Although the press has largely overlooked Biden's gaffes, his disastrous performance at a decidedly friendly CNN townhall prompted the Wall Street Journal to editorialize that Biden's "Frequent public confusion about the major issues of the day is a reason for the growing public concern." Even the notoriously partisan "Saturday Night Live" has started to use Biden's mental acuity as a punchline.
One of the show's characters has quipped about how "Insiders are also saying that, during meetings, President Biden repeatedly uses the f-word in conversation. More concerning, the f-word he keeps using is 'forget.'" Biden's critics have long pointed to increased verbal gaffes, along with his advanced age as problems.
The latest I&I/TIPP poll shows that, despite this, the perception of Biden's cognitive descent has become widespread. The poll tried to gauge the public's perceptions of Biden on several measures, including mental abilities, by asking a random sampling of adults to "Indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with the following descriptions of President Joe Biden." Among the choices given were "Mentally sharp," "Energetic," and "a good communicator." The results are not good for Biden.
Just 42% of those polled say they think the president is "Mentally sharp," and 42% say he's "Energetic." Fewer than half surveyed say Biden is a "Good communicator." The data come from the November I&I/TIPP Poll of 1,306 adults, which was conducted online from Oct. 27-29 by TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, I&I's polling partner.
Among independents, for example, only 34% say Biden is mentally sharp, while 58% say he isn't.
That's worse than among men, 45% of whom say Biden is sharp vs. 50% who say he isn't.
Biden fares even worse among married women, only 36% of whom think he is mentally sharp compared with 58% who say he isn't.
https://issuesinsights.com/2021/11/01/ii-tipp-poll-just-42-now-think-biden-is-mentally-sharp/
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