Changing public opinion about senate vote to confirm Obama's SCOTUS nominee

The senate Republicans are refusing to have hearings or vote on President Obama's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.    This graph shows how public opinion on this has changed since February 2016.  It is from an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.

The question asked is whether you prefer that the senate vote this year or leave the position vacant and wait for the new president to make the nomination.   The blue bars are for "vote now," the red bars for "wait," and the yellow for "no opinion." 



In February, it was 43% for vote now, 42% for wait.   By April, it has changed to  52% now, 30% wait.

As Chris Cillizza points out in the Washington Post, this does not necessarily mean that this issue will be a determinative factor for voters in November;   but public opinion is definitely moving toward the Democratic position -- and that just adds more weight to the negative feelings people have about deadlock in congress, for which they blame Republicans more than they do Democrats.

Ralph