Consider This from NPR   /     How Important Are Biden And Trump's Ages? We Asked Older Voters.

Summary

The president would be 86 at the end of a second term, and Trump isn't far behind. How do older voters think about age in politics?

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The president would be 86 at the end of a second term, and Trump isn't far behind. How do older voters think about age in politics?
Duration
728
Publishing date
2023-09-24 17:00
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https://www.npr.org/2023/09/24/1198908180/consider-this-from-npr-draft-09-24-2023
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As president Joe Biden's campaign for a second term gets underway, a slew of recent polls show that voters have concerns about his age. At the end of a second term, he would be 86 years old. The Republican frontrunner, former president Donald Trump, is just a few years younger.

We wanted to check in with some voters who have first-hand experience with aging: seniors. So we headed to Pittsburgh and the surrounding suburbs, a pivotal region in a pivotal state in the 2024 race, and spoke with older voters how they're thinking about age in this election.

Email us at considerthis@npr.org.