Reading Tables and Drawing Conclusions
Use the following table to answer questions 1-10.
The US Supreme Court has an opening for a new associate justice. The table below details the results of a poll given in March 2016 to fill that opening.
| Vote this year on replacement | Leave vacant and wait | |
| ALL | 48% | 37% |
| Male | 45% | 45% |
| Female | 49% | 34% |
| 18-34 | 42% | 34% |
| 35-49 | 49% | 32% |
| 50-64 | 54% | 36% |
| 65 and over | 43% | 52% |
| Democrats | 78% | 8% |
| Independents | 48% | 30% |
| Republicans | 16% | 70% |
| Liberal | 80% | 13% |
| Moderate | 52% | 30% |
| Conservative | 17% | 69% |
1. What group would most like to have a replacement justice this year?
2. What group would most like to wait to fill the Supreme Court seat?
3. Which group has the largest gap between the percentage of people who would like a vote this year and those who would rather wait?
4. Which group has the smallest gap between the percentage of people who would like a vote this year and those who would rather wait?