Biden’s age at forefront of voter concerns in Pennsylvania

ABC News’ Martha Raddatz speaks with voters in Pennsylvania on Biden’s reelection bid on “This Week.”
4:59 | 04/30/23

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US SENATOR COONS. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. >>> LET'S TURN BACK TO THOSE >>> LET'S TURN BACK TO THOSE POLLS FOR A MOMENT. POLLS FOR A MOMENT. WHILE LEADERS ARE RALLYING WHILE LEADERS ARE RALLYING BEHIND THE PRESIDENT, THERE IS BEHIND THE PRESIDENT, THERE IS A TREND. A TREND. WE WENT TO PENNSYLVANIA TO WE WENT TO PENNSYLVANIA TO FIND OUT VOTERS IN THE STATE FIND OUT VOTERS IN THE STATE THAT HELPED DELIVER BIDEN THE THAT HELPED DELIVER BIDEN THE PRESIDENCY THINK ABOUT HIM PRESIDENCY THINK ABOUT HIM NOW. NOW. >> Reporter: FROM A >> Reporter: FROM A PENNSYLVANIA STATE CAPITAL IN PENNSYLVANIA STATE CAPITAL IN HARRISBURG TO HISTORIC SUBURBS HARRISBURG TO HISTORIC SUBURBS IN PHILADELPHIA. IN PHILADELPHIA. DEMOCRATS ARE DIVIDED ON DEMOCRATS ARE DIVIDED ON WHETHER OR NOT PRESIDENT BIDEN WHETHER OR NOT PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD BE RUNNING AGAIN. SHOULD BE RUNNING AGAIN. >> YOU VOTED FOR BIDEN. >> YOU VOTED FOR BIDEN. HE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, WHAT HE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? WAS YOUR REACTION? >> REGRET, DISAPPOINTMENT, >> REGRET, DISAPPOINTMENT, FRUSTRATION. FRUSTRATION. FRUSTRATION WAS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WAS EXPRESSED AGAIN AND AGAIN BY YOUNG AGAIN AND AGAIN BY YOUNG VOTERS WE TALKED TO. VOTERS WE TALKED TO. >> I THINK I WOULD GO FOR >> I THINK I WOULD GO FOR BIDEN BUT I WOULD PREFER A BIDEN BUT I WOULD PREFER A FRESHER CANDIDATE. FRESHER CANDIDATE. >> Reporter: HE ANNOUNCED THIS >> Reporter: HE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, WERE YOU EXCITED? WEEK, WERE YOU EXCITED? >> NOT PARTICULARLY, I AM >> NOT PARTICULARLY, I AM INTERESTED IN PROGRESSIVE INTERESTED IN PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE. CANDIDATE. >> Reporter: THE 20-YEAR-OLD >> Reporter: THE 20-YEAR-OLD COULD NOT POINT TO ANYTHING COULD NOT POINT TO ANYTHING THAT WOULD WANT TO VOTE FOR THAT WOULD WANT TO VOTE FOR BIDEN AGAIN EXCEPT -- BIDEN AGAIN EXCEPT -- >> WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT JOE >> WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT JOE BIDEN? BIDEN? >> UM -- UM -- THAT HE'S NOT >> UM -- UM -- THAT HE'S NOT TRUMP. TRUMP. [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] >> Reporter: THE HESITATION >> Reporter: THE HESITATION FOR MANY IS EXACTLY WHAT THE FOR MANY IS EXACTLY WHAT THE POLLS SAY. POLLS SAY. AGE. AGE. >> I WOULD SAY THAT HE'S WAY >> I WOULD SAY THAT HE'S WAY TOO OLD AND VERY UNFIT TO BE TOO OLD AND VERY UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU SAY HE'S >> Reporter: WHEN YOU SAY HE'S TOO OLD, DO YOU WORRY ABOUT TOO OLD, DO YOU WORRY ABOUT HIS HEALTH OR THE IDEAS JUST HIS HEALTH OR THE IDEAS JUST TOO OLD? TOO OLD? >> WE WANT TO SEE NEW IDEAS AS >> WE WANT TO SEE NEW IDEAS AS A YOUNG GENERATION. A YOUNG GENERATION. >> Reporter: DON'T TELL THAT >> Reporter: DON'T TELL THAT TO 32-YEAR-OLD PENNSYLVANIA TO 32-YEAR-OLD PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPRESENTATIVE, MALCOLM STATE REPRESENTATIVE, MALCOLM K. K. >> WE HAVE SEEN THE TYPE OF >> WE HAVE SEEN THE TYPE OF LEADER WHO I THINK NOT ONLY LEADER WHO I THINK NOT ONLY DESERVES FOUR MORE YEARS BUT DESERVES FOUR MORE YEARS BUT FRANKLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, FRANKLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE NEED HIM TO FINISH THE JOB. WE NEED HIM TO FINISH THE JOB. >> Reporter: AS A BIDEN'S >> Reporter: AS A BIDEN'S SIGNATURE GA -- SURROGATE, SIGNATURE GA -- SURROGATE, HE'S WORKING TO RALLY HIM HE'S WORKING TO RALLY HIM AROUND BIDEN'S CANDIDACY. AROUND BIDEN'S CANDIDACY. >> OUR JOB IS TO PUSH BACK >> OUR JOB IS TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS NARRATIVE THAT AGAINST THIS NARRATIVE THAT THERE ARE TWO EQUALLY THERE ARE TWO EQUALLY COMPETENT AND ACCOMPLISHED COMPETENT AND ACCOMPLISHED EXECUTIVES IN TERMS OF THE EXECUTIVES IN TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. >> Reporter: AT THE SENIOR >> Reporter: AT THE SENIOR CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, BIDEN'S AGE IS AN ASSET AND BIDEN'S AGE IS AN ASSET AND NOT A LIABILITY. NOT A LIABILITY. >> DO YOU TALK ABOUT POLITICS >> DO YOU TALK ABOUT POLITICS HERE? HERE? >> WE TALK EVERYTHING HERE. >> WE TALK EVERYTHING HERE. IT IS LIFE. IT IS LIFE. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU TALK >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT POLITICS? ABOUT POLITICS? >> MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL >> MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SECURITY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU THINK OF >> Reporter: WHEN YOU THINK OF YOUR LIVES AND ALL THOSE YOUR LIVES AND ALL THOSE ISSUES, WHO'S YOUR CANDIDATE? ISSUES, WHO'S YOUR CANDIDATE? >> WELL, THAT TO ME IS A >> WELL, THAT TO ME IS A NO-BRAINER, THAT WOULD BE NO-BRAINER, THAT WOULD BE BIDEN. BIDEN. >> Reporter: THE BIDEN >> Reporter: THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SEEMS TO BE ON MORE CAMPAIGN SEEMS TO BE ON MORE SOLID GROUND WITH OLDER VOTERS SOLID GROUND WITH OLDER VOTERS WE SPOKE TO. WE SPOKE TO. A GROUP THAT HELPED PROPEL A GROUP THAT HELPED PROPEL BIDEN TO VICTORY IN 2020. BIDEN TO VICTORY IN 2020. >> Reporter: DO YOU WORRY >> Reporter: DO YOU WORRY ABOUT HIS AGE? ABOUT HIS AGE? >> NO. >> NO. NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. AS LONG AS HE'S GETTING THE AS LONG AS HE'S GETTING THE JOB DONE AND DOING WHAT HE'S JOB DONE AND DOING WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO AND IN THE SUPPOSED TO DO AND IN THE RIGHT STATE OF MIND, THAT'S RIGHT STATE OF MIND, THAT'S WHAT SHOULD BE ACQUIRED. WHAT SHOULD BE ACQUIRED. >> Reporter: IT IS NOT JUST >> Reporter: IT IS NOT JUST THE AGE GAP BIDEN NEEDS TO THE AGE GAP BIDEN NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT, IT IS THE WORRY ABOUT, IT IS THE GEOGRAPHY. GEOGRAPHY. IT WAS NOT THE CITIES THAT IT WAS NOT THE CITIES THAT POWERED BIDEN'S TO VICTORY IN POWERED BIDEN'S TO VICTORY IN 2020. 2020. IT WAS THE SUBURBS THAT MADE IT WAS THE SUBURBS THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE. THE DIFFERENCE. SO, WE WENT TO NORTH HAMPTON SO, WE WENT TO NORTH HAMPTON COUNTY IN THE LEIGH VALLEY COUNTY IN THE LEIGH VALLEY THAT VOTED FOR OBAMA TWICE AND THAT VOTED FOR OBAMA TWICE AND FLIPPED TO TRUMP BEFORE GOING FLIPPED TO TRUMP BEFORE GOING BLUE WITH BIDEN IN 2020. BLUE WITH BIDEN IN 2020. STEVE DAVIS WHO WERE NOT STEVE DAVIS WHO WERE NOT MOTIVATED BY PARTY INSPIRED OR MOTIVATED BY PARTY INSPIRED OR UNINSPIRED BY CANDIDATES. UNINSPIRED BY CANDIDATES. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT BIDEN, YOU >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT BIDEN, YOU VOTED FOR HIM IN 2020, WHAT VOTED FOR HIM IN 2020, WHAT GIVES YOU PAUSE IF YOU ARE GIVES YOU PAUSE IF YOU ARE HAVING SOME SORT OF PAUSE? HAVING SOME SORT OF PAUSE? >> OBVIOUSLY, HIS AGE AND ALSO >> OBVIOUSLY, HIS AGE AND ALSO GETTING THE PARTY TOGETHER TO GETTING THE PARTY TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH SOME THINGS. ACCOMPLISH SOME THINGS. >> Reporter: COMPARISON IS >> Reporter: COMPARISON IS WHAT BIDEN IS BANKING ON. WHAT BIDEN IS BANKING ON. THE VOTERS WILL DISLIKE THE THE VOTERS WILL DISLIKE THE ALTERNATIVES ENOUGH TO GO OUT ALTERNATIVES ENOUGH TO GO OUT AND VOTE FOR HIM. AND VOTE FOR HIM. >> WHAT'S THE SINGLE REASON >> WHAT'S THE SINGLE REASON YOU WOULD VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN? YOU WOULD VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN? >> BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO >> BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR TRUMP. VOTE FOR TRUMP. IT IS THAT EASY. IT IS THAT EASY. >> Reporter: THERE IS ALSO AN >> Reporter: THERE IS ALSO AN ENTHUSIASM GAP, COMMITMENT ENTHUSIASM GAP, COMMITMENT THAT GET PEOPLE TO THE POLLS. THAT GET PEOPLE TO THE POLLS. THAT'S SOMETHING BIDEN HAS TO THAT'S SOMETHING BIDEN HAS TO WORK ON. WORK ON. >> I FEEL SO UNINSPIRED AND >> I FEEL SO UNINSPIRED AND DISCONNECTED OF THE WORK HE'S DISCONNECTED OF THE WORK HE'S BEEN ADVANCING. BEEN ADVANCING. IT IS NOT SOMETHING I AM IT IS NOT SOMETHING I AM EXCITED ABOUT. EXCITED ABOUT. >> Reporter: IN THE END IF >> Reporter: IN THE END IF DONALD TRUMP IS THE NOMINEE DONALD TRUMP IS THE NOMINEE AND JOE BIDEN IS THE NOMINEE, AND JOE BIDEN IS THE NOMINEE, YOU WOULD JUST STAY HOME? YOU WOULD JUST STAY HOME? >> PROBABLY. >> PROBABLY. GET ME OUT OF BED, JOE BIDEN. GET ME OUT OF BED, JOE BIDEN. FRANKLY, IT IS

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