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Toplines - Kagan - June 7-8, 2010

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted June 7-8, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

 

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

 

 

June 7-8, 2010

May 24-25, 2010

May 16-17, 2010

May 10, 2010

Very Closely

31%

37%

39%

39%

Somewhat Closely

42%

34%

42%

38%

Not Very Closely

21%

22%

15%

19%

Not At All

5%

6%

4%

4%

Not Sure

2%

1%

1%

1%

 

2* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?

 

 

June 7-8, 2010

May 24-25, 2010

May 16-17, 2010

May 10, 2010

Very Favorable

13%

15%

15%

18%

Somewhat Favorable

23%

26%

28%

27%

Somewhat Unfavorable

24%

24%

23%

22%

Very Unfavorable

18%

23%

21%

17%

Not Sure

22%

12%

13%

16%

 

3* The U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice?

 

 

June 7-8, 2010

May 24-25, 2010

May 16-17, 2010

May 10, 2010

Yes

33%

36%

39%

33%

No

41%

39%

39%

33%

Not Sure

26%

25%

22%

34%

 

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

 

 

June 7-8, 2010

May 24-25, 2010

May 16-17, 2010

May 10, 2010

Very Likely

51%

55%

55%

52%

Somewhat Likely

31%

32%

28%

30%

Not Very Likely

5%

5%

6%

4%

Not At All Likely

1%

0%

1%

1%

Not Sure

12%

8%

10%

12%

 

 

5* In political terms is Elena Kagan liberal, moderate or conservative?

 

 

June 7-8. 2010

May 24-25, 2010

May 16-17, 2010

May 10, 2010

Liberal

44%

48%

47%

43%

Moderate

30%

30%

32%

31%

Conservative

4%

4%

3%

3%

Not Sure

22%

18%

18%

24%

 

 

 

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