63% of US voters see Biden, Trump as ‘embarrassing,’ most would replace them: Poll

October 20, 2024

Donald Trump holds a 4 percentage point lead over Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race, according to new Pew Research Center polling released Thursday. The Pew survey found that 63% of voters describe both Biden and Trump as embarrassing. Only about a quarter (24%) of voters said they consider Biden “mentally sharp” — down from 53% in 2021 — while 58% said they would describe Trump that way. “He will never recover from this.”The Pew poll, which was conducted from July 1 to 7, found that 44% of registered voters would vote for Trump if the election were held today. Biden netted 40% of the hypothetical vote, and third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. another 15%.