{"id":1246,"date":"2016-03-18T17:31:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T21:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2016-03-18T17:31:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T21:31:38","slug":"six-in-10-say-congress-should-vote-now-to-confirm-scotus-nominee-garland-in-new-nbc-newssurveymonkey-online-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/03\/18\/six-in-10-say-congress-should-vote-now-to-confirm-scotus-nominee-garland-in-new-nbc-newssurveymonkey-online-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"SIX IN 10 SAY CONGRESS SHOULD VOTE NOW TO CONFIRM SCOTUS NOMINEE GARLAND IN NEW NBC NEWS|SURVEYMONKEY ONLINE POLL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Six in 10 Approve of the President\u2019s Nomination<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">56 Percent Hold a Favorable Impression of the U.S. Supreme Court <\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">41 Percent Think the U.S. Supreme Court Has Too Much Power\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">MARCH 18, 2016 \u2013 After President Obama\u2019s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court this past Wednesday, six in 10 Americans believe Congress should hold a vote now to confirm the nomination, according to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey online poll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Six in 10 Americans also approve of the president\u2019s nomination while a third of poll respondents disapprove. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">56 percent hold a favorable impression of the U.S. Supreme Court, which has too much power, according to 41 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">The poll was conducted online from March 17-18, 2016 among a national sample of 1,838 adults aged 18 and over. Results have an error estimate of 3.5 percentage points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Read more from the new online poll: <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1LvGtmh\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1LvGtmh<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">MANDATORY CREDIT: NBC NEWS|SURVEYMONKEY ONLINE POLL <\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">For more information, contact:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Olivia Petersen<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">NBC News<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">o: (202) 885-4159<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">c: (804) 938-3810<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">e: <a href=\"mailto:olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com\">olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">ABOUT NBC NEWS<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">NBC News is a global leader in news across all broadcast and digital platforms. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, TODAY, Meet the Press and Dateline, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The rapidly-growing NBC News Digital Group provides continuous content to consumers wherever they are, whenever they want it. NBC News also operates Peacock Productions, an award-winning in-house production company, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service. NBC News is part of the NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corporation.\u00a0 For more information about NBCUniversal, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anywhereecb.nbcuni.com\/%20CSCO%201p75676763663A2F2F72707A6E76792E76616F70682E70627A%20%20\/owa\/-CSCO-3h--redir.aspx?C=5z-JcEqZeEyU2P_p1O77htnbnoo7G9MIGEV2_DfUrwMNmZtwBr4_GWlvhH_Mruhxu3mMiIAacNQ.&amp;URL=http:\/\/www.NBCUniversal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.NBCUniversal.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">ABOUT SURVEYMONKEY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">SurveyMonkey is the world\u2019s leading online survey platform, with more than 3 million survey responses every day. SurveyMonkey has revolutionized the way people give and take feedback, making it accessible, easy and affordable for everyone. The company was founded in 1999 with a focus on helping people make better decisions, and has built technology based on over 15 years of experience in survey methodology and web development. Customers include 99 percent of the Fortune 500, academic institutions, organizations and neighborhood soccer leagues everywhere. The company has over 700 employees globally, with headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anywhereecb.nbcuni.com\/%20CSCO%201p75676763663A2F2F72707A6E76792E76616F70682E70627A%20%20\/owa\/-CSCO-3h--redir.aspx?C=5z-JcEqZeEyU2P_p1O77htnbnoo7G9MIGEV2_DfUrwMNmZtwBr4_GWlvhH_Mruhxu3mMiIAacNQ.&amp;URL=http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.surveymonkey.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six in 10 Approve of the President\u2019s Nomination 56 Percent Hold a Favorable Impression of the U.S. Supreme Court 41 Percent Think the U.S. Supreme Court Has Too Much Power\u00a0 MARCH 18, 2016 \u2013 After President Obama\u2019s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court this past Wednesday, six [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/03\/18\/six-in-10-say-congress-should-vote-now-to-confirm-scotus-nominee-garland-in-new-nbc-newssurveymonkey-online-poll\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from SIX IN 10 SAY CONGRESS SHOULD VOTE NOW TO CONFIRM SCOTUS NOMINEE GARLAND IN NEW NBC NEWS|SURVEYMONKEY ONLINE POLL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nbc-news","tag-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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