In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.

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    4 months ago

    Isn’t this consistent with when it was Trump/Biden? I seem to remember both sides saying they wanted a younger candidate.

    Or it could be they think Trump is younger than he actually is…

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        4 months ago

        I imagine it’s like those people Jordan Klepper interviews at Trump rallies that go like this:

        Jordan: Do you think a candidate who’s almost 80 is too old?

        Person: Yeah.

        J: …and Trump is 78.

        Person: Yeah.

        J: So he’s too old and someone younger would be better.

        Person: For sure.

        J: So who do you want for president?

        Person: I’m voting Trump.

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      The latter wouldn’t shock me, but I don’t remember anything but the majority of Republicans saying they wanted anyone but Trump. I admit I don’t have the world’s best memory, so feel free anyone to show me wrong here.

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      They definitely have not looked up how old he is, so I’m going with the latter and they thought this was a dig at Biden.