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A poll from The Economist/YouGov asked about allegations of sexual assault made by Christine Blasey Ford against Kavanaugh, both of whom are scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

The survey asked, "If it were proven that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman when they were both high school students 36 years ago, do you think that does or does not disqualify Kavanaugh from being a Supreme Court Justice?"

Forty-eight percent of respondents overall thought it should disqualify him, while 28 percent said it should not, and 24 percent were not sure, according to the results from The Economist/YouGov. But among Republicans, a majority—55 percent—thought a proven allegation of sexual assault does not disqualify Kavanaugh from serving on the Supreme Court. About one-quarter, 27 percent, thought it does disqualify him, while 18 percent were not sure. The vast majority of Democrats—71 percent—thought a proven allegation of sexual assault should disqualify Kavanaugh.

The poll from The Economist/YouGov surveyed 1,500 U.S. adults from September 23 through 25. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Quote (duffman316 @ Sep 30 2018 05:48pm)

https://www.newsweek.com/sexual-assault-should-not-disqualify-kavanaugh-proven-majority-republicans-1141877


It looks like half of Republicans are morally bankrupt degenerates that think confirmed proof of the sexual assault allegations against this kavanaugh fellow should not disqualify him from a job on the supreme court. I'm not surprised given what is known about the Roy Moore demographic that wanted to elect him even if he did molest children and it's safe to say these numbers apply to this forum too.

Pretty sure half of Pards conservative is reflected in the results of these polls too.You people make me sick -_-

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Sep 30 2018 03:54pm)

Well, first of all, partisanship is one hell of a drug.
Second, even if the allegations were true, we'd be talking about sexual assault and not about completed rape.
Third, the alleged incident happened 36 years ago, when Kav was still a stupid teenager.

It's a bad look for Republicans, but the situation is also quite different from the Roy Moore one, where a sober 30-something was assaulting teenage girls. Even if the allegations against Kavanaugh were true, there would be valid arguments to be made that this shouldnt disqualify him. Being of the opinion that he could still become a supreme court justice is not something entirely unjustifiable. It's not an opinion I personally agree with, and it casts those who hold it in a bad light, but it's at least somewhat justifiable.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ 30 Sep 2018 23:54)

Well, first of all, partisanship is one hell of a drug.
Second, even if the allegations were true, we'd be talking about sexual assault and not about completed rape.
Third, the alleged incident happened 36 years ago, when Kav was still a stupid teenager.

It's a bad look for Republicans, but the situation is also quite different from the Roy Moore one, where a sober 30-something was assaulting teenage girls. Even if the allegations against Kavanaugh were true, there would be valid arguments to be made that this shouldnt disqualify him. Being of the opinion that he could still become a supreme court justice is not something entirely unjustifiable. It's not an opinion I personally agree with, and it casts those who hold it in a bad light, but it's at least somewhat justifiable.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ 30 Sep 2018 17:54)

Well, first of all, partisanship is one hell of a drug.
Second, even if the allegations were true, we'd be talking about sexual assault and not about completed rape.
Third, the alleged incident happened 36 years ago, when Kav was still a stupid teenager.

It's a bad look for Republicans, but the situation is also quite different from the Roy Moore one, where a sober 30-something was assaulting teenage girls. Even if the allegations against Kavanaugh were true, there would be valid arguments to be made that this shouldnt disqualify him. Being of the opinion that he could still become a supreme court justice is not something entirely unjustifiable. It's not an opinion I personally agree with, and it casts those who hold it in a bad light, but it's at least somewhat justifiable.

Quote (fender @ Sep 30 2018 04:03pm)

there is no such thing as conservative values. the majority of republicans have successfully been brainwashed into believing that defying democrats is more important than morals, principles, and basic human decency - this is just the latest of a long list of examples proving that...