As Supreme Court nominee and Bronx native Sonia Sotomayor continues to meet with senators on Capitol Hill, a new Quinnipiac poll shows voters overwhelmingly disagree with her ruling in the New Haven firefighters case.

Sotomayor was part of a three judge panel that ruled against white firefighters and a Hispanic firefighter whose test scores were thrown out, because no blacks scored high enough for promotion.

More than 70 percent of people polled say the firefighters should be promoted. But a strong supporter of Sotomayor defends her decision, calling it judicial restraint.

"She said that the decision made by the people who are elected to run the City of New Haven was something she would not overturn and that was the decision, she was joined in that decision by several other judges who agreed with her," said Cesar Perales of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund.

The New Haven case is currently headed to the Supreme Court.

The majority of those polled also say affirmative action should be abolished, though the large majority of blacks say it should continue.

Quinnipiac surveyed nearly 3,100 people between May 26th and June 1st. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points.

Meanwhile, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says while he regrets calling Sotomayor a racist, he is still concerned that her bias will prevent her from making fair decisions.