Morning Consult poll on Amy Coney Barrett

[Polybius]

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Ugh...

As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, new Morning Consult/Politico polling shows support for her confirmation remains sturdy.

Forty-eight percent of registered voters in the Oct. 9-11 survey said the Senate should vote to confirm Barrett as a Supreme Court justice, up 2 percentage points from 46 percent in a poll one week ago, though inside the surveys’ 2-point margins of error. Thirty-one percent of voters said the Senate should vote down Barrett’s nomination, unchanged from the previous polling.

The level of support for Barrett’s nomination, an increase of 11 points since President Donald Trump announced her nomination on Sept. 26, also compares favorably with public sentiment toward Justice Brett Kavanaugh prior to the first day of his confirmation hearings in September 2018. At that time, 37 percent of voters said the Senate should vote to confirm Kavanaugh to the court, compared with 29 percent who said it should vote to deny his nomination.

At this point in the process, a larger share of Republicans and Democrats are voicing support for Barrett’s nomination than they did for Kavanaugh’s: 77 percent of GOP voters and 27 percent of Democratic voters said Barrett should be confirmed, compared to 67 percent and 15 percent, respectively, who said the same of Kavanaugh ahead of his hearings.

https://morningconsult.com/2020/10/14/supreme-court-barrett-confirmation-polling/

[redstateblues]

1. That's a sobering poll

[Silent3]

2. For some reason a lot of Democratic voters are, sadly, clueless about the importance of the courts

Either that, or just don't grasp how much difference there can be between judges.

It's stunning to me that after all of this evasion on Barrett's part approval for her confirmation has somehow actually increased among Democrats!

What the f*ck is going on in these people's heads? Some sort of naive belief in judicial impartiality and integrity, as if it's a given?

[Polybius]

4. I think it's due to the fact that nearly every nominee has support from the public

In the past 35 years, Bork was the only one without a scandal where most people opposed his nomination. Kavanaugh had widespread opposition too, but only after it came out that he was accused of being a sexual assaulter. Before that, he had widespread approval.

[IvanMascervesa]

3. Barret replies to tough questions by Democrats

Am I the only one who thinks she sounds like Spongebob?

[regnaD kciN]

5. So, to be clear...

1) A large majority of Americans are against Trump being able to fill the SCOTUS vacancy.

2) A slightly-smaller (but only slightly) majority of Americans are in favor of confirming his nominee regardless.

3) A large majority of Americans are against increasing the size of the SCOTUS.

What this tells me is, simply, that the SCOTUS is of peripheral interest to Americans, and probably will always be except for when they issue a decision the respondent strongly disagrees with. By and large, they just see it as an institution for which the powers that be will do what they want, and there's not much reason for the average American to pay attention. So, I think we can safely regard the opposition to expanding the Court in the same light, and not shy away from it as some sort of key issue for most people.

[ananda]

6. Seriously?

That is SO fucking depressing!!!!

[bdamomma]

7. sickening

that is all the pro-lifers supporting her. Handmaids Tale

[BootinUp]

8. I wouldn't expect polls to be affected by the hearings

This quickly. Give it a few more days.