ANALYSIS — Blinded by positive polling numbers, recent election results and tradition, both parties are willingly lining up behind weak presidential nominees.
Democrats are poised to renominate President Joe Biden despite questions about his age and how he’s performed in office.
At 81 years old, Biden is still the oldest president in this country’s history. When asked specifically about his age, 76 percent of voters said they were concerned about Biden’s “ability to serve another full term as president if re-elected,” according to a late August CNN poll. When asked their biggest concern about Biden in an open-ended question in the same survey, 63 percent offered his age, mental competence or health.
