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Poll Shows Americans Are Divided On Support for Alito Confirmation
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 03, 2006 11:15pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Wall Street Journal |
| News Date | Wednesday, January 4, 2006 05:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE
January 4, 2006
Americans lack consensus on whether the Senate should confirm Judge Samuel Alito as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a Harris Interactive poll shows.
Almost equal thirds of all adults believe that Judge Alito should be confirmed (34%), should not be confirmed (31%) or say they aren't sure (34%), according to the poll. A majority of Republicans (65% vs. 9%) favor his confirmation, the polls shows, while a plurality of Democrats (48% vs. 14%) oppose it, and Independents are split (34% for confirmation; 38% against).
However, nearly 70% of those surveyed in the online poll of 1,961 adults would oppose Judge Alito's confirmation if they thought he would vote to make abortion illegal. That percentage rises among Democrats (86%) and Independents (74%), compared with 22% of Republicans. More than half of Republicans polled say they would support his confirmation if they thought he would vote to make abortion illegal, compared with 14% of Democrats. |
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