Should Biden Resign And Make Kamala Harris The First Woman President? I&I/TIPP Poll

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“There’s a sense that we tried to jam Vice President Harris down voters’ throats instead of hold an open primary,” one official said. “This certainly wouldn’t make that feeling go away.”

"Both before the November 5 presidential election and after, there’s been plenty of talk about President Joe Biden stepping down and making Vice President Kamala Harris America’s first female president. Despite ardent backing from Democratic Party stalwarts, the idea isn’t a popular one, as the latest I&I/TIPP poll indicates.

"Some Democrat activists, humbled by the Electoral College drubbing they took from former (and soon to be current) President Donald Trump, have pushed hard to have the age-hobbled Biden step down from the office of the presidency so that Kamala can take over and make history — and also, perhaps, to make a big noise that would steal some of Trump’s pre-inauguration thunder.

"To find out who supports the idea, the online national I&I/TIPP Poll asked 1,436 adults the following question:

“Which of the following do you believe is in the best interest of the country?”, followed by these choices: “Biden should finish his term,” “Biden should step down and hand over the presidency to Harris,” “Biden should be removed from office using the 25th amendment,” and “Not sure.”

"The poll, taken from Nov. 7 to Nov. 8, has a margin of error of +/-2.6 percentage points.

"A majority of Americans — 54% — say they do not want Biden to leave office, they want him to finish his term.

"And only 16% say he should voluntarily step down and let Harris become president.

"For the first time since we started asking this question, more than half of all voters want Biden to finish the 10 weeks remaining in his term." . . .

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