Polarization and Approval of Institutions
Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup:
Republicans’ and Democrats’ evaluations of both the Supreme Court and Congress have never diverged more than in Gallup’s latest update.
Seventy-five percent of Republicans versus 11% of Democrats approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing, according to a July 7-21 poll. This 64-percentage-point party gap exceeds the prior high of 61 points, recorded after the high court overturned Roe v. Wade in its 2022 Dobbs ruling.
At the same time, 55 points separate Republicans’ (61%) and Democrats’ (6%) approval of Congress. That ties with another 55-point party gap from March as the largest in Gallup’s trend dating back to 1974.
