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Survey of 1,000 Adults July 21-22, 2005
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July 23, 2005--Seventy-one percent (71%) of American adults say John Roberts is likely to be confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Supreme Court. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that just 10% believe Roberts is unlikely to be confirmed. Eighty-four percent (84%) of Republicans consider Roberts' confirmation likely. That view is shared by 66% of Democrats and 60% of those not affiliated with either major party. Forty-three percent (43%) of Americans say Roberts should be confirmed while 17% disagree. Forty percent (40%) don't know enough at this time to have an opinion. Republicans, by a 67% to 9% margin, believe Roberts should be approved. Unaffiliateds share that view by a 33% to 17% margin. Democrats are evenly divided--26% favor confirmation and 25% oppose it. 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 21-22, 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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