Until the end of 2024 The United States will not hold elections again., but the truth is that in the North American country the electoral processes are on everyone’s lips during practically the entire legislature. So much so that Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the next presidential two years before it was held —and he has assured that he would maintain it even if convicted— and the current president, Joe Biden, has done the same with more than a year and a half to go before the elections take place. In a three minute video, Biden has officially announced his candidacy to re-election by November 2024 in order, he says, to “finish the job.”

However, Americans do not seem to be happy that the president and his predecessor are running again in the elections. According to a recently published poll by NBC News, shortly before Biden’s decision was made public, 70% of Americans believed he should not run. To the question ‘Do you think Joe Biden should run for president again?’, 70% (including 51% considered Democrats) think no, while only 26% think that the current president should run for president again. the elections.

The reason: his age. Joe Biden came to the White House at the age of 78 and, on the date the next elections are scheduled, the Democrat will already be 82 years old. Slightly less than half of those who believe that Biden should not be a candidate again in 2024 (48%) maintain that he is too old to do so, while 29% believe that age is not behind their opinion.

One of the respondents, a Democrat from Washington state, assured the network that the figure of the president has to “reflect” the age group national, which is why both Biden and Donald Trump should not run. “It is the turn of others,” she assured. Regarding Trump, 60% of Americans — including a third of Republicans — believe that the American tycoon should not run for re-election.

Of the thousand surveyed by NBC, 60% believe that Trump should not attendcompared to 35% who believe that it should.

41% would vote for Biden in the presidential elections: 47% for Trump

According to this same survey, 41% of respondents would vote for Biden in the next presidential elections, compared to 47% who would do so for the Republican candidate. By parties, 88% of Democrats would support Biden, while only 22% of independents and 3% of Republicans would opt for the current president.

Regarding the approval of the current legislature, data shows that the approval of the president has been falling since his arrival in the White House: in April 2023, 41% of those surveyed approve of his work, compared to 54% who disapprove; the figures two years ago were almost the other way around: 53% approved of Biden’s role in the White House, compared to 39% who disapproved.

“The president’s numbers are not where they should be at this point,” Jeff Horwitt, vice president of the company that runs polls for Democrats, told NBC, pointing squarely at the president’s ongoing struggles with independents. Even so, Biden is still more popular than Trump: 38% of adults have a positive view of the president, compared to 48% who have a negative vision. In the case of the Republican tycoon, the positive rating is 34%, four points below, while the negative is 53%, five points above. “Yes, Joe Biden still has work to do, but still has a less negative perception than Donald Trump.”