A new poll finds that while Americans in each of four geographic regions generally approve of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination, her support is weakest in the South.

The Marist Poll, which queried 1,028 registered voters June 1-3, found that Sotomayor had 44 percent approval and 35 percent disapproval in the Republican-heavy South, compared to 68/18 in the Northeast, 58/25 in the Midwest and 56/28 in the West.

Perhaps suggesting a mixture of discontent and disinterest, respondents in the South also had the highest percentage saying they were unsure: 21 percent. The left-leaning Northeast, which got a little bluer in the last presidential race and congressional elections, recorded the lowest disapproval rate at 14 percent.