Majority of Americans oppose Kavanaugh nomination if Ford's allegation is true, poll says
Source: PBS
Nation Sep 26, 2018 5:01 AM EDT
A majority of Americans believe the Senate should not confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh if Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against him is true, according to a new survey from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist Poll.
If Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Ford at a party when the two were in high school in the early 1980s, as she claimed earlier this month, 59 percent of Americans said they think he should not be confirmed. In contrast, 29 percent of those polled said they supported his nomination regardless of whether the allegation is true.
The NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll released Wednesday found that 42 percent of Americans are not sure who is telling the truth — Kavanaugh or Ford. Thirty-two percent said they believed Ford, and 26 percent said they sided with Kavanaugh.
The poll was conducted as another woman, Deborah Ramirez, came forward Sunday with her own allegation of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh when they were in college at Yale.
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