| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7924 |
| Alito Has Twice As Many Backers as Detractors: On the day confirmation hearings begin for Samuel Alito to Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Alito has twice as many backers as detractors, according to a poll of 1,200 adults nationwide conducted by SurveyUSA for its media clients around the country. 30% of USA adults go into the hearings certain that Alito is qualified to serve on the High Court. 14% of adults go into the hearings certain that Alito is not qualified to serve on the High Court. 36% of Americans, the largest group, are waiting to hear from Alito this week before making up their minds. |
| Majority Says Alito Will Be Confirmed: 50% of Americans predict Alito will be confirmed on a full vote of the U.S. Senate (compare with 33% to 47% who said the same about Harriett Miers in 26 consecutive days of SurveyUSA tracking polling. Miers tracking data here). 15% of Americans today say Alito will make it to a full vote before the Senate, but will then be rejected by the full Senate (compare with 20% to 28% who said the same about Miers). 9% today say Alito will not make it to a full vote before the Senate (compare with 12% to 19% who said the same about Miers). |
| Few have heard of "CAP": 11% of Americans have heard of the organization "Concerned Alumni of Princeton." 84% have not, on the day confirmation hearings begin. |
| 1 | Based on what you know now, will the United States Senate vote to confirm Samuel Alito as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court? Will the Senate vote to reject Alito? Will Alito not make it as far as a vote before the full United States Senate? Or, do you not know enough to say? |
| 1200 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 2.9% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Vote To Confirm | 50% | 58% | 42% | 43% | 50% | 57% | 53% | 42% | 42% | 37% | 64% | 40% | 49% | 57% | 51% | 39% | 60% | 62% | 43% | 38% | 45% | 45% | 57% | 56% | 46% | 53% | 52% | 50% | 43% |
| Vote To Reject | 15% | 14% | 16% | 12% | 16% | 18% | 14% | 18% | 21% | 12% | 10% | 20% | 14% | 12% | 16% | 19% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 19% | 17% | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| Will Not Make It To a Vote | 9% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 13% | 10% | 8% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 9% |
| Do Not Know | 27% | 20% | 33% | 38% | 25% | 17% | 25% | 27% | 27% | 44% | 21% | 29% | 27% | 24% | 25% | 33% | 17% | 20% | 33% | 34% | 34% | 28% | 20% | 27% | 26% | 22% | 27% | 28% | 29% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 40% | 28% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 31% | 40% | 26% | 30% | 47% | 19% | 20% | 23% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 56% | 20% | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| 2 | What best describes you: One: I am certain that Samuel Alito is qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.Two: I am certain that Alito is NOT qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.Three: I need to hear what Alito has to say at his confirmation hearings before I make up my mind.Four: I am not following the story. |
| 1200 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 2.9% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Certain Alito Is Qualified | 30% | 38% | 22% | 25% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 18% | 32% | 18% | 55% | 13% | 26% | 50% | 26% | 11% | 33% | 41% | 27% | 21% | 19% | 28% | 40% | 42% | 22% | 31% | 32% | 29% | 28% |
| Certain Alito Is Not Qualified | 14% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 16% | 12% | 11% | 18% | 28% | 17% | 5% | 23% | 14% | 8% | 15% | 24% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 19% | 14% | 11% | 8% | 19% | 17% | 10% | 14% | 17% |
| Need To Hear What Alito Has To Say | 36% | 31% | 40% | 33% | 34% | 41% | 37% | 41% | 20% | 34% | 24% | 44% | 38% | 25% | 40% | 43% | 41% | 31% | 37% | 35% | 38% | 37% | 34% | 28% | 40% | 34% | 35% | 36% | 37% |
| Not Following / Not Sure | 20% | 17% | 23% | 30% | 19% | 11% | 19% | 23% | 19% | 31% | 17% | 20% | 22% | 17% | 20% | 22% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 27% | 24% | 22% | 15% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 23% | 21% | 17% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 40% | 28% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 31% | 40% | 26% | 30% | 47% | 19% | 20% | 23% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 56% | 20% | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| 3 | Have you ever heard of the organization called Concerned Alumni of Princeton? |
| 1200 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 2.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Yes | 11% | 13% | 9% | 13% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 19% | 17% | 15% | 8% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 13% |
| No | 84% | 82% | 85% | 82% | 86% | 82% | 87% | 78% | 72% | 76% | 86% | 80% | 84% | 81% | 84% | 85% | 85% | 87% | 84% | 80% | 82% | 85% | 84% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 85% | 85% | 81% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 9% | 5% | 3% | 11% | 9% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 6% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 40% | 28% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 31% | 40% | 26% | 30% | 47% | 19% | 20% | 23% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 56% | 20% | 23% | 36% | 22% |