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Why do voters focus on President Biden’s age when Trump is just a few years younger?

 
President Biden side-by-side with Former President Trump

President Biden side-by-side with Former President Trump

Last week, a report from the Special Counsel on Biden's age made headlines, painting him as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." At the same time, polls indicate that a majority of voters across the political spectrum think he's too old to run for president again. Yet, even though Biden is less than four years older than Trump, it seems Trump doesn't face the same scrutiny for his age or occasional memory mistakes.

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Nicholas Grossman

Political science professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Senior editor, Arc Digital

 

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