Majority of Americans recognize significance of Ketanji Brown Jackson SCOTUS appointment

In the wake of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s 53-47 confirmation vote to be appointed to the Supreme Court, a new USA Today/Ipsos poll finds that a plurality of Americans – and two-thirds of those who report following the hearing – support Jackson’s confirmation. More, however, recognize the significance of now […] Read more »

What We Know About the Women Who Vote for Republicans and the Men Who Do Not

The deepening gender gap in American voting, with men favoring the Republican Party and women favoring the Democrats, is well known, if not well understood. So what explains the presence of millions of men in the Democratic Party and millions of women in the Republican Party? What distinguishes these two […] Read more »

Fox News Poll: Majority favors nominating an African-American woman to SCOTUS

President Joe Biden pledged to nominate the first Black woman to the high court during his 2020 campaign, and voters support him doing that: 63% favor the move, while 28% oppose it, according to the latest Fox News poll. … Majorities are favorable across the board, with Democrats (91%), Black […] Read more »

Washington Post-ABC News poll: Americans divided over whether first Black female justice will make a difference

About half of Americans say having a Black woman on the Supreme Court for the first time would not make a difference for the country, but almost as many say it would be a good thing, a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. Four percent say it would be a bad […] Read more »

Poll finds sharp partisan divisions on the impact of a Black woman justice

Leading into President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nomination, Americans are split along partisan lines on a range of attitudes relating to the high court — approval of its job performance, confidence in Biden’s selection and how having a Black woman as justice would affect the country. There is one […] Read more »