{"id":8558,"date":"2022-03-17T14:58:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:58:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:56:03","slug":"more-support-than-oppose-jacksons-supreme-court-nomination-with-many-not-sure","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/03\/17\/more-support-than-oppose-jacksons-supreme-court-nomination-with-many-not-sure\/","title":{"rendered":"More support than oppose Jackson\u2019s Supreme Court nomination, with many not sure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FT_22.03.16_SCOTUS_feature.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the White House after President Joe Biden introduced her as his nominee to the Supreme Court on Feb. 25, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-407564\" \/><figcaption>U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the White House after President Joe Biden introduced her as his nominee to the Supreme Court on Feb. 25, 2022. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the U.S. Senate is set to begin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-march-21\/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h\">confirmation hearings<\/a> for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, 44% of the public says the Senate should definitely (24%) or probably (20%) confirm Jackson, while just 18% say she should not be confirmed. Nearly four-in-ten (38%) say they are unsure.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center conducted this study to gauge early public reactions to President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court justice nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. For this analysis, we surveyed 10,441 U.S. adults in March 2022. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/our-methods\/u-s-surveys\/the-american-trends-panel\/\">ATP&#8217;s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jackson-nomination-post-topline.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> for the report, along with responses, and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jackson-nomination-post-methods.pdf\">its methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12981\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/03\/17\/more-support-than-oppose-jacksons-supreme-court-nomination-with-many-not-sure\/ft_2022-03-17_scotus_01-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e2dfd3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e2dfd3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" height=\"435\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?w=310\" alt=\"A pie chart showing that by more than two-to-one, Americans favor Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s nomination to the Supreme Court\" class=\"wp-image-12981 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?resize=214,300 214w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?resize=289,405 289w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?resize=200,281 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?resize=260,365 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?resize=310,435 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?resize=420,589 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?resize=160,225 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_01.png?resize=320,449 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early public reactions to Jackson\u2019s nomination are similar <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2018\/07\/17\/americans-divided-on-kavanaughs-nomination-to-the-supreme-court\/\">to views of past nominees<\/a>, which have tended to elicit more support than opposition, with relatively large shares not offering an opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While roughly seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say they have heard about the nomination, just 19% have heard \u201ca lot\u201d and 28% have heard \u201cnothing at all,\u201d according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted March 7-13 among 10,441 U.S. adults on the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If confirmed, Jackson would be the third Black person and the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. About four-in-ten Americans say having a Black woman on the Supreme Court would be extremely (23%) or very historically important (20%), while an additional 23% say this would be somewhat important. About a third say this would be not too (12%) or not at all important historically (20%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black adults are significantly more likely than White and Hispanic adults to say having a Black woman on the court would be historically important, with 72% saying it would be extremely or very important, including half who say it would be <em>extremely<\/em> important. By comparison, 51% of Hispanic adults and 37% of White adults hold the view that having a Black woman on the Supreme Court would be extremely or very historically important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12984\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/03\/17\/more-support-than-oppose-jacksons-supreme-court-nomination-with-many-not-sure\/ft_2022-03-17_scotus_02-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e0d2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e0d2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"453\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?w=420\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that Black adults, women, Democrats are more likely to say having a Black woman on the Supreme Court would be historically important\" class=\"wp-image-12984 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=278,300 278w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=768,828 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=375,405 375w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=200,216 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=260,280 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=310,334 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=420,453 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=640,690 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=740,798 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=160,173 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_02.png?resize=320,345 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women are also more likely than men to say the confirmation of a Black woman to the Supreme Court would be historically important. About half of women (48%) say this would be extremely or very important, compared with 38% of men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partisans hold significantly different views on whether having a Black woman on the Supreme Court would be historically important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly seven-in-ten Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (68%) say it would be extremely (40%) or very historically important (28%) for a Black woman to be on the Supreme Court. By contrast, 15% of Republicans and GOP leaners hold this view. The majority of Republicans say this would be not too (22%) or not at all (37%) historically important. Roughly two-in-ten Democrats (21%) and Republicans (24%) say it would be somewhat historically important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12991\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/03\/17\/more-support-than-oppose-jacksons-supreme-court-nomination-with-many-not-sure\/ft_2022-03-17_scotus_03-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efede7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efede7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"716\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?w=420\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that there are partisan and demographic gaps over whether the Senate should confirm Jackson to the Supreme Court\" class=\"wp-image-12991 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=176,300 176w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=768,1309 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=601,1024 601w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=238,405 238w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=200,341 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=260,443 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=310,528 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=420,716 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=640,1091 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=740,1262 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=160,273 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_03.png?resize=320,546 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there is more support than opposition to Jackson\u2019s nomination across racial and ethnic groups, Black adults are particularly likely to say the Senate should confirm Jackson to the Court: 61% say she should definitely or probably be confirmed, with 44% saying she should definitely be confirmed \u2013 just 4% say she should not be confirmed. Smaller shares of Asian (51%), White (43%) and Hispanic (36%) adults say the Senate should confirm Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly half of Hispanic adults (49%) say they are not sure whether the Senate should or should not confirm Jackson to the Court \u2013 42% of this group says they have heard nothing at all about the nomination, a larger share than among other racial and ethnic groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the balance of support for Jackson\u2019s nomination is similar across age groups, younger adults are more likely to say they are not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with past Supreme Court nominations, there is a wide partisan gap over whether the Supreme Court should confirm Jackson. Today, two-thirds of Democrats support her confirmation, while just 4% say they do not. About three-in-ten Democrats say they are unsure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Republicans are more likely to say the Senate should not confirm Jackson than to say that it should (36% vs. 20%), they are also substantially more likely than Democrats to say they are unsure about whether the Senate should confirm Jackson to the Court (43% vs. 29% of Democrats). Among Republicans who express a view, conservative Republicans are more than twice as likely to oppose rather than support Jackson\u2019s confirmation (45% say the Senate should not confirm her, 18% say it should). Moderate and liberal Republicans are more divided: 26% say Jackson should be confirmed, while 19% say she should not be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who have heard a lot about the nomination are far more likely than others to offer an opinion: Overall, 67% of this group says Jackson should be confirmed, while 26% say she should not be, and just 7% of say they are not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12996\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/03\/17\/more-support-than-oppose-jacksons-supreme-court-nomination-with-many-not-sure\/ft_2022-03-17_scotus_04-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeedea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeedea;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"566\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?w=420\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that among those who\u2019ve heard a lot about Jackson\u2019s nomination, two-thirds say she should be confirmed; about a quarter say she should not be\" class=\"wp-image-12996 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=223,300 223w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=768,1035 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=760,1024 760w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=301,405 301w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=200,270 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=260,350 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=310,418 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=420,566 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=640,862 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=740,997 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=160,216 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_04.png?resize=320,431 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About nine-in-ten Democrats (93%) who have heard a lot about the nomination (representing about 21% of all Democrats) say the Senate should confirm her as a justice, including 82% who say they should definitely confirm her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Republicans who have heard a lot about the nomination (about 17% of all Republicans), 58% say she should not be confirmed by the Senate. About three-in-ten Republicans who say they have heard a lot about her nomination (28%) say the Senate should probably or definitely confirm Jackson to the role of Supreme Court justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, even among those who have heard a lot about the nomination, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say they are not sure whether the Senate should or should not confirm Jackson (14% vs. 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About six-in-ten U.S. adults think Jackson is about as qualified as other recent Supreme Court justice nominees, while 17% say she is more qualified and an identical share say she is less qualified than other recent nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12999\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/03\/17\/more-support-than-oppose-jacksons-supreme-court-nomination-with-many-not-sure\/ft_2022-03-17_scotus_05-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebe9e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebe9e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"570\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_05.png?w=420\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that majorities in both parties view Jackson as about as qualified other recent Supreme Court nominees\" class=\"wp-image-12999 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_05.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_05.png?resize=221,300 221w, 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https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_05.png?resize=640,869 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_05.png?resize=740,1004 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_05.png?resize=160,217 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/03\/ft_2022.03.17_scotus_05.png?resize=320,434 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assessments of Jackson\u2019s readiness for the role on the high court differ only modestly by gender, race and ethnicity, and across other demographic groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While majorities of both Republicans (54%) and Democrats (61%) say she is about as qualified as other candidates, there are still some differences by partisanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three-in-ten Democrats say Jackson is more qualified for the Supreme Court than other recent nominees, including 39% of liberal Democrats and 23% of conservative and moderate Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By contrast, a third of Republicans say Jackson is less qualified than other recent candidates \u2013 a view held by 42% of conservative Republicans and 18% of moderate and liberal Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jackson-nomination-post-topline.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> for the report, along with responses, and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jackson-nomination-post-methods.pdf\">its methodology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>44% of the public says the Senate should 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