Poll: Americans support Sotomayor confirmation, 54/28

So far, despite the news about those statements, Americans do not view Sotomayor as an extreme nominee. Just 28% believe she would be “too liberal” as a Supreme Court justice, while the plurality of 48% say she would be “about right.” This is similar to what Gallup has found when asking about prior nominees — about half have said the nominee’s rulings would be appropriate, with smaller minorities believing they would be too liberal or too conservative, depending on perceptions of the justice’s ideology…

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At this point, even Republicans are far from united in thinking that Sotomayor’s views are too extreme — 50% believe they are, but 28% think her views are in the mainstream and the remainder has not formed an opinion.

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