Nearly half of all voters favor confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

A near-majority of U.S. voters are in favor of the Senate's confirming Amy Coney Barrett as the newest member of the Supreme Court, according to a new Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen.

Among respondents, 47% favor Barrett's confirmation either "strongly" or "somewhat." (Of those, 33% are "strongly" in favor of it.) 

Just 9% of voters are "somewhat opposed" to the confirmation, while 31% are "strongly" against it. 

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Just the News Daily Poll

With Scott Rasmussen

Support for and opposition to the nomination have each risen 10 percentage points since a poll conducted by Scott Rasmussen online on Sept. 26. In that poll, 37% supported confirmation of Barrett, with 30% opposed and 33% not sure.

The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted by Scott Rasmussen using a mixed mode approach from Oct. 1-3, 2020.

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