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Kavanaugh Is the Most Unpopular Court Pick in Decades

The conservative movement’s judicial agenda is extremely unpopular. This is, in part, because the movement recognizes that some of its goals are too politically toxic to advance through the more democratic branches of the federal government, and thus, seeks to implement them through litigation. Congress would have had a difficult time clearing the way for unlimited corporate spending on American elections, or gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965, or legalizing most forms of political bribery, or hobbling public-sector unions — but the Roberts court had no such trouble.

And yet, historically, the unpopularity of conservative jurisprudence has rarely put a dent in the in the public image of conservative judicial nominees. Democratic voters have traditionally followed the lead of their party’s elites, and judged Republican presidents’ Supreme Court picks on the strength of their professional qualifications, rather than their ideological commitments. John Roberts and Samuel Alito are two of the most radically reactionary Supreme Court justices in our nation’s modern history, and yet both enjoyed overwhelming public support when their nominations were brought before the Senate. Even last year, in our hyperpolarized epoch, when Donald Trump announced his intention to put Neil Gorsuch into Merrick Garland’s rightful Supreme Court seat, 49 percent of Americans said that the Senate should confirm him, while just 36 percent said it should not.

All of which makes this new CNN poll remarkable: A plurality of American voters currently want the Senate to reject Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. In the past three decades, no high court nominee has ever attracted plurality opposition in initial polling — and only Robert Bork suffered a lower level of opening support.
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hskerprid said:
where were the polls conducted? Polling 20 -30 year olds on each coast is not a fair representation of the country as a whole. Most liberals are based in larger cities and more polls are conducted in these areas. Just ask Hillary who thought that she had it won.
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Each poll cites its methodology.  If you have doubts, you could read who they polled, and in most cases, you can read the actual questions they asked. 

 
knapplc said:
And because he's now a Justice of the Supreme Court and she's just some no name college prof, they'll have equal protection if some crazy does something crazy. 
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I'm unclear how the level of security protection they will now have is at all relevant. Plus didn't she raise close to a million dollars through the GoFundMe campaign? 

 
The Left and MSM just conducted a 3 week smear campaign against Kavanaugh. Its not surprising his polls would not be as high as predecessors since the Dems have politicized the process. I am sure if the GOP had attempted to smear Kagan or Sotomayor their polls would be low as well.  The bottom line....at this point the polls are meaningless as he is on the Court!!!

 
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