Poll: Electors Fractured Kavanaugh's Choice

Voters are sharply divided according to President Donald Trump's party line Brett Kavanaugh, according to a new poll POLITICO / Morning Consult.

Nearly three-quarters of Republicans – 71% – say the Senate should confirm Kavanaugh On the other side of the aisle, only 17% of Democrats think legislators should The poll, conducted from 13 as of July 14, was conducted among 1.991 registered voters

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Americans are more divided on Kavanaugh than any other Supreme Court choice in the Recent history, Fifty percent of Democrats polled said that the Senate should not confirm the federal court of appeal, while only 7 percent of Republicans said the same thing. 659004] One reason for the tension is Kavanaugh's conservative judicial record, and the possibility that he can tilt the balance of the court if he replaces the long-standing vote of Justice Anthony Kennedy. And at 53, he is positioned to sit on the court for a long time.

The sentiment of voters surrounding the historic abortion case Roe v. Wade feeds some of the divisions. But the majority of voters say that Roe v. Wade should be respected.

"There is broad support to support Roe v. Wade despite the polarization of abortion policy," said Tyler Sinclair, chief executive of Morning Consult. "Only 21 percent of voters say the Roe decision should be overturned – including 10 percent of Democrats, 16 percent of Independents and 40 percent of Republicans."

Fifty-nine percent of voters support Roe v Wade, according to the poll. The number of Republicans who believe Roe v Wade should remain the law is 42 percent – slightly larger than the 40 percent of GOP voters who said it should not be confirmed.

As to what should inform legislators' decision-making on the appointment of Kavanaugh, nearly half of Americans said that they wanted their senators to vote according to his qualifications for the job. Thirty-two percent of voters say that lawmakers should instead vote on "their own political and social positions."

But the fight for Kavanaugh's appointment is just beginning. GOP lawmakers say they're aiming to hold a confirmation hearing early in the fall, before the mid-term elections. Senators who oppose Kavanaugh's appointment are digging a parallel and drawing parallels when Sen. Major Mitch McConnell blocked the election of former President Barack Obama, Merrick Garland , because it was a presidential election.

Only 18% of Democrats think the Senate should hold a confirmation hearing before the mid-term elections in November, while 69% of Republicans say the Senate should vote before November.

The poll also polled voters about Trump's performance at the NATO summit in Europe last week. Overall, 38% of voters said their performance was successful, while 36% gave it a negative opinion. Broken by party, two-thirds of Republicans gave a boost to his performance, while only 16% of Democrats said the same thing.

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More details on the survey and its methodology found in these two documents – Toplines: https://bit.ly/2uwoirv | Crossed tables: https://bit.ly/2NkE4g2