A new poll from Rasmussen Reports found 3 of 5 likely voters believe that if elected, Joe Biden would not finish a four-year term in the White House.
Rasmussen said 59% believe it’s likely that the person Biden chooses to be his running mate “will be president within the next four years if Biden is elected in November.”
That includes 39% who say it’s “very likely.” Only 35% say it’s unlikely.
“Even 49% of Democrats think it’s likely Biden’s vice president will become president in the next four years, although that compares to 73% of Republicans and 57% of voters not affiliated with either major party,” Rasmussen said.
At the same time, 45% believe the vice presidential pick is “important” to their vote. The poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted Aug. 6 and 9, also showed that some people want to vote against President Trump and “don’t seem to care who runs against him.”
It found that 38% of all likely voters, including 20% of Democrats, think Biden “is suffering from some form of dementia.”
Biden routinely scrambles his words and has been cut off by advisers during live interviews. Last week, he told a black interviewer that all blacks essentially think alike. Previously, he told another black interviewer that blacks who don’t vote for him “ain’t black.”
Sixty-one percent say he should address publicly the issue.
In his “Washington Secrets” column in the Washington Examiner, Paul Bedard wrote that the polling puts “added pressure” on Biden’s choice of a running mate.
“The survey did not indicate or ask likely voters what they expect to happen that would push a President Biden from office, elevating his vice presidential pick. There have been other surveys, however, suggesting that some voters believe the former vice president has cognitive issues,” he wrote.
