After a blistering confirmation
battle, Justice Brett Kavanaugh will take his seat for oral arguments on
the U.S. Supreme Court with a skeptical public, a majority of which
opposed his nomination.
However, Democrats may not be able to
exploit this fact in the upcoming elections as much as they hope,
because the independent voters overwhelmingly disapprove of their own
handling of the nomination by a 28-point margin, a new CNN/SSRS poll
finds.
Overall, just
41 percent of those
polled said they wanted to see Kavanaugh confirmed, compared to 51
percent who said they opposed his confirmation.
In previous CNN polls dating back to Robert Bork in 1987, no nominee has been more deeply underwater.
What’s interesting, however, is even
though Democrats on the surface would seem to have public opinion on
their side, just 36 percent approved of how they handled the nomination,
compared to 56 percent who disapproved. (Republicans were at 55 percent
disapproval and 35 percent approval).
A further breakdown finds that 58
percent of independents disapproved of the way the Democrats handled the
nomination — compared to 30 percent who approved. (Independents also
disapproved of Republicans handling of the matter, but by a narrower 53
percent to 32 percent margin).
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