Two-Thirds Of Americans Support Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson
Looks like the various Republican attempts to paint Judge Jackson as an unqualified affirmative action hire didn't stick. A new Marquette poll finds most Americans back her for the Supreme Court. Via msn.com:
The poll was conducted March 14-24, so it captured the widely publicized hearings. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Jackson has 95% support from Democrats, according to the poll, and more than two-thirds of independents. She is far better recognized than any of her would-be colleagues on the court today – not uncommon for someone who has benefited from the spotlight of Senate confirmation hearings. Six in 10 respondents were able to formulate an opinion about Jackson compared with only two in 10 for Breyer.
Marquette pollsters asked half of the respondents for their opinion on Jackson's nomination as "the first Black woman" nominated to sit on the Supreme Court and omitted that detail in the other half of their interviews. The poll found that there wasn't a statistically significant difference based on the wording of the question.