Associated Press reporter Julie Pace explained on CNN’s “Inside Politics” Sunday the that neither staunch Republicans nor undecided voters actually care about filling the vacant Supreme Court seat.
“I sat in on some focus groups this past week with both swing voters and Republican voters, and some of the questions they were asked were about the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland,” Pace told host John King. “And this was a real reality check for anyone in Washington who thinks that this issue is really animating voters across the country.”
“I was so struck by how these voters seemed comply uninterested in the nomination fight. Among the swing voters, not one of them said that this was something that would really impact their vote in the fall,” she added. “Even among the Republican voters who felt like this nomination should wait until the next president, almost none felt like this was an issue that was going to affect their vote either in the presidential race or in their Senate race.”
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Pace’s assertion conflicts with a February poll from the Pew Research Center, which found that 56 percent of Americans — including 30 percent of surveyed Republicans — felt strongly about the SCOTUS nomination. (RELATED: Here’s What Most Americans Think About An Obama SCOTUS Nominee)
The poll found that contrary to statements from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, most Americans felt Congress should hold a vote on President Obam’s nominee, Merrick Garland.