Gallup poll shows Supreme Court approval falls to record low as Republican support drops
Public confidence in the Supreme Court is weakening further in 2026 as rulings on major Trump administration priorities appear to reshape partisan views of the court. Gallup finds approval at a record low of 33%, while disapproval reaches 61% and Republican backing falls sharply from the previous reading.
Highlights
- Gallup reports Supreme Court approval at 33%, down 6 percentage points from July 2025 and the lowest in the poll's 26-year history.
- Republican approval of the Supreme Court drops sharply to 58% from 79% in September, lowest in nearly three years, following unfavorable decisions for the Trump administration.
- Democratic approval remains at 12% and independent approval at 35%, with Democratic ratings among the lowest for any party group under the current 6-3 conservative majority.
Poll results and partisan shifts
As reported by CNBC, citing Gallup, just 33% of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing, down 6 percentage points from 39% in July 2025, which had been the prior low in the survey's 26-year trend.A record 61% of Americans disapprove of the court, up from 52% last September. Gallup says its latest poll is based on telephone interviews with 1,200 adults conducted from July 1 through 19, with a margin of sampling error of 4 percentage points.
Among Republicans, approval drops to 58% from a near-record 79% in the last measurement in September. Gallup says that marks the lowest approval level among Republicans in nearly three years.
Implications for the court and U.S. politics
The survey suggests recent decisions unfavorable to the Trump administration may be weighing more heavily on Republican views than rulings that benefit President Donald Trump and the GOP. The article cites cases involving tariffs, birthright citizenship and the Federal Reserve as part of the backdrop to the shift.Approval among Democrats and independents is essentially unchanged from September 2025, with 12% of Democrats and 35% of independents approving of the court's performance. Gallup says Democratic ratings over the past five years, all during the court's 6-3 conservative majority, rank among the lowest for any party group in its long-term trend.
Our earlier article on fresh U.S. tariff measures after the Supreme Court overturned emergency levies explained how the Trump administration is trying to replace lost customs revenue and reduce the fiscal gap. It also noted that the new tariff wave could feed into higher bond yields and inflation risks, while a turn toward net positive U.S. equity issuance may weaken a long-running support for stock returns.
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