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 underlaid
Story arc
VerifiedSupreme 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
By administration
Average approve during each presidency, from the smoothed series.
Trump · 2017–2021
43%
avg approve
Biden · 2021–2025
39%
−4pp vs Trump
Trump 2 · 2025–now
39%
+0pp vs Biden
Pollster house effects
Pollsters on this topic · 19
D-LEAN
NEUTRAL
R-LEAN
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%