{"id":15886,"date":"2024-02-22T06:47:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T06:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/poll-shows-bidens-lead-over-trump-shrinking-in-2024-matchup-as-concerns-over-physical-fitness-grow\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T06:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T06:47:31","slug":"poll-shows-bidens-lead-over-trump-shrinking-in-2024-matchup-as-concerns-over-physical-fitness-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/poll-shows-bidens-lead-over-trump-shrinking-in-2024-matchup-as-concerns-over-physical-fitness-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll shows Biden\u2019s lead over Trump shrinking in 2024 matchup as concerns over physical fitness grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Former President Donald Trump is edging President Biden in a hypothetical general election rematch, according to new polling that reveals growing concerns over the president\u2019s physical health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A new Quinnipiac University poll found that Biden currently leads in a hypothetical race against Trump by four points, locking in 49% support of likely voters over 45% who said they would vote for the former president.<\/p>\n<p>The results reflect a slight narrowing in the race, after a Jan. 31 poll found Biden leading Trump by 6 points, 50% to 44%.<\/p>\n<p>Trump remains the frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary, securing support from 80% of Republican-identifying respondents, while only 17% said former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is their preferred GOP nominee. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amid growing concerns over the president\u2019s fitness, a large majority of voters, 67%, said they believe Biden is too old and not physically capable of completing another four-year term as president.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, 57% of voters think Trump is not too old to serve another term as president.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also noted that nearly twice as many voters believe Trump to be more physically fit than Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A Biden-Trump split decision on physical and emotional fitness leaves both looking vulnerable,\u2019 Tim Malloy, Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst, said in a statement. \u2018Yes, Trump wins walking away on the age and stamina question, but voters have more confidence in Biden\u2019s empathy toward them and his emotional stability to handle the job.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Only 40% of voters said they approve of Biden\u2019s handling of the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The polling results come just weeks after Special Counsel Robert Hur released his report on Biden\u2019s handling of classified documents and described the president as \u2018a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump is edging President Biden in a hypothetical general election rematch, according to new polling that reveals growing concerns over the president\u2019s physical health. A new Quinnipiac University poll found that Biden currently leads in a hypothetical race against Trump by four points, locking in 49% support of likely voters over 45% <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}