Marquette Law School Supreme Court Poll July 7-12, 2023

Court items only

(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.

B2: Supreme Court approval

Overall, how much do you approve or disapprove of the way the US Supreme Court is handling its job?
Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove n
sex
Male 18 33 25 24 470
Female 10 29 36 25 487
Another gender 0 16 0 84 20
age
18-29 2 36 36 27 186
30-44 12 30 27 32 267
45-59 15 32 39 15 235
60+ 20 30 23 27 318
education
Less than HS 4 47 37 12 93
HS graduate 13 36 28 24 294
Vocational/tech school/some college/ associates 14 27 35 24 267
Bachelor's degree 19 25 29 26 179
Post grad study/professional degree 13 28 23 36 172
income
Less than $30k 8 34 35 22 315
$30k to less than $50k 12 32 38 18 172
$50k to less than $75k 13 27 24 36 146
$75k to less than $100k 13 32 24 31 135
$100k or more 21 29 25 25 236
party ID, leaners as partisans
Republican 29 40 25 6 403
Independent 5 35 38 21 180
Democrat 2 21 32 45 422
party ID, leaners as independents
Republican 31 40 23 6 302
Independent 8 32 36 23 413
Democrat 2 22 28 48 291
party ID, leaners separate
Republican 31 40 23 6 302
Lean Republican 22 42 28 7 102
Independent 5 35 38 21 180
Lean Democrat 3 19 40 39 131
Democrat 2 22 28 48 291
party ID, 7-category
Strong Republican 37 38 21 4 192
Weak Republican 21 42 27 9 110
Lean Republican 22 42 28 7 102
Independent 5 35 38 21 180
Lean Democrat 3 19 40 39 131
Weak Democrat 2 30 38 30 126
Strong Democrat 2 16 20 63 164
marital status
Single, that is never married 4 33 33 30 262
Single, living with a partner 6 30 34 30 91
Married 21 32 26 20 451
Separated 16 18 51 15 30
Widowed 9 50 24 18 38
Divorced 13 23 32 33 133
race and ethnicity
White Non-Hispanic 18 32 25 25 601
Black Non-Hispanic 9 26 36 29 122
Hispanic 7 31 39 24 163
Other 6 30 39 25 86
religious service attendance
More than once a week 26 32 31 10 88
Once a week 25 37 27 12 129
Once or twice a month 10 51 25 13 66
A few times a year 11 43 22 25 135
Seldom 13 31 34 22 248
Never 8 21 32 39 339
religious preference
Born-again Protestant 27 39 22 12 184
Mainline Protestant 11 34 28 28 147
Roman Catholic 16 41 26 17 188
No religion 6 22 34 38 319
Other religion 12 29 38 22 166
ideology
Very conservative 42 40 14 4 126
Somewhat conservative 23 46 25 6 227
Moderate 7 33 38 23 398
Somewhat liberal 1 16 37 46 146
Very liberal 1 7 20 71 106
voter registration status
Yes 15 32 26 26 788
No 6 29 43 22 217

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?
Approve Disapprove n
sex
Male 51 49 470
Female 39 61 487
Another gender 16 84 20
age
18-29 38 62 186
30-44 41 58 267
45-59 47 53 235
60+ 50 50 318
education
Less than HS 51 49 93
HS graduate 49 51 294
Vocational/tech school/some college/ associates 41 59 267
Bachelor's degree 44 56 179
Post grad study/professional degree 40 60 172
income
Less than $30k 42 58 315
$30k to less than $50k 44 56 172
$50k to less than $75k 41 59 146
$75k to less than $100k 45 55 135
$100k or more 50 50 236
party ID, leaners as partisans
Republican 69 31 403
Independent 40 59 180
Democrat 23 77 422
party ID, leaners as independents
Republican 71 29 302
Independent 40 60 413
Democrat 24 76 291
party ID, leaners separate
Republican 71 29 302
Lean Republican 64 36 102
Independent 40 59 180
Lean Democrat 22 78 131
Democrat 24 76 291
party ID, 7-category
Strong Republican 75 25 192
Weak Republican 64 36 110
Lean Republican 64 36 102
Independent 40 59 180
Lean Democrat 22 78 131
Weak Democrat 32 68 126
Strong Democrat 18 82 164
marital status
Single, that is never married 37 63 262
Single, living with a partner 36 64 91
Married 53 47 451
Separated 34 66 30
Widowed 58 42 38
Divorced 36 64 133
race and ethnicity
White Non-Hispanic 50 50 601
Black Non-Hispanic 35 65 122
Hispanic 37 63 163
Other 36 64 86
religious service attendance
More than once a week 58 41 88
Once a week 62 38 129
Once or twice a month 62 38 66
A few times a year 53 47 135
Seldom 44 56 248
Never 29 71 339
religious preference
Born-again Protestant 65 35 184
Mainline Protestant 44 56 147
Roman Catholic 57 43 188
No religion 28 72 319
Other religion 41 59 166
ideology
Very conservative 82 18 126
Somewhat conservative 69 31 227
Moderate 39 61 398
Somewhat liberal 17 83 146
Very liberal 9 91 106
voter registration status
Yes 47 53 788
No 35 65 217

C1: Confidence in SCOTUS

[The US Supreme Court] Here is a list of institutions in American society. How much confidence do you have in each one?
A great deal Quite a lot Some Very little None at all n
sex
Male 12 28 29 18 13 470
Female 7 16 36 27 14 487
Another gender 11 0 5 25 59 20
age
18-29 9 23 25 23 20 186
30-44 7 17 33 23 20 267
45-59 12 22 37 23 7 235
60+ 14 21 31 21 12 318
education
Less than HS 15 24 29 25 6 93
HS graduate 11 18 37 19 15 294
Vocational/tech school/some college/ associates 8 19 34 21 18 267
Bachelor's degree 12 24 27 25 11 179
Post grad study/professional degree 10 21 27 25 16 172
income
Less than $30k 9 19 30 26 15 315
$30k to less than $50k 12 14 41 18 14 172
$50k to less than $75k 9 16 35 21 18 146
$75k to less than $100k 11 21 27 23 18 135
$100k or more 12 30 28 21 9 236
party ID, leaners as partisans
Republican 19 29 34 15 2 403
Independent 8 11 39 19 22 180
Democrat 3 17 27 31 23 422
party ID, leaners as independents
Republican 19 30 37 12 2 302
Independent 9 18 31 23 18 413
Democrat 4 15 27 33 22 291
party ID, leaners separate
Republican 19 30 37 12 2 302
Lean Republican 21 27 26 24 2 102
Independent 8 11 39 19 22 180
Lean Democrat 2 21 25 27 24 131
Democrat 4 15 27 33 22 291
party ID, 7-category
Strong Republican 25 26 37 10 2 192
Weak Republican 8 36 38 15 2 110
Lean Republican 21 27 26 24 2 102
Independent 8 11 39 19 22 180
Lean Democrat 2 21 25 27 24 131
Weak Democrat 4 18 34 27 17 126
Strong Democrat 3 12 22 37 26 164
marital status
Single, that is never married 7 18 28 22 25 262
Single, living with a partner 2 24 32 30 11 91
Married 14 24 32 20 10 451
Separated 5 24 37 27 7 30
Widowed 7 28 35 25 5 38
Divorced 13 8 38 25 16 133
race and ethnicity
White Non-Hispanic 12 23 32 19 13 601
Black Non-Hispanic 4 14 28 36 18 122
Hispanic 6 20 34 29 13 163
Other 13 10 33 21 23 86
religious service attendance
More than once a week 12 22 43 15 8 88
Once a week 16 35 23 21 5 129
Once or twice a month 8 31 34 11 16 66
A few times a year 14 22 32 25 8 135
Seldom 8 16 38 24 13 248
Never 9 15 28 25 23 339
religious preference
Born-again Protestant 15 31 32 12 10 184
Mainline Protestant 11 23 28 27 10 147
Roman Catholic 9 26 32 22 10 188
No religion 6 16 30 27 22 319
Other religion 15 9 39 23 14 166
ideology
Very conservative 24 29 31 11 4 126
Somewhat conservative 16 29 39 13 3 227
Moderate 8 19 34 24 14 398
Somewhat liberal 3 13 25 39 19 146
Very liberal 2 6 19 28 45 106
voter registration status
Yes 11 23 31 22 13 788
No 8 12 36 25 19 217

C6: Justice nomination majority