A large majority (70%) of New York state voters believe that President Joe Biden is not qualified to serve another four years in the White House or did not express an opinion on the subject, according to the latest survey by the Siena College Research Institute (SCRI).
At the same time, 58% thought the same about the controversial former president Donald Trump. Only 7% of voters surveyed consider that both Biden (81) and Trump (77) are fit to be presidentsummarized New York Post.
“New York voters are not enthusiastic about the major parties’ likely presidential candidates.”
Steven Greenberg – Siena College Research Institute (SCRI) Pollster
When dividing the New York respondents according to the party where they are registered, only 48% of Democrats said that Biden is fit to take office. That’s worse than the results of a Siena poll last September, when 62% of voters said the same.
The Biden’s mental fitness It gained even more traction as a serious issue for the 81-year-old president after a report by special prosecutor Robert Hur, issued earlier this month, concluded that the president was an “old man with a bad memory.”
The Siena College poll was conducted Feb. 12-14 among 806 registered voters, days after Hur’s report was released.
According to the query, a significant number (41%) would prefer someone else, while only 28% opted for Biden or Trump. “New York voters are not enthusiastic about the major parties’ likely presidential candidates,” commented Siena pollster Steven Greenberg.
“While 61% of Republicans stay with Trump and 29% want someone else, only 46% of Democrats want Biden, compared to 38% who want another option. “A plurality of white, black and Latino voters want their next president not to be named Biden or Trump,” said the pollster.
At the moment Biden led Trump by 48% to 36% in a head-to-head confrontation for the presidency, and the rest declared themselves undecided. Biden’s lead in New York is disappointing, given the enormous registration advantage that Democrats have over Republicans, the pollster noted.
“It is worth remembering how ‘blue’ it is NY. Democrats have a 27-point registration advantage over Republicans, Biden beat Trump by 23 points in 2020 and No Republican presidential candidate has won this state since Ronald Reagan in 1984, 40 years ago.” Greenberg recalled it’s a statement.
These and other survey results can be found here. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
2024-02-22 14:31:29
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