(Percentages are rounded to whole numbers for reporting of results. Frequencies have been rounded to whole numbers but percentages are calculated based on non-integer weighted sample sizes.)
Results for survey items among all respondents are presented here (unless otherwise indicated). Please note that some questions are only asked of particular groups of respondents. In these instances, the row “NA’s” includes the number and percent of total respondents omitted from the question. These omitted cases are ignored when calculating the “Valid” and “Cumulative” percent columns.
[The US Supreme Court] Here is a list of institutions in American society. How much confidence do you have in each one? | ||||
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Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
A great deal | 176 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Quite a lot | 423 | 28 | 28 | 39 |
Some | 679 | 45 | 45 | 84 |
Very little | 191 | 13 | 13 | 96 |
None at all | 51 | 3 | 3 | 100 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
How should Supreme Court justices interpret the law? Should they…? | ||||
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Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Read the text of the law as written | 475 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Use the commonly understood meaning at the time the law was written | 343 | 23 | 23 | 54 |
Interpret the law as it applies to current circumstances | 693 | 45 | 45 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 13 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
In general, what most often motivates Supreme Court justices’ decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Mainly politics | 568 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
Mainly the law | 945 | 62 | 62 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 10 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
How should Supreme Court justices base their decisions? On their interpretations of…? | ||||
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Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
What the US Constitution was understood to mean when it was originally written | 688 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
The Constitution as a document whose meaning may have evolved over time | 817 | 54 | 54 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 18 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Overturn Roe versus Wade, thus strike down the 1973 decision that made abortion legal in all 50 states] How much do you favor or oppose the following possible Supreme Court decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 276 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Somewhat favor | 211 | 14 | 14 | 32 |
Somewhat oppose | 221 | 15 | 15 | 47 |
Strongly oppose | 621 | 41 | 41 | 87 |
Don’t know | 176 | 12 | 12 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 18 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Strike down the 2010 health care reform law, also called Obamacare, by declaring it unconstitutional] How much do you favor or oppose the following possible Supreme Court decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 342 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Somewhat favor | 206 | 14 | 14 | 36 |
Somewhat oppose | 231 | 15 | 15 | 51 |
Strongly oppose | 563 | 37 | 37 | 88 |
Don’t know | 168 | 11 | 11 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 13 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Strike down as violating the Second Amendment laws that limit the types and capacities of gun magazines that can be sold or possessed.] How much do you favor or oppose the following possible Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 310 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Somewhat favor | 258 | 17 | 17 | 37 |
Somewhat oppose | 261 | 17 | 17 | 54 |
Strongly oppose | 502 | 33 | 33 | 87 |
Don’t know | 174 | 11 | 11 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 19 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Rule that under the First Amendment, religiously affiliated schools are generally exempt from employment discrimination laws with respect to those employees whose jobs involve conveying religious beliefs.] How much do you favor or oppose the following possible Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 279 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Somewhat favor | 355 | 23 | 23 | 42 |
Somewhat oppose | 290 | 19 | 19 | 61 |
Strongly oppose | 366 | 24 | 24 | 85 |
Don’t know | 216 | 14 | 14 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 17 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Rule that a federal agency may not write regulations unless their substance is explicitly set forth in legislation passed by Congress.] How much do you favor or oppose the following possible Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 259 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Somewhat favor | 553 | 36 | 36 | 53 |
Somewhat oppose | 212 | 14 | 14 | 67 |
Strongly oppose | 79 | 5 | 5 | 72 |
Don’t know | 406 | 27 | 27 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 15 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Rule that laws that make it harder as a practical matter for supporters of one party but not the other to vote are unconstitutional.] How much do you favor or oppose the following possible Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 450 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Somewhat favor | 285 | 19 | 19 | 48 |
Somewhat oppose | 216 | 14 | 14 | 62 |
Strongly oppose | 225 | 15 | 15 | 77 |
Don’t know | 324 | 21 | 21 | 98 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 23 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
[Rule that religious social service organizations that refuse to certify same-sex couples as foster parents may be excluded from being one of the local organizations allowed to operate a public foster placement program.] How much do you favor or oppose the following possible Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 324 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Somewhat favor | 290 | 19 | 19 | 40 |
Somewhat oppose | 293 | 19 | 19 | 60 |
Strongly oppose | 372 | 24 | 24 | 84 |
Don’t know | 230 | 15 | 15 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 13 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Ruled that land in Oklahoma granted in the 1830s to the Creek Indian Nation as a reservation retains that status because Congress has not amended the treaties and that the state of Oklahoma therefore could not itself prosecute tribal members for major crimes in the eastern portion of the state, including places such as Tulsa.] How much do you favor or oppose the following recent Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 325 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Somewhat favor | 384 | 25 | 25 | 46 |
Somewhat oppose | 199 | 13 | 13 | 60 |
Strongly oppose | 180 | 12 | 12 | 71 |
Don’t know | 416 | 27 | 27 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 21 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Decided colleges can use race as one factor in deciding which applicants to admit] How much do you favor or oppose the following recent Supreme Court decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 77 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Somewhat favor | 178 | 12 | 12 | 17 |
Somewhat oppose | 283 | 19 | 19 | 35 |
Strongly oppose | 823 | 54 | 54 | 89 |
Don’t know | 146 | 10 | 10 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Decided that laws prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sex also apply to discrimination based on sexual orientation of gay, lesbian or transgender individuals.] How much do you favor or oppose the following recent Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 572 | 38 | 38 | 38 |
Somewhat favor | 376 | 25 | 25 | 62 |
Somewhat oppose | 187 | 12 | 12 | 75 |
Strongly oppose | 204 | 13 | 13 | 88 |
Don’t know | 165 | 11 | 11 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 19 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Decided that a government program that financially supports students attending private schools may include religious schools without violating the Constitution.] How much do you favor or oppose the following recent Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 324 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Somewhat favor | 459 | 30 | 30 | 51 |
Somewhat oppose | 251 | 16 | 16 | 68 |
Strongly oppose | 238 | 16 | 16 | 84 |
Don’t know | 231 | 15 | 15 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 20 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Rejected the administration’s attempt to end the DACA program that allows young people who were brought to the United States illegally as children to register and avoid immediate deportation.] How much do you favor or oppose the following recent Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 476 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Somewhat favor | 290 | 19 | 19 | 50 |
Somewhat oppose | 225 | 15 | 15 | 65 |
Strongly oppose | 303 | 20 | 20 | 85 |
Don’t know | 206 | 14 | 14 | 98 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 23 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
[Upheld the government’s permitting private employers with religious or moral objections to choose not to provide contraceptive coverage as part of health plans for their employees.] How much do you favor or oppose the following recent Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 259 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Somewhat favor | 264 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
Somewhat oppose | 272 | 18 | 18 | 52 |
Strongly oppose | 503 | 33 | 33 | 85 |
Don’t know | 205 | 13 | 13 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 19 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
[Struck down a state’s law regulating abortion providers on the grounds that it imposed an undue burden on women’s access to abortion.] How much do you favor or oppose the following recent Supreme Court Decisions? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly favor | 406 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Somewhat favor | 285 | 19 | 19 | 45 |
Somewhat oppose | 236 | 16 | 16 | 61 |
Strongly oppose | 298 | 20 | 20 | 80 |
Don’t know | 273 | 18 | 18 | 98 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 25 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the US Supreme Court is handling its job? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strongly approve | 101 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Somewhat approve | 902 | 59 | 59 | 66 |
Somewhat disapprove | 424 | 28 | 28 | 94 |
Strongly disapprove | 74 | 5 | 5 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 22 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the US Supreme Court is handling its job? | ||||
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Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Approve | 1003 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
Disapprove | 498 | 33 | 33 | 99 |
Skipped on web | 22 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent? | ||||
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Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Republican | 447 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
Democrat | 548 | 36 | 36 | 65 |
Independent | 384 | 25 | 25 | 91 |
Other/No preference | 139 | 9 | 9 | 100 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Would you call yourself a strong [Republican/Democrat] or a not very strong [Republican/Democrat]? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Strong | 612 | 40 | 62 | 62 |
Not very strong | 382 | 25 | 38 | 100 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
(Missing) | 527 | 35 | NA | NA |
Do you think of yourself as closer to the Republican Party or to the Democratic Party? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Republican | 150 | 10 | 28 | 28 |
Democratic | 172 | 11 | 33 | 61 |
Neither | 199 | 13 | 38 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 6 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
(Missing) | 996 | 65 | NA | NA |
Before the coronavirus pandemic, aside from weddings and funerals, how often did you attend religious services? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
More than once a week | 141 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Once a week | 331 | 22 | 22 | 31 |
Once or twice a month | 124 | 8 | 8 | 39 |
A few times a year | 185 | 12 | 12 | 51 |
Seldom | 325 | 21 | 21 | 73 |
Never | 412 | 27 | 27 | 100 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
What is your religious preference? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Protestant | 341 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Roman Catholic | 291 | 19 | 19 | 42 |
Other Christian Religion | 374 | 25 | 25 | 66 |
Mormon/Latter-Day Saints | 26 | 2 | 2 | 68 |
Jewish | 26 | 2 | 2 | 69 |
Muslim/Islam | 27 | 2 | 2 | 71 |
Other Non-Christian Religion | 62 | 4 | 4 | 75 |
No Religion | 360 | 24 | 24 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Would you describe yourself as a "born-again" or evangelical Christian, or not? | ||||
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Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Yes, would | 396 | 26 | 54 | 54 |
No, would not | 328 | 22 | 45 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 7 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
(Missing) | 792 | 52 | NA | NA |
In general, would you describe your political views as…? | ||||
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Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Very conservative | 134 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Conservative | 374 | 25 | 25 | 33 |
Moderate | 627 | 41 | 41 | 74 |
Liberal | 251 | 16 | 16 | 91 |
Very liberal | 120 | 8 | 8 | 99 |
SKIPPED ON WEB | 18 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Party ID with leaners included | ||||
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Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
Republican | 597 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
Independent | 201 | 13 | 13 | 52 |
Democrat | 721 | 47 | 47 | 100 |
Refused | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 |