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A sizable majority of Americans want the Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and most call her “about right” ideologically, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Senate hearings on Sotomayor, President Obama’s pick to replace retiring Justice David H. Souter, begin in two weeks, and 62% of those polled support her elevation to the court.
Sotomayor, 55, is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York.
If confirmed, Sotomayor would become the third female justice and one of two women now on the bench. The poll shows no gender gap in support for her, with men and women about equally likely to be on her side.
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