Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) turned 45 years old on Thursday, putting the significant age difference between him and former President Donald Trump, 77, and President Joe Biden, 80, in the spotlight.
But while the public increasingly says it prefers candidates under the age of 75, that doesn't necessarily translate into voter behavior. Additionally, Republicans' concern over age tends to be applied to Democrats rather than GOP candidates.Ipsos Senior Vice President Chris Jackson pointed this out, noting, “Republican concern about the age of elected officials appear to be mostly limited to Democrats.
But this isn't to say Republicans don't care about age, according to pollster Doug Usher. Instead, he said, GOP voters"are holding two things in their head at once: They would prefer to have a candidate that is younger than 77, and they prefer Trump over DeSantis." According to Darmofal, several Republican competitors to Trump, including DeSantis, have looked to contrast themselves with Trump based on his advanced age relative to their own. But"so far these contrasts have not been effective."
"Only 13.2 percent said Trump did not have the physical health to serve effectively and only 14.6 percent said he did not have mental soundness to serve effectively," Director of the Political Management Master's Program Todd Belt said."Therefore, any sort of attack on Trump's age, either directly or by comparison, is likely to fail in the Republican primaries."
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