If polled, could “most Americans” correctly spell Sotomayor?

I only ask, because I was misspelling it myself the first few times I posted about her (corrected now, of course).

The story: Most Americans Want Sotomayor on Court

Poll Indicates That 62 Percent Think Federal Judge Should Be Confirmed by Senate

A sizable majority of Americans want the Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and most call her “about right” ideologically, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Uh huh. Was that “sizeable majority of Americans” aware that she thinks the Second Amendment does not confer the right to own a firearm?

The telephone poll was conducted June 18 to 21, among a random national sample of 1,001 adults.

“A random national sample.” And was this “random national sample” vetted for knowledge of Sotomayor, the Court, the issues at hand?

Get this:

…most Americans do not think her life experiences influence the way she decides cases: Fifty-nine percent said the fact that she is a women does not factor in, and 52 percent said the same about her racial and ethnic background.

Did the pollsters actually find 1,001 random Americans with in-depth knowledge of Sotomayor’s decisions? Her opinions? Comparing them to those of other judges? If not, how could they possibly answer that question?

Polls suck.

Also via Memeorandum.