Nearly 6-In-10 To Closely Watch Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing; Many Undecided On Truth

The stakes are high for Thursday’s Capitol Hill hearing, pitting Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault — an accusation Kavanaugh has denied — when they were both in high school more than three decades ago.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that almost 6-in-10 Americans (58 percent) say they will be following the proceeding closely or very closely and a plurality haven’t made up their minds on who’s telling the truth — about a third (32 percent) believe Ford, about a quarter (26 percent) believe Kavanaugh and 42 percent are unsure who to believe. CONT.

Domenico Montanaro, NPR