Half or more of most groups of voters think both leading candidates are too old; sizeable minorities single out Biden as too old

"On Inauguration Day 2025, Joe Biden will be 82 years old and Donald Trump will be 78 years old. Do you think Biden is 'too old,' Trump is 'too old,' both are 'too old' or neither is 'too old' to serve a second term as president?"

ALL LIKELY VOTERS
25%
52%
2%
1%
20%
2024 PREFERRED CANDIDATE
Joe Biden
0%
68%
3%
1%
28%
Donald Trump
60%
26%
0%
0%
14%
POLITICAL AFFILIATION
DFL/Democrat
0%
63%
3%
0%
34%
Independent
23%
65%
2%
2%
8%
Republican
56%
26%
0%
0%
19%
GENDER
Male
37%
45%
1%
0%
17%
Female
14%
59%
2%
1%
24%
AGE
18 to 34
23%
52%
2%
0%
23%
35 to 49
19%
62%
1%
1%
17%
50 to 64
28%
45%
2%
0%
25%
65+
30%
48%
2%
2%
19%
RACE & ETHNICITY
White
27%
51%
1%
1%
20%
BIPOC*
15%
57%
3%
2%
24%
EDUCATION
No college degree
32%
47%
2%
1%
20%
College degree
18%
58%
2%
1%
21%
REGION**
Hennepin & Ramsey counties
13%
59%
3%
1%
24%
Rest of metro
27%
50%
1%
1%
21%
Southern MN
33%
47%
1%
0%
19%
Northern MN
34%
48%
1%
1%
16%
*BIPOC=Black, Indigenous and people of color.
**Rest of metro: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Isanti, Scott, Sherburne, Washington and Wright counties. Southern MN includes 43 counties south of the metro and a line extending west from the metro, following the southern border of Stearns, Todd, Otter Tail and Wilken counties. Northern MN includes the remaining 33 counties.
Survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, June 3-5, 2024. N= 800 likely voters. Overall margin of error = ±3.5 percentage points (larger for subgroups).
Chart: APM Research LabSource: MPR | Star Tribune | KARE11 Minnesota PollGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper