Americans are at odds over whether President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed by the Senate, a new survey shows.
While 41 percent believe the Senate should confirm Kavanaugh, 36 percent believe he shouldn’t be confirmed to the highest court, a survey from the Pew Research Center shows.
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The numbers fall largely along party lines. Seventy-three percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents claimed Kavanaugh should be confirmed, while 63 percent of Democrats and “Democratic leaners” believe he should not be.
A plurality of 46 percent responded that they were not concerned about Kavanaugh making the Supreme Court too conservative. However, 31 percent vocalized they were anxious Kavanaugh would make the court too conservative. Only 11 percent were worried he wouldn’t be conservative enough.
Kavanaugh is the second Supreme Court justice President Trump has nominated since taking office. Neil Gorsuch was Trump’s first pick; he was confirmed to the seat vacated by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Kavanaugh will need a simple majority to be confirmed. A total of 50 votes will be needed to confirm Kavanaugh in the event that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., remains in Arizona, where he is battling brain cancer.
The survey was conducted using a sample size of 1,007 adults from July 11 to 15. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
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