With Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hanging in the balance, Republican operatives are growing increasingly concerned that the controversy is contributing to a larger atmosphere of dysfunction and chaos in Washington that is motivating voters against them in the midterm elections. …
An NBC News poll released on Thursday shows Kavanaugh, who had already been an unpopular Supreme Court nominee, is the first candidate to have fewer people support him than oppose him.
Kavanaugh’s loss of support is most prominent among independent voters, where he had a net of 15 percent support in July compared to negative 16 net support now. And much of the loss has come from women, where 27 percent opposed him earlier this summer compared to 42 percent who oppose him in September.
But the group that has the strongest support of Kavanaugh is Trump’s base voter. CONT.
Leigh Ann Caldwell, NBC News