President Joe Biden Would Move America Far to the Left

If you have decided that another four years of Donald Trump would be intolerable, and the prospect of four more years of the dysfunctional Trump circus in the White House fills you with dread, fine. But approach the prospects of a Joe Biden presidency with clear eyes and no illusions. Electing Biden would move the country pretty dramatically to the left in all but the most optimistic scenarios.

The first question is how much of a Joe Biden presidency we get. The former vice president turns 78 shortly after the election. Hopefully, he lives to be 100 and is capable of handling the duties of the presidency every day that he is in office. But there is no way to get around the concerns about Biden’s age and health. Biden’s campaign schedule is particularly light, even accounting for his lead and the complications of the coronavirus pandemic. A recent poll of swing-state voters found 52 percent think Biden is not mentally fit to be president. The same poll of the same sample found Biden led Trump 49 percent to 45 percent — meaning some voters think he is mentally unfit and intend to vote for him anyway. A vote for Biden may well turn out to be a vote for Kamala Harris to assume the office of the presidency sometime in the next four years.

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Jim Geraghty

Jim Geraghty is the senior political correspondent of National Review.

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If you have decided that another four years of Donald Trump would be intolerable, and the prospect of four more years of the dysfunctional Trump circus in the White House fills you with dread, fine. But approach the prospects of a Joe Biden presidency with clear eyes and no illusions. Electing Biden would move the country pretty dramatically to the left in all but the most optimistic scenarios.

The first question is how much of a Joe Biden presidency we get. The former vice president turns 78 shortly after the election. Hopefully, he lives to be 100 and is capable of handling the duties of the presidency every day that he is in office. But there is no way to get around the concerns about Biden’s age and health. Biden’s campaign schedule is particularly light, even accounting for his lead and the complications of the coronavirus pandemic. A recent poll of swing-state voters found 52 percent think Biden is not mentally fit to be president. The same poll of the same sample found Biden led Trump 49 percent to 45 percent — meaning some voters think he is mentally unfit and intend to vote for him anyway. A vote for Biden may well turn out to be a vote for Kamala Harris to assume the office of the presidency sometime in the next four years.