Poll: Most Democrats think Kamala Harris would make a good president

As President Joe Biden faced a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, a majority of Democrats think his vice president would make a good president herself.

A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about six in 10 Democrats believe Kamala Harris would do a good job in the top slot. About two in 10 Democrats don’t believe she would, and another two in 10 say they don’t know enough to say.

Since Biden’s debate debacle on June 27, many Democrats had privately and even openly looked to Harris to step in and succeed Biden as the party’s presidential nominee, believing she has a better chance against GOP nominee Donald Trump. For her part, Harris had remained completely loyal to Biden, being one of his toughest defenders in the aftermath of the disastrous debate performance.