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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/13/scotus.poll/Poll shows support for new female justice
Nearly 80 percent like idea of a woman to replace O'Connor
(CNN) -- Nearly 8 out of 10 respondents to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll said they liked the idea that a woman replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Thirteen percent said it was "essential" that another woman replace O'Connor, who announced her resignation plans earlier this month; 65 percent said they felt it was a "good idea but not essential."
Nineteen percent said the gender of the next justice doesn't matter to them; 2 percent said it was a "bad idea" for a woman to get the seat; 1 percent had no opinion.
The poll interviewed 1,006 adult Americans via telephone July 7-10. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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