A majority of Republicans (54 percent) say they think Kavanaugh should be confirmed regardless of whether Ford's allegations are true, according to the poll.
While pluralities of both men (39 percent) and women (45 percent) are unsure who is telling the truth, among those who have an view on the question, there is notably a big gender gap. Thirty-two percent of men believe Kavanaugh and 28 percent believe Ford. Thirty-five percent of women believe Ford and 20 percent. That's a 19-point gender gap, and the spread is even further apart by gender and party: Republican men overwhelmingly believe Kavanaugh (61 to 5 percent) and Democratic women believe Ford (56 to 4 percent).
Democratic men believe Ford by a 54-to-16-percent margin, and Republican women believe Kavanaugh by a 57-to-6-percent margin. A plurality of independent women believe Ford (38 to 16 percent).