More Than 60% of Americans Doubt President Biden's Mental Fitness, Poll Shows

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - More than 60% of the US citizens are not confident in US President Joe Biden's mental capability to serve as the country's leader, a fresh poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research showed on Monday.
The polling data indicated that more than six out of 10 people, or 63%, were "not very" or "not at all confident" that 81-year-old President Biden is fit to serve effectively as a leader, with 32% of Democrat and 91% of Republican voters agreeing with such statement.
Another 57% of the people said they were "not very" or "not at all confident" in the 77-year-old ex-President Donald Trump's mental capability to lead the country. In total, 28% were "extremely" or "very confident" in Trump's mental capability and 20% in Biden's mental fitness.
President Joe Biden speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One upon departure on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Washington.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 31.12.2023
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Apart from that, the majority of people think that the country's economy and the country itself have become worse during Biden's tenure. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of the respondents — 77% — said the country was going in the wrong direction.
The all-round poll was conducted from February 22-26, via online and phone interviews among 1,102 adults, with the margin of sampling error of around 4.1 percentage points.
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