Phone banks and pickleball: How the Biden campaign plans to court older voters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : While Trump won voters 65 and older in the 2016 election by 7 percentage points, Biden narrowed that gap to 5 points in 2020.
56% : "Biden was endorsed this year by the Alliance for Retired Americans, which is holding weekly senior-to-senior phone banks and planning other events across battleground states.Richard Fiesta, the organization's executive director, said it also hopes to amplify another major Biden initiative this fall, when the administration plans to announce lower prices for 10 prescription drugs negotiated through Medicare, a key plank of the Inflation Reduction Act.
49% : "On the other side of it, despite the fact that I believe he has delivered even more than people might have expected on the priorities of younger people -- climate, gun violence, student loan debt -- few have been able to see the tangible benefit of that," Della Volpe said.
47% : John Della Volpe, who has been doing intensive research on young voters, said older voters have embraced Biden's policies, such as lowering the cost of prescription drugs, whereas younger voters don't feel similar benefits from them.
27% : Both candidates are seniors themselves -- Biden at 81 years old and Trump set to turn 78 on Friday.
27% : Biden, in his State of the Union address and in most stops since then, has criticized Republicans over proposals to scale back retirement programs, such as Social Security and Medicare.
27% : "The stakes in this election couldn't be higher for seniors: A second Trump presidency promises to all but reverse the progress we've made and instead increase everyday costs for seniors so Trump can appease his billionaire friends," said Mia Ehrenberg, a Biden campaign spokesperson.

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