The margin varies but all polls I have seen have more people opposed to having Trump nominating someone now. Of course, that won’t stop Trump and McConnell. Public opinion supported having hearings on Garland. Public opinion supported having witnesses at the Senate impeachment hearing. Republicans did neither one and they won’t care about public opinion now. They only care about power.
A slim majority of voters nationwide oppose efforts by the White House and Senate Republicans to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court by election day, a new poll shows https://t.co/rxKbvO700O
— POLITICO (@politico) September 28, 2020
Takeaways from NBC News/Marist polls of MI & WI
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) September 27, 2020
1. Majorities of likely voters say 2020 winner should get to fill SCOTUS vacancy
Winner should fill vacancy
MI 54%, WI 56%
Trump should fill vacancy immediately
MI 35%, WI 37%
Trump should fill after election
MI 7%, WI 5%
BREAKING: Americans by a nearly 20-point margin say the next Supreme Court justice should be left to the winner of the presidential election and a Senate vote next year, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds. https://t.co/l3mWEJ0xHw
— ABC News (@ABC) September 25, 2020
CNN poll – Who should appoint RBG's replacement?
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 23, 2020
59% the winner in November
41% Trump
Women think the winner should pick by 30 points, 65-35, and independents by 18 points, 59-41.
The only groups that think Trump should choose: Republicans and whites without a college degree.
New CNN poll on who Americans want to make the choice to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. @jaketapper reports pic.twitter.com/Cvu605TjZl
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) September 23, 2020
Most Americans oppose filling Ginsburg's seat before the election. But Republicans, in a giant reversal from 2016, support it. And so here we are. https://t.co/InWiOPV8zg
— Philip Bump (@pbump) September 23, 2020
The Economist/YouGov, however, find that 41% of adults think Trump should nominate someone while 46% think he should leave the seat vacant until inauguration day. https://t.co/G1bxhtUomE
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) September 23, 2020
🚨 New 🚨 Supreme Court polling:
— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) September 21, 2020
53% – 39% Don't fill before election
51% – 39% Don't fill in lame duck if Biden wins
40% – 39% Expand Court if Trump fills
Democrats more likely to say Supreme Court increases their motivation. https://t.co/IgEgoLZD4U
Pretty consistent stuff here. Most voters in the polls taken after Friday have said wait on the Supreme Court pick… https://t.co/bdr8E7bRiv
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) September 21, 2020
More voters think the winner of November's election should appoint a new justice to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with a double-digit advantage over those who say President Trump should nominate someone before the electionhttps://t.co/JC1iGEFZHi
— POLITICO (@politico) September 21, 2020
If voters prefer waiting until after the election by a 13-point margin *and* D's are more fired up about the Supreme Court, this starts to look like a challenging issue for Republicans. Which is not to say they won't confirm someone, just that it could come at an electoral price. https://t.co/wsbllBsEgn
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 21, 2020
Sad! 