Nearly two-thirds of Republicans believe McConnell should resign, poll shows

Nearly two-thirds of Republicans believe Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should resign, according to a new poll.

McConnell, 81, returned to the Senate on Monday after a month out of action because he suffered a concussion and a rib fracture from a fall in a Washington, D.C., hotel. Despite his return, however, concerns remain over his health and age, according to an Economist/YouGov poll.

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The poll, taken April 15-18, found that 64% of Republicans believe McConnell should resign, along with an equal percentage of Democrats. Roughly 63% of respondents and 68% of voters agreed.

The poll also found that more ideological conservatives and Trump voters believed McConnell should resign than ideological liberals and Biden voters.

Despite the growing public opinion calling for his resignation, McConnell has so far shown no signs of stepping down.

“I want to thank all my colleagues for their warm wishes shared over the past few weeks,” McConnell said in a Senate floor speech. “Suffice to say this isn’t the first time being hardheaded served me very well,” he quipped with a laugh.

The Senate minority leader has been busy since his return, juggling debates over the debt ceiling limit, blocking Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) proposal to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) temporarily on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and punching back against Democratic concerns over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s recent gift-receiving scandal.

McConnell is one of three prominent senators to have been out of action for an extended period for health problems, with the other two being Feinstein and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who returned the same day as McConnell after a two-monthslong hospital stay for treatment for clinical depression.

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A separate Economist/YouGov poll found that nearly an equivalent percentage of respondents that believed McConnell should resign believe Feinstein should resign. Results for Fetterman were more mixed, with only a majority of Republicans believing he should resign.

The Economist and YouGov polled 1,500 United States residents aged 18 and over, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.