Senator Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year old Democrat from California, has faced increasing pressure to resign from the U.S. Senate. Feinstein has been absent from the Capitol building for months as she recovers from shingles, and Democrats have been unable to get needed Republican agreement to temporarily replace her on the Judiciary panel.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) — including 64% of Democrats – say that Feinstein should resign, when they are told that she has been absent from Congress for over a month for medical reasons. The calls for her to retire do not appear to be motivated by dislike for her, or a partisan desire to drive the powerful Democrat out of Congress. While people who have a strongly or somewhat unfavorable view of Feinstein overwhelmingly think she should resign (78%), most people (64%) who have a strongly or somewhat favorable opinion of her agree she should resign.