Supreme Court

65% Say Miers Confirmation Likely

Survey of 600 Adults

October 11-12, 2005

Should Harriet Miers Be Confirmed?
Yes	32%
No	28%
Not Sure	40%
RasmussenReports.com

How Likely is it that Miers will be Confirmed?
Very Likely	32%
Somewhat Likely	33%
Not Very Likely	16%
Not at All Likely	2%
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October 13, 2005--Americans are evenly divided as to whether or not Harriet Miers should be confirmed to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 65% believe she is likely to be confirmed. Just 18% say that confirmation is not very likely or not at all likely.

Despite vocal opposition from many Republican activists, most Republicans across the county support the President's selection. Fifty-four percent (54%) of the GOP faithful say the President's nominee should be confirmed. Only 17% disagree.

Republicans supported the nomination of Chief Justice John Roberts by a 64% to 11% margin.

Among Democrats. 39% say Miers should not be confirmed while 17% take the opposite view. Those numbers are very similar to the Democrats' view of Roberts.

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Overall, 32% of Americans say Miers should be confirmed while 28% disagree. A plurality, 40%, have no opinion.

That's a lower level of support than the Roberts nomination received. On the eve of his confirmation hearings, 39% thought Roberts should be confirmed while 26% disagreed. Surveys earlier in the process showed slightly more support for Roberts.

Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Americans have a favorable opinion of Miers while 26% have an unfavorable opinion. Men are more likely to have a positive opinion of her than women.

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The telephone survey of 600 Adults was conducted by Rasmussen Reports October 12-13, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. 37% of survey respondents were Republican, 37% Democrat, and 26% unaffiliated (see Methodology)