National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted July 15-16, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed news stories about President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court?

47% Very closely

33% Somewhat closely

13% Not very closely

5% Not at all

1% Not sure

2* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Sonia Sotomayor?

20% Very favorable

25% Somewhat favorable

21% Somewhat unfavorable

25% Very unfavorable

9% Not sure

3* The United States Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the United States confirm Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court Justice?

44% Yes

37% No

19% Not sure

4* Regardless of whether or not you believe she should be confirmed, how likely is it that Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice?

69% Very likely

18% Somewhat likely

2% Not very likely

1% Not at all likely

10% Not sure

5* In political terms is Sonia Sotomayor liberal, moderate or conservative?

49% Liberal

31% Moderate

6% Conservative

14% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence