Analysis: Americans strongly disapprove of GOP pushback on Ketanji Brown Jackson
It’s true that, even as Americans opposed Kavanaugh’s confirmation, they generally disliked how Democrats handled his confirmation hearings — specifically, it seems, their handling of decades-old sexual misconduct allegations. The CNN poll showed 56 percent gave them negative reviews, while just 36 percent gave them positive ones.
If there’s a difference between the two confirmations — beyond the public’s support for the nominee — it’s that neither side came out of the Kavanaugh hearings with good reviews. In fact, Republicans’ handling of it was viewed in a similarly negative light as Democrats’. But when it comes to Jackson, Democrats earned more positive reviews than negative ones . So this isn’t just a matter of people simply disliking all politicians.people disapproved of the GOP’s handling of Jackson’s hearings.
was significantly higher — 67 percent. So intraparty reviews are, on net, more negative for the GOP’s handling of Jackson than they were for Democrats’ handling of Kavanaugh.
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