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Survey of 1,000 Adults July 29-30, 2005
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August 1, 2005--Nearly two weeks of public wrangling over the qualifications of John Roberts to serve on the Supreme Court has had little impact on public opinion. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 69% of Americans believe Roberts is likely to be confirmed. That's little changed from an earlier survey which found 71% expecting Roberts' confirmation. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Republicans consider Roberts' confirmation likely. That view is shared by 65% of Democrats and 63% of those not affiliated with either major party. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Americans believe Roberts should be confirmed while 20% disagree. In a survey conducted immediately after his nomination, those numbers were 43% and 17% respectively. It is interesting to note that while most Americans expect Roberts to be confirmed, a plurality (41%) have no opinion as to whether he should be confirmed. [More Below] Republicans, by a 64% to 10% margin, believe Roberts should be approved. Unaffiliateds lean in that same direction by a 31% to 22% margin. Democrats were initially evenly divided on the Roberts nomination. Now, 28% of Democrats are opposed to his confirmation while 20% are in favor of it. Thirty-four percent (34%) of Americans have a favorable opinion of Judge Roberts, down from 39% in the earlier survey. Twenty-two percent (22%) have an unfavorable opinion. Fifty-six percent (56%) say that they are following news stories on the Roberts confirmation somewhat or very closely. Demographic information is available for Premium Members. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
The telephone survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted by Rasmussen Reports July 29-30, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology) |
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