Monday, July 4, 2016

Supreme Court blockade could be another blow to vulnerable Republican senators

Swing state voters don’t want Donald Trump determining the future of the Supreme Court, a new set of PPP polls finds. According to the polls of Arizona, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin:

Voters in all six states, by margins ranging from 5 to 23 points, say they don’t trust Donald Trump to nominate a Supreme Court justice. Voters in WI (34% trust Trump, 57% don’t) and in the home of Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Grassley of IA (35% trust Trump, 52% don’t) are particularly skeptical of Trump’s ability to name a Justice. [...]

Because voters trust President Obama to make a Supreme Court choice and don’t trust Trump to, there’s overwhelming support for the Senate to move forward with confirmation hearings for Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court. More than 60% of voters in each of these states supports hearings for Garland, by margins ranging from 38 to 46 points....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1543223


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