Polls conducted days before President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race revealed whether Democrats really want Kamala Harris to become commander in chief.
A poll released Wednesday found that about six in 10 Democrats believe Vice President Harris would fare well if Biden stepped aside and she became president herself.
The survey, which was conducted by the AP-NORC Public Affairs Research Centerdetermined that most Democrats believe the country would be in good hands if Harris occupied the Oval Office.
About 58 percent of Democrats think Harris would make a good president, while 22 percent think she would not and 20 percent “don’t know enough to say.”
This compares to 30 percent of the general public who think Harris would be a good president and a staggering 87 percent of Republicans who said she would NOT be a good president.
This hypothetical situation is now a reality, as Biden has dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Harris to take on former President Donald Trump.
Startling new polls have revealed whether Democrats really want Kamala Harris to become president as Biden’s popularity among the left declines.
In a statement on Sunday, Biden admitted that it was “in the best interest of the country” not to seek re-election for a second term.
Biden, 81, endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to succeed him as the Democratic nominee to face Donald Trump in November, to which she quickly responded by saying she would be the one to “unite” the party.
The president had faced an increasingly frenzied clamor within his own party to step aside after a disastrous debate performance against Trump last month that set off a series of gaffes from which he has been unable to recover.
Biden announced his momentous decision in a one-page letter posted on social media, where he pledged to serve until the end of this term in January.
However, Republicans called on him to resign immediately, arguing that if he is “unfit to run,” then he is “unfit to serve.”
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote in a letter posted to his X account on Sunday.
“And while it has been my intention to seek re-election,” he continued, “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to step down and focus exclusively on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”
Although Biden had been under immediate pressure, the surprise announcement came without warning and many of his own staffers and supporters in Congress appeared to be caught off guard.
“No one knew about it before the tweet was posted,” a Biden campaign worker told DailyMail.com. “Which, to me, is a senseless way to treat the 1,300 people who work for you on the campaign.”
Earlier on Sunday, several Biden allies took to the airwaves to insist the president would not resign and would continue his reelection efforts.
But Biden campaign manager Anita Dunn told staff on a call Sunday that they were not wrong to say Biden would remain in the race and claimed he made the decision at the last minute, sources told ABC News.
Dunn told the campaign it should now focus on “defending and protecting” Harris.
Biden said in his resignation letter that he would speak in more detail about his decision in remarks to the country later this week. He also sent a brief follow-up message pushing for Harris to take over his campaign.
Vice President Harris released a statement appearing to accept Biden’s endorsement as a de facto primary victory and saying she will lead the party to victory in November.
However, just because Biden has endorsed his No. 2 to take her spot doesn’t mean she will automatically get the nomination.
“With this selfless and patriotic act, President Biden is doing what he has done throughout his life of service: putting the American people and our country above all else,” Harris wrote a few hours after Biden ended his campaign.
“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and I intend to win this nomination,” she added before listing her credentials to obtain her boss’s approval.
“Over the past year, I have traveled across the country, speaking to Americans about the clear choice in this momentous election,” he wrote. “And that is what I will continue to do in the days and weeks ahead. I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party – and unite our nation – to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.”
“There are 107 days until the elections. Together we will fight. And together we will win.”
