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AP-NORC Poll: Many indifferent to Kavanaugh nomination

By KEVIN FREKING and EMILY SWANSON, KEVIN FREKING and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press
Published: August 29, 2018, 8:25am

WASHINGTON — Does Brett Kavanaugh belong on the Supreme Court? It’s a question that may be consuming Washington, but one that elicits a shrug from many Americans. And there’s also no nationwide consensus on whether the Senate should vote on his nomination before Election Day.

That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, released Wednesday, that finds nearly half of Americans — 46 percent — don’t have a strong opinion on President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the high court.

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