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Poll affirms a vote for judicial know-how; 22% view ?gay? nominee as ?negative factor?

By Alliance Alert

Washington Post: "A Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that judicial experience is the most valued quality among a list of professional and personal characteristics. Seven in 10 say service as a judge is a positive quality for a Supreme Court nominee, while only 5 percent see it as a negative. In contrast, 35 percent view experience outside the legal world as a positive . . . In the Post-ABC poll, the question of a gay nominee is more divisive. While only 4 percent consider it a positive, 22 percent say it would be a strongly negative factor."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).