Kavanaugh did not have majority support during confirmation, says pollste

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Pollster Mallory Newall noted on Friday that Justice Brett Kavanaugh never had majority support for confirmation during his confirmation hearings, marking the first time a plurality had opposed a Supreme Court nominee since polling on the matter began.

"We found that a plurality of Americans opposed his confirmation," Newall, research director at Ipsos Public Affairs, told Hill.TV's Jamal Simmons on "What America's Thinking."

"What's interesting is that's really the first time that that's happened with a Supreme Court nominee that has been under water to these levels," she continued.

Newall was referring to Ipsos polling conducted in September, which found that 40 percent of respondents said the Senate should not approve Kavanaugh's confirmation, compared to 31 percent who said it should.

Kavanaugh's confirmation process was turned upside down after three women came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct.

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/411152-kavanaugh-did-not-have-majority-support-during-confirmation

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1. Just another example of our so-called democracy operating in contempt of the will of the majority

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2. The GOP doesn't plan on governing with a majority

It was about 10 years or so ago that the GOP made a conscious decision to rule with a minority, and not pursue creating a majority. And you see today all the ways they have gone to try to make this happen. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and dominance in low population states that will allow them to control the Senate. 51% of the Senate is controlled by less than half of that of the population. They don't care and in fact it serves their longer goal of an oligarchical structure.

They don't care about what the majority wants. They care about what their ruling minority wants.