Ageism as an issue gets a level playing field

 The ABC/Ipsos poll is the first poll that shows Trump's age is also as big of a negative as it is for Biden since the Hur report..  This is despite the MAGA media that keeps hammering at Biden's age alone. and ignores the calcified mindset and misspeaks of Trump.  The blowback began, MAGA. Careful what you think is a good strategy, it already has leveled the playing field.   An Ipsos poll after the Hur report shows Americans think both Trump and Biden are too old for a second term.  ipsos.com/en-us/majority-americans-think-both-biden-and-trump-are-too-old-serve-second-terms

  So Biden missed a step in an interview by special counsel Hur the day after Hamas massacred Israelis. Maybe he didn't chew gum as he walked across the street that day. Per Hur, at least Biden was well-intentioned, if elderly.  At least Biden on most other days has been the most effective in getting his agenda passed in Congress and held foreign enemies like Russia and China at bay since LBJ.   Trump's brain is stuck on top of the golden escalator as he spews hate and fear of others who are not White and Christian and mixes up current leaders for his nemeses Obama or Nancy  Pelosi.  Trump is not well-intentioned,.

Here is another choice:  One, Biden supports the form of government we have had for 250 years and the other wants to rip it up to benefit him if he gets in office again. Biden is wise and experienced and Trump is a wannabe dictator who wants to make America weak again, a real threat to our national security, to enhance his power to himself as a "strong leader".

 However, the real danger to Democrats is what this equivalency does to the independent voters who think the solution lies in casting a vote for some third-party candidate that only helps Trump win unintentionally.  What will be clear by Super Tuesday, if not yet dawning on them, that is dangerous wishful thinking. Reality check: third parties don't have much of a chance to even make an impact enough to win a national election because of the structure of the electoral college.  The electoral college is state by state and all but two depend on the popular vote in their respective states and give the entire take all electoral votes to the winner.  The role that third parties do play is to have enough votes in a  swing state or two to split the support of the two candidates of the major parties and unintentionally swing the election to the candidate they did not support.  Excellent analysis when that happened: https://thehill.com/opinion/4308326-matthews-how-a-third-party-candidate-could-create-political-chaos/

https://www.justsecurity.org/92090/the-real-robert-hur-report-versus-what-you-read-in-the-news/