After Momentous Term, Widening Partisan Gap in Views of the Court % viewing Supreme Courtfavorably
Following major, end-of-term rulings on the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage, unfavorable opinions of the Supreme Court have reached a 30-year high. And opinions about the court and its ideology have never been more politically divided.
The latest national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted July 14-20 among 2,002 adults, finds that most of the increase in unfavorable views of the Supreme Court has come among Republicans.
After Momentous Term, Widening  | Partisan Gap in Views of the Court  | % viewing Supreme Courtfavorably  | Re publican Democrat  | Independent  | Hobby Ac-yGay marriage  | nomination Sotomayor  | Affordable Care  | Lobby marriage  | nomination Sotomayor  | Act decision  | decision decisions  | 80  | nomination Kagan  | GARA marriage,  | nomination Kagan  | GARA marriage, decisions  | 65  | 62  | 64  | 52  | 38  | 33  | 08  | 09  | 10  | 11 12 13 14 15  | Survey conducted July 14-20, 2015  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 