Who cares what a poll says about Dianne Feinstein?

To the editor: You’ve gotten chosen to emphasise the destructive in your article a few survey of voters on Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). In actual fact, 58% of registered voters polled have been in favor of or undecided about Feinstein persevering with to serve. Solely 42% known as for resignation, amongst whom greater than half have been succession-minded Democrats.

Feinstein was duly reelected in 2018 for one more six-year time period and is a key Democratic vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Within the final yr Feinstein was widowed and has been ailing. She is now again in Washington and has introduced plans to retire from public service on the finish of her time period.

Distinction your story with the ABC Information/Washington Submit ballot in early Could on 80-year-old President Biden, who just lately introduced he’s working for a second time period. That survey centered on Biden’s approval score — right down to 36% — with even most Democrats saying he mustn’t run once more.

Frances O’Neill Zimmerman, La Jolla

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To the editor: Disgrace on you. Feinstein’s well being is a severe matter as is the query of her skill to carry out the features of her workplace. However ought to a survey of people that have solely rumour or third-hand data of those issues be the lead front-page article?

You might be basically supporting info coloured by gossip and supposition in addition to by some reality. A survey is of restricted worth and doesn’t deserve the load you gave it.

How about balancing it with among the sort of honor you heaped on Tina Turner, your different lead article on Could 25? She earned it, however so has Feinstein.

And neither of these ought to be front-page leads, with the quantity of essential information taking place that you simply put in much less highlighted locations.

Elizabeth Patterson, Pasadena

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To the editor: Feinstein ought to stay in workplace so long as she will vote to approve Biden’s judicial selections and assist her caucus’ votes when wanted. An excessive amount of decision-making happens in federal courtrooms in the present day, and her vote is valuable to guard our democracy.

Permitting voters to find out her successor from amongst three certified and ready members of Congress looking for to switch her is barely truthful.

Joel Goodman, Rancho Mirage