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Sabato’s Crystal Ball: A Note on the Sotomayor Confirmation Vote

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Alan I. Abramowitz: A Note on the Sotomayor Confirmation Vote – Explaining the Votes of Republican Senators.

Like almost everything else in Congress, Senate votes on Supreme Court nominations have become much more polarized along party lines in recent years. That was certainly true of the recent vote on President Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. While all 59 Democrats who were present voted to confirm Sotomayor, 31 of 40 Republicans voted against confirmation.

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