« Americans United Calls On Pawlenty To Put Political Ambitions Aside, Certify Franken's Win | Home | Disgraced Miranda Repeatedly Calls Republicans 'Limp Wristed' For Not Breaching Ethics In Judicial Matters »
Poll: Majority Favors Confirming Sotomayor
A new Gallup poll finds that 54% of Americans favor the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, compared to only 28% against.
This level of support is just slightly higher than the initial support for Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas -- all of whom were confirmed -- and lagging just slightly behind the initial approval of John Roberts. It is significantly ahead of the initial support for Harriet Miers and Robert Bork, whose nominations were respectively withdrawn or defeated.
Not surprisingly, Democrats favor confirmation by a 76%-6% margin, Republicans oppose it 57%-24%, and independents correspond almost exactly to the top-line numbers at 54%-27%.
Advertisement
Josh
Matt
Eric
Brian
GOPer reaction I've heard:
"Obama doesn't care about the 46% who didn't vote for him."
It was OK when Bush treated a 5-4 SCOTUS vote in 2000 and his 50.1% victory in 2004 like a mandate.
7UP=Uncola
GOP=Undemocratic
June 2, 2009 6:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
While I'm with that 74% of Democrats approving Judge Sotomayor's confirmation, really, what does a general opinion poll of the American public over a SCOTUS nominee mean? Considering a majority of American's can't even identify the three equal branches of the Federal government, this is about as relevant as the general public opinion of Paris Hilton.
June 2, 2009 7:45 PM | Reply | Permalink