48% of voters think Biden might not be Democratic nominee in 2024: poll

Almost half of U.S. voters think there is a chance that President Joe Biden will not be the eventual Democratic Party nominee in 2024, a recent survey has revealed.

Twenty percent of respondents in a recent Monmouth University survey said it was "very" likely Biden would be replaced while a further 28% said it was at least "somewhat" likely that occurred. Ten percent said it was "very" likely former President Donald Trump would be replaced while 22% saw that prospect as "somewhat" likely.

A mere 32% expressed confidence in Biden's mental and physical stamina, while 51% said the same of Trump.

Biden's mental acuity has come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of a report from special counsel Robert Hur that highlighted the president's apparent memory lapses during his interview over his handling of classified materials. Hur further expressed concerns that his age and memory would present difficulties in convincing a jury to convict the president should he bring charges, which he opted against.

It "would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him — by then a former president well into his eighties — of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness," Hur said. "Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

Conducted Feb. 8-12, the survey questioned 822 registered voters and has a margin of error of +/- 4.3%.

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