As you may know, the Constitution gives the Senate the power to confirm the president's nominations to the federal courts. Would you say that it should consider background, experience and qualifications or should also consider his or her views on the issues?
| | Only consider background, experience and qualifications |  35% | | Also consider views on issues | 60% | | DK/No opinion | 5% |
Source: A Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted by telephone December 16-19, 2004 among 1,004 randomly selected adults nationwide. Margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus three percentage points. Fieldwork by TNS of Horsham, PA. |
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