A growing number of American voters believe that the Senate should not confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, according to a new poll released Monday.

Although there were wide gaps by gender, race and party affiliation, overall 48 percent of voters said that after last week’s hearing featuring Kavanaugh and one of his accusers, Christine Blasey Ford, the Senate should give him the thumbs down, the Quinnipiac University survey found.

That’s up from the 41 percent of voters who said in a September poll that he should not be confirmed.

The survey out Monday showed that 42 percent said he should be confirmed.

Independent voters, who supported Kavanaugh by 45 percent to 39 percent in the Sept. 10 poll, now oppose his confirmation by 49 percent to 39 percent.

Among Republicans, 84 percent said he should be confirmed while just 8 percent said he should not, while Democrats opposed him by 88 percent to 8 percent in favor.

GOP women believe he should be confirmed by 86 percent to just 9 percent who say no, with 86 percent also saying they believed Kavanaugh compared to just 10 percent who believed Ford.

Overall, women opposed confirmation of President Trump’s nominee by 55 percent to 37 percent, while men backed him by 49 percent to 40 percent.

Fifty-one percent of white voters said he should be confirmed while 40 percent opposed him.

Black voters overwhelmingly oppose him by 81 percent to 11 percent, while Hispanic voters said he should not be confirmed by 65 percent to 30 percent.

Choosing between Kavanaugh and Ford, 48 percent of American voters believed Ford more while 41 percent believed Kavanaugh more.

But 49 percent of voters say Kavanaugh was the “target of a politically motivated smear campaign,” while 45 percent of voters say he was not a target of a smear campaign.

And American voters supported reopening the FBI background check into Kavanaugh to investigate accusations of sexual misconduct by 68 percent to 28 percent.

“Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is winning the trust of American voters, who overwhelmingly believe she is honest. But about half of voters say Judge Brett Kavanaugh is the target of a smear campaign,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the QU poll.

“There is a very sharp divide between men and women on credibility,” Malloy added.

“What voters agree on is letting the FBI try to sort out the events in the pursuit of the truth.”

Voters were also divided on whether Kavanaugh was honest, with 46 percent saying yes and 43 percent saying no.

Voters said by 59 to 25 percent that Ford was honest.

Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans and Trump all got bad grades for handling the accusations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh.

“President Donald Trump, who stands by his man, suffers less than Senate Democrats or Republicans in the Kavanaugh matter,” Malloy said.