Posted on 05/28/2009 9:24:11 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of voters nationwide believe Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice. That figure includes 59% who believe her confirmation is Very Likely.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just five percent (5%) say her confirmation by the Senate is unlikely.
Forty-five percent (45%) favor confirmation of Sotomayor, who, if approved by the Senate, will be the first Hispanic member of the high court. Twenty-nine percent (29%) oppose her confirmation, and 26% are not sure.
Most Democrats favor confirmation while most Republicans are opposed. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 41% favor confirmation, and 29% are opposed. Hispanic voters favor confirmation by a 66% to 15% margin.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of all voters have a favorable opinion of Sotomayor while 36% hold an unfavorable view. Twenty percent (20%) have a Very Favorable opinion while 17% hold a Very Unfavorable view. Forty-eight percent (48%) hold their views less firmly, and 15% are undecided. Once again, the partisan divide is as expected.
Forty-three percent (43%) believe that Sotomayor is politically liberal while 32% view her as a moderate. A plurality of Democrats view the Supreme Court nominee as politically moderate while most Republicans and a plurality of unaffiliateds view her as politically liberal.
As the Senate considers President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, 45% of the nation’s voters say a nominee's legal competence is more important than concerns about diversity or their position on issues.
Voters are fairly closely divided over the political makeup of the current high court. Thirty-three percent (33%) say the court is too liberal, while 23% believe it’s too conservative. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say the political balance is about right.
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I have no idea how 45% compares historically to previously confirmed Justices, but doesn't that seem very, very low?
Maybe she's not a done deal.
And that percentage would be appreciably lower if all the poll respondents were aware of her racist statements and legal opinions.
As much as anything, this poll is a statement about what people expect from Republicans.
Even their supporters expect them to roll over...
democrats support another racist. What’s the news?
The GOP is so out of it they don't know who to represent.
What is going to be even more sickening....is watching the repubs on the selection committee roll over and play dead.
This is just plain awful....and there is nothing at all we can do about it.
This is a misleading poll.
Without open and public hearings on her RELEVANT background and her views and past associations, its impossible to form a fair opinion of this candidate.
Outside of political junkies like most of the people on this forum, the average American knows only she is a Federal Judge, a woman and an Hispanic.
Its the responsibility of the GOP as the Party of Opposition to question her credentials. WE know the Dems won’t and the Media won’t either unless forced.
45% say she should be confirmed, 29% say she should not.
That's a 61/39% split on those who actually have an opinion.
Thus, in order for the Senate vote to "Look Like America", the Republicans are fully justified to mount a unanimous vote against her.
Otherwise, they are failing to represent America...
Re#2 It does seem low. The 87% “probably will be confirmed” number is due to that meme from al-MSM. As to “whether” she should be, there is a lot of time and room for persuasion. It has been said that the first 48 hours is most important on such appointments and perhaps there was enough “she’s racist” “she’s not real smart” “it’s a political pick” to counter the presstitutes’ “history making” pap. Time will tell.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor seems a little goofy she speaks.
This is the way to show Obama for who he really is!
Success or failure in this particular fight is the PR value, only.
IF we sink this nominee, the “stealth” candidate who takes her place will be just as bad!
The point is to HURT Obama, to HURT Democrats, to damage LIBERALISM!!
Throw them all out (or at least the vast majority) and start over.
“Does La Raza DESERVE a vote on the Supreme Court”??
-— “Maybe the Aztalan court, but NOT the United States Supreme Court!”
Come on, we all know she will be pushed through given the nature of a Democrat dominated House and Senate. As such, I can fully understand the 87% figures, at least most of them.
Bingo at 14.
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