Marquette Law School Supreme Court Poll March 13-22, 2023

(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.

A1: interest in politics

Some people seem to follow what's going on in politics most of the time, whether there's an election going on or not. Others aren't that interested. How often do you follow what's going on in politics…?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Most of the time 378 38 38 38
Some of the time 396 39 39 77
Only now and then 165 16 16 93
Hardly at all 66 7 7 100

B1: Biden approval

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Strongly approve 106 11 11 11
Somewhat approve 285 28 28 39
Somewhat disapprove 240 24 24 63
Strongly disapprove 371 37 37 100
Skipped/Ref 2 0 0 100

B1: Biden approval, 2-cat

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Approve 391 39 39 39
Disapprove 611 61 61 100
Skipped/Ref 2 0 0 100

B2: Supreme Court approval

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 61 6 6 6
Somewhat approve 378 38 38 44
Somewhat disapprove 334 33 33 77
Strongly disapprove 229 23 23 100
Skipped/Ref 2 0 0 100

B2: Supreme Court approval, 2-cat

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
Approve 439 44 44 44
Disapprove 564 56 56 100
Skipped/Ref 2 0 0 100

B3: Congress approval

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the US Congress is handling its job?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Strongly approve 21 2 2 2
Somewhat approve 287 29 29 31
Somewhat disapprove 447 44 44 75
Strongly disapprove 248 25 25 100
Skipped/Ref 2 0 0 100

B3: Congress approval, 2-cat

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the US Congress is handling its job?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Approve 308 31 31 31
Disapprove 694 69 69 100
Skipped/Ref 2 0 0 100

B4: Republican majority approval

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is handling its job?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Strongly approve 76 8 8 8
Somewhat approve 339 34 34 41
Somewhat disapprove 280 28 28 69
Strongly disapprove 305 30 30 100
Skipped/Ref 4 0 0 100

B4: Republican majority approval, 2-pt

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is handling its job?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Approve 415 41 41 41
Disapprove 585 58 58 100
Skipped/Ref 4 0 0 100

B5: Democratic majority approval

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate is handling its job?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Strongly approve 60 6 6 6
Somewhat approve 341 34 34 40
Somewhat disapprove 303 30 30 70
Strongly disapprove 299 30 30 100
Skipped/Ref 2 0 0 100

B5: Democratic majority approval, 2-pt

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate is handling its job?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Approve 400 40 40 40
Disapprove 602 60 60 100
Skipped/Ref 2 0 0 100

B6: Fav/Unfav: Biden

[Joe Biden] Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people or haven’t you heard enough yet to have an opinion?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Favorable opinion 376 37 37 37
Unfavorable opinion 591 59 59 96
Haven't heard enough 38 4 4 100

B7: Fav/Unfav: Harris