Opposition to holding confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett seems to be easing, even though a slight majority of Americans still say the nomination should be left to the winner of the upcoming presidential election, a new Washington Post-ABC poll released Monday shows.
According to the national poll, conducted among 1,014 adults, including 879 registered voters, 52% say filling the seat of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should be up to the election's winner, while 44% said the Senate should hold the hearings now and vote on the nomination.
The poll was conducted from Oct. 6-9 and carries a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
The argument on Barrett's confirmation was deeply divided among party lines:
- 77% of Republicans say the hearings should proceed.
- 83% of Democrats say they should wait.
- 51% of independent voters say the hearings should wait.
- 55% of women said the November winner should make the nomination.
Meanwhile, a majority of voters still say the Supreme Court should uphold the 1973 landmark abortion case of Roe vs. Wade, after concerns surfaced on Barrett's opinion on the matter:
- 62% say the Supreme Court should uphold the decision.
- 24% say it should be overturned.
- 14% have no opinion.
- 81% of Democrats call for the decision to be upheld.
- 63% of independent voters say to uphold it.
- 40% of Republicans say to uphold the decision.
- 44% say the decision should be overturned.
- 62% of white Catholics say Roe should be upheld.
- 44% of white evangelical Protestants say to overturn the ruling.
- 73% of white non-evangelical Protestants say to uphold it.
- 75% of non-affiliated people say to uphold Roe.
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