Partisan Views of the Court: 2008-2014 % expressing favorable view of Supreme Court
Currently, more Democrats (63%) than Republicans (54%) have a favorable impression of the Roberts court, though the gap has narrowed considerably since July 2012. At that time, shortly after the court upheld most of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, 64% of Democrats viewed the court favorably compared with just 38% of Republicans.
Partisan Views of the Court: 2008-2014  | % expressing favorable view of Supreme Court  | Re publican  | Democrat  | Independent  | Sotomayor  | Affordable Care  | nomination  | Not decision  | 80  | Kagan  | Gaymamager  | nomination  | .64 Gaymamager VRA decisions  | bb  | 63  | 64  | 54  | .38  | 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014  | Survey conducted April 23-27 2014  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 