A new Pew survey has revealed how many Americans support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination:
A full 44% of Americans believe the Senate should confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court while only 18% oppose it and 38% are unsure, making Jackson a less polarizing figure than some other recent nominees, according to a Pew Research Center
published Thursday, just four days before Senate hearings considering Jackson’s nomination are set to begin....
The historical significance of having a Black woman on the Supreme Court was a more divisive issue: Among Republicans, 5% said it would be extremely important, 11% said it would be very important, 24% said it would be somewhat important, 22% said it would be not too important and 37% said it would not be at all important—while, among Democrats, 40% said it would be extremely important, 28% said it would be very important, 21% said it would be somewhat important, 4% said it would be not too...
People who had heard more about Jackson were more likely to favor her for the Supreme Court—67% of people who had heard a lot about Jackson’s nomination supported her confirmation and 53% who had heard a little supported her confirmation, while 11% who had heard nothing at all supported her confirmation.
Typically, more people approve of new Supreme Court nominees than disapprove—41% of Americans supported Kavanaugh’s confirmation while 36% opposed it, 44% supported Neil Gorsuch’s 2017 confirmation while 32% opposed it, 46% supported Merrick Garland’s unsuccessful bid for confirmation in 2016 while 30% opposed it, 33% supported Elena Kagan’s 2010 confirmation while 21% opposed it and 50% supported Sonia Sotomayor’s 2009 confirmation while 25% opposed it,...
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