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Honestly, I doubt very much that Harris could gain any advantage from Biden resigning. She’d have less than 5 months to do what Biden has had 3.5 years to do and couldn’t without the advantage of having nominal control of congress.
The only real chance I see is if Biden withdraws his candidacy, and proceeds to continue campaigning for whoever gets the nomination.
If nothing else, she could use those five months to demonstrate that the sky won't fall in just because a black/Asian woman is president.
The bigots that won’t vote for her because of that, aren’t likely voting democrat anyhow, and even if there are some… they’re not going to be convinced by five months. Especially considering how little normally gets done while everyone is off campaigning.
It would just take more time away from Harris being able to campaign.
Which the biggest problem she faces is not having enough time in front of mics and cameras; she’s done some advocacy things but none of it has made it into the national media cycle.
That's another benefit or incumbency. If Biden resigns and Harris becomes president, she'll definitely have some mics and cameras on her.