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Sotomayor Gets Bounce in the Polls
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As her week of Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings draw to an end, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has received a bounce in the polls.

Rasmussen Reports national telephone polling conducted Wednesday and Thursday night shows that 44% favor Sotomayor's confirmation while 37% are opposed. That’s a big bounce from yesterday when just 37% favored her confirmation.

Tracking data has been reported all week on a two-day rolling average basis. Looking back on the individual nights of polling, Monday was a good night for Sotomayor following the opening day of the hearings. Polling on Tuesday was much less favorable for the nominee. The past two nights have been better for her.

Rasmussen Reports will conclude our daily tracking with a final update Saturday morning at 10:30 EDT. Premium Members can get an advance look at the daily numbers in the Daily Briefing from Scott Rasmussen.

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Every night this week found nearly that nine-out-of-10 voters expected Sotomayor to be confirmed and 87% hold that view now.

Forty-five percent (45%) hold a favorable opinion of Sotomayor while 46% hold an unfavorable view.

Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters believe Sotomayor, President Obama's first nominee for the Supreme Court, is politically liberal while 31% say she's moderate.

Democrats strongly support her while Republicans are strongly opposed. Those not affiliated with either major party are evenly divided.

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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.