Most voters say Biden and Trump are ‘embarrassing’; Biden viewed as more honest, Trump more ‘mentally sharp’ | Pew Research Center

July 10, 2024

2. Biden’s and Trump’s personal qualities and handling of issues

Most voters say Biden and Trump are ‘embarrassing’; Biden viewed as more honest, Trump more ‘mentally sharp’

Most voters say Biden and Trump are ‘embarrassing’; Biden viewed as more honest, Trump more ‘mentally sharp’

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2. Biden’s and Trump’s personal qualities and handling of issues
Voters give Trump an edge on issues, Biden an edge on personal conduct
Trump’s backers are more likely than Biden’s to say they agree with their candidate on issues; Biden’s are more likely to like their candidate’s conduct
Most voters say Biden and Trump are ‘embarrassing’; Biden viewed as more honest, Trump more ‘mentally sharp’
Voters generally view the candidate they support in positive terms, but a third or more of both candidate’s supporters say ‘embarrassing’ describes their candidate
Far fewer voters see Biden as mentally sharp than in 2020, while the share saying this about Trump has increased; Biden continues to hold edge on honesty
Voters have greater confidence in Trump on immigration, the economy, foreign policy; Biden has slight edge on abortion policy
Trump supporters are more likely than Biden supporters to be very confident in their candidate’s handling of immigration, the economy and foreign policy; more Biden than Trump supporters are highly confident in their candidate on abortion policy
Confidence in Biden on economy, foreign policy, Supreme Court is down from 2020 election