To take just one example: In Times/Siena polling last fall, more than 70 percent of battleground state voters agreed with the statement that Mr. Biden's just too old to be an effective president. More than 60 percent said they didn't think Mr. Biden had the mental sharpness to be an effective president.
We can't know, for instance, what his approval rating would be if he were 10 or 20 years younger. Maybe it would be nearly as low, because of the border, the Middle East, earlier inflation, lingering resentments and anxieties after the pandemic alongside the corroding effects of partisan polarization.
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