Two new polls have found that approximately half of Americans want Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be confirmed to the United States Supreme Court.
One poll from Morning Consult/Politico found that 49% of respondents think the Senate should confirm Jackson, while another from Quinnipiac found that 51% want her to be confirmed.
According to the poll from Politico, Jackson has more support among voters than any of former President Donald Trump's nominees to the high court.
The Politico poll has found that 26% of voters oppose her confirmation, with political allegiances playing a significant part.
Among Democrats, 78% support Jackson, along with 43% of Independents and only 24% of Republicans.
The Quinnipiac poll found the rift to be greater, with 84% of Democrats approving of Jackson and 5% opposing. While 60% of Republicans opposed the nomination and 21% approved. Independents were more in the middle, with 54% approving and 27% opposing.
Among minority groups, 65% of Black respondents support her confirmation, while only 45% of white respondents and 49% of Hispanic respondents do.
Throughout Jackson's confirmation hearing, numerous headlines and soundbites have been pulled from members of the GOP who questioned the judge. Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham were at the forefront of those soundbites, and most Americans disapproved of their party's actions.
The poll from Quinnipiac found that 52% of Americans did not agree with how the GOP handled Jackson's confirmation hearings. The poll found that only 27% approved of their methods.
On the other hand, 42% of respondents had a positive opinion of the Democratic Party's handling of the confirmation hearings, with 34% having a negative view.
The Quinnipiac poll also asked what Americans thought of the Supreme Court confirmation process, and 72% said they felt it had become too "political." only 21% disagreed with that remark.
The poll from Politico was completed between April 1 to the 4, reaching 2,003 voters. The Quinnipiac poll was released on March 30.
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