The stakes are high for Thursday’s Capitol Hill hearing, pitting Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault — an accusation Kavanaugh has denied — when they were both in high school more than three decades ago.
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that almost 6 in 10 Americans (58 percent) say they will be following the Senate Judiciary Committee proceeding closely or very closely. And a plurality haven’t made up their minds on who is telling the truth — about a third (32 percent) believe Ford, about a quarter (26 percent) believe Kavanaugh and 42 percent are unsure who to believe.
“The jury is still out in the court of public opinion about whether Judge Kavanaugh or Dr. Ford is more believable,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the poll. He added, “If they determine she’s telling the truth, it’s a big problem for him.”
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