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submitted 3 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.

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[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

A Ryker in the post feels like cheating.

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[-] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I guess they're rounding up on a couple of those because 59+40+2=101.

Anyway.. they had younger people running against him and he won. He's their guy and they can all go to hell with him

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Exactly. They are only saying this now because Biden dropped out.

And yes, I am guessing it was a rounding error. There's always a margin of error on these things after all.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well of course most people would want the candidate to be younger. I'm sure even the candidates wish they were younger. (I wouldn't mind being younger myself.) That's not the same thing as preferring to replace the current candidate with a different, young candidate.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Isn't preferring a younger president suggesting you want a younger candidate?

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Sorry, I rephrased my post a bit. What I meant is that there's a difference between saying "it would be better if Trump were younger" and "Trump should be replaced by someone who is younger".

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago
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