Poll finds public support for Alito lags behind Roberts(Weak Key Groups)

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-04-alitopoll_x.htm

Early support for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is considerably weaker among such key groups as evangelicals, Republicans and the wealthy than it was for John Roberts, an AP-Ipsos poll found.

The survey put public sentiment for Alito closer to the level of early backing for the failed nomination of Harriet Miers.

About four in 10 respondents — 38% — say they back the confirmation of Alito, a federal appeals court judge from Philadelphia. Twenty-two percent say they strongly support him.

For Roberts, now the chief justice, 47% said in July that they supported his confirmation, 36% strongly.

Almost two-thirds of evangelicals supported Roberts' confirmation with half strongly backing him. For Alito, about half of evangelicals support his confirmation, one-third strongly. There were similar drops among Republicans and among people who make more than $75,000 a year.

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1. Interesting

I would have thought that "Scalito" would be be viewed more favorably than Roberts.