursday night and Friday also found 30% of Democrats want a new candidate to replace Biden, compared to only 13% of Republicans who said the GOP should nominate a new candidate over Trump.

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