Voters Question Biden's Mental Fitness For Second Term

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll shows more than six in 10 Americans are concerned about President Biden's mental fitness, but his approval rating has increased four points from last month's survey. The poll also explored attitudes toward the debt ceiling, and to issues surrounding gun control. We dig into the numbers, and make sense of them.

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0:46.0	And President Biden's approval rating is up, according to the latest NPR-PBS NewsHour Maris Pol.
0:52.0	But a majority of Americans say they're worried about his mental fitness.
0:56.0	Biden, of course, is the oldest person to hold the office.
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