http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/05/miers.poll/Poll: Support for Miers not as high as that for Roberts
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Americans, particularly conservatives, are less supportive of President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court than they initially were for his nomination of John Roberts, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday night.
The poll, taken Monday and Tuesday, indicated many people are concerned about Miers' lack of judicial experience.
Asked to rate Bush's nomination of Miers, 44 percent of those polled described it as excellent or good, while 41 percent said it was fair or poor and 15 percent had no opinion.
Among respondents who described themselves as conservative, 58 percent said the Miers pick was excellent or good, and 29 percent thought it was only fair or poor. By contrast, 77 percent of conservatives in a July poll thought the Roberts nomination was excellent or good, and just 13 percent found it fair or poor. (Watch: Americans cool toward Miers -- 1:14 )