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President Joe Bidenās presidency is not going as smoothly as he probably hoped it would.
This represents an
11-point drop from March, when Pew found 54% of respondents said āmentally sharpā was a fitting descriptor for the president.
On top of the border crisis, cratering approval numbers, infighting among congressional Democrats, incompetent federal health officials bumbling their way through the coronavirus pandemic, and the chaotic, disorderly withdrawal from Afghanistan, thereās also a growing consensus the president is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, according to new
Pew Research Center polling data.
A majority of respondents in Pewās most recent survey (56%) said āmentally sharpā either describes him ānot at all wellā or ānot too well.ā
As if the steep decline in public opinion of the presidentās smarts was not embarrassing enough, it turns out Bidenās mental acuity specifically is where Pew found the sharpest drop in all of his polled personal characteristics.
āPositive evaluations of several of Bidenās personal traits and characteristics have shown similar decreases,ā Pew reports. āCompared with March, fewer adults say Biden cares about people like them, and fewer describe him as standing up for his beliefs, honest, a good role model and mentally sharp.ā
It adds, āBiden receives his least positive assessments for being mentally sharp. Currently, 43% say this describes Biden very or fairly well, an 11-point decline since March.ā
Put more simply, the longer the president is in office, the dumber people think he is. And itās likely not because of any single issue. The White House is the major leagues, as a former vice president, of all people, ought to know. His every move and action is now under scrutiny. He has to think on his feet and respond in real-time to real-life crises. The public can see now how Biden comports himself as the commander in chief. Itās not just a theoretical game anymore. He canāt just promise to do better than the last guy. He is actually expected to deliver, and to deliver competently and efficiently.
So far, the public apparently isn't impressed.
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