Based on a current Reuters/Ipsos ballot, President Biden’s reelection marketing campaign is dealing with rising issues from voters relating to his age, the economic system, and crime. These issues might probably profit former President Trump, who’s presently the Republican frontrunner and should pose a robust problem in a possible rematch. The ballot revealed that Biden, 80, and Trump, 77, are statistically tied, with each candidates polling at 39 p.c amongst respondents and one in 5 people remaining undecided. Nonetheless, a majority of voters, 77% for Biden and 56% for Trump, consider that each candidates are too previous to function president. Biden, being the oldest sitting president, can be 86 on the finish of a possible second time period, whereas Trump can be 83.

Though youthful Republican contenders have emphasised the age issue, Trump himself has disregarded these issues. In a current interview with Megyn Kelly, he said that Biden is “not too previous in any respect.” Moreover, issues referring to the economic system might additionally pose challenges for Biden’s marketing campaign. Regardless of the White Home’s argument that the economic system is in a a lot better situation in comparison with three years in the past, roughly 73% of respondents within the ballot said that their financial state of affairs is both the identical or worse than earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, solely 35% of respondents anticipate an enchancment of their financial state of affairs within the subsequent yr.

The Reuters/Ipsos ballot was performed on-line nationwide from September 8 to Thursday. It gathered responses from 4,413 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of roughly 2 proportion factors.