Others including Sen. Doug Jones, who represents conservative Alabama, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, who runs this year in red Missouri, also appeared to face a tough choice about whether to support Kavanaugh. But the assault accusation against the judge makes it more likely that Democrats will oppose him.
After Ford publicly accused Kavanaugh on Sunday, Jones tweeted that “it is more important than ever to hit the pause button on Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote until we can fully investigate these serious and disturbing allegations.”
Polls have shown an American public about evenly divided over whether the Senate should confirm Kavanaugh. Thirty-nine percent of Americans believe the chamber should vote in favor of him, versus 39 percent who say the Senate should not, according to a CNN/SSRS poll taken earlier this month. A separate Fox news survey in August found 45 percent of registered voters think Kavanaugh should be confirmed, while 46 percent think he should not.
Even before Kavanaugh was accused of assault, Democrats overwhelmingly opposed him taking a seat on the top U.S. court. Only 15 percent of those who identified as Democrats in the CNN/SSRS survey said he should be confirmed.
Democratic senators already faced pressure from their political base to vote against Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Ford’s accusation against him should only solidify the opposition.
Ford is willing to testify about the alleged assault before the Senate, according to her lawyer.
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