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approval · 357 polls · 19 sources · 2000 → 2026

Supreme Court (institutional) approval

Today (2026)
41%
approve · 2026
First reading
61%
2000 · rmg-research
26-year shift
-20pp
falling
Polls
357
polls
Sources
19
rmg-research · marquette-university-law-school · quinnipiac-university
approve % · 2000 → 2026LOESS-smoothed · raw dots underlaid50% line · majority threshold2000 · 61%Bush v. Gore2015 · 49%Obergefell — same-sex marriage2020 · 44%Ginsburg dies; Barrett confirmed2022 · 39%Dobbs overturns Roe2000200420082012201620202026
Story arc
Verified

Supreme Court institutional approval stood at 43% approve / 53% disapprove in an RMG Research poll fielded June 4 [1], consistent with Marquette University Law School's reading of 46% approve / 54% disapprove from late May [2]. Quinnipiac University recorded a notably lower 33% approval on May 18 [3]. Comparing to Marquette's prior poll from approximately 30 days earlier (44% approve, April 16 [5]), approval is roughly flat, while RMG's April 15 reading of 40% approve [6] puts its June figure up 3 points over the same span.

approve over time

LOESS CONSENSUS
357 polls
BIAS-CORRECTED
House effects removed
INDIVIDUAL POLLS
raw readings
EVENT
curated
BUSH 43OBAMATRUMPBIDENTRUMP 235%40%45%50%55%60%65%2000 · Bush v. Gore2015 · Obergefell — same-sex…2020 · Ginsburg dies; Barret…2022 · Dobbs overturns RoeRAW 40.9CORR 40.620002007201320192026

By administration

Average approve during each presidency, from the smoothed series.

Trump · 20172021
43%
avg approve
Biden · 20212025
39%
−4pp vs Trump
Trump 2 · 2025now
39%
+0pp vs Biden

Pollster house effects

Pollsters on this topic · 19
D-LEAN
NEUTRAL
R-LEAN
← UNDERSTATES SUPPORTOVERSTATES SUPPORT →-3pp0pp+3ppMarquette University Law Scho…Marquette University Law School+3.0High Point University Survey …High Point University Survey Research Center-2.9YouGov-2.9Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Re…Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research+2.8Monmouth University Polling I…Monmouth University Polling Institute+2.3ABC News/The Washington Post-1.5SSRS+1.1Quinnipiac University-0.9Change Research+0.8Emerson College-0.8Echelon Insights+0.7University of Massachusetts D…University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science/YouGov-0.6
MOST ALIGNED
KFF
-0.0pp
Track record matches consensus to within 0.0 pp across 1 polls.
LARGEST HOUSE EFFECT
Marquette University Law School
+3.0pp
Consistently overstates support relative to consensus; weight in aggregate is downgraded accordingly.

What's changed

2000
Bush v. Gore
61%
2015
Obergefell — same-sex marriage
49%
2020
Ginsburg dies; Barrett confirmed
44%
2022
Dobbs overturns Roe
39%