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The Washington Times published a poll of conservative Republicans-I forget the precise polling firm that conducted the survey-which showed that less than 54% of them supported this nomination.

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The Washington Times published a poll of conservative Republicans-I forget the precise polling firm that conducted the survey-which showed that less than 54% of them supported this nomination.

These are the results of the Pew Poll that is linked at the Washington Times website and published Oct 11, 2005:

Opposition to Miers is largely partisan, but she has not drawn enthusiastic support from conservative Republicans. A narrow majority of conservative Republicans (54 percent) favor her nomination.

So, 100% minus 54% equals 46%. But it doesn't equal 46% opposed to Miers:

Digging into the poll, 54% of conservatives support her nomination, 9% did not and 37% were undecided.

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