Forty-six percent of respondents didn’t have a strong opinion at this time. Bob Tomlinson, 61, of Three Rivers, Michigan, for example, said he wanted more information about the nominee. He’s concerned about Kavanaugh’s opinion on executive authority. In specific, he wants to know whether Kavanaugh believes that authorities can indict a president while he or she is in office.
Twenty-five percent of people support Kavanugh’s nomination, while 29 percent would rather see him voted down.
Martin Stefan, 73, of Carson City, Nevada, supports Kavanaugh. He said, “From what I’ve studied, he’d be a great candidate, No. 1, and the other reason is, I don’t trust the Democrats.”
Anna Horton, age 50, of Fountain, Colorado holds the opposite view. She says she opposes Kavanaugh mostly because Trump nominated him. “I just have a lot of mistrust for this administration,” she said.
The next question was whether the Senate should vote to confirm Kavanaugh as justice before or after the midterm elections. Fifty-one percent of people said the Senate should vote before the election. Forty-eight percent prefer that lawmakers wait until new senators take their posts.
