Most Trusted Branch (February 2024)
category | Total |
---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 25% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 11% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 29% |
Don't know/No opinion | 35% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 52% | 4% | 6% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 11% | 4% | 13% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 13% | 25% | 45% |
Don't know/No opinion | 25% | 66% | 36% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 34% | 48% | 59% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 10% | 18% | 7% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 15% | 17% | 10% |
Don't know/No opinion | 40% | 17% | 24% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 3% | 11% | 4% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 8% | 13% | 15% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 52% | 37% | 47% |
Don't know/No opinion | 36% | 40% | 34% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 47% | 29% | 8% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 12% | 10% | 11% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 10% | 19% | 47% |
Don't know/No opinion | 31% | 41% | 34% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 44% | 45% | 51% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 11% | 19% | 7% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 13% | 7% | 9% |
Don't know/No opinion | 32% | 29% | 33% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 10% | 8% | 6% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 16% | 9% | 10% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 41% | 49% | 49% |
Don't know/No opinion | 33% | 34% | 35% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 22% | 48% | 21% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 9% | 14% | 12% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 36% | 10% | 24% |
Don't know/No opinion | 33% | 28% | 42% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 25% | 26% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 14% | 9% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 34% | 24% |
Don't know/No opinion | 27% | 42% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 32% | 25% | 15% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 17% | 9% | 6% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 22% | 30% | 37% |
Don't know/No opinion | 29% | 36% | 42% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 31% | 25% | 24% | 24% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 25% | 17% | 6% | 5% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 19% | 22% | 30% | 39% |
Don't know/No opinion | 24% | 36% | 41% | 32% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 25% | 21% | 25% | 28% | 25% | 35% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 7% | 11% | 7% | 13% | 16% | 8% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 16% | 29% | 33% | 24% | 30% | 25% |
Don't know/No opinion | 53% | 40% | 35% | 35% | 29% | 32% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 24% | 28% | 20% | 29% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 11% | 15% | 9% | 6% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 34% | 25% | 27% | 19% |
Don't know/No opinion | 31% | 32% | 44% | 45% |
Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
---|---|---|---|---|
The President, the executive branch | 25% | 24% | 33% | 7% |
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 15% | 11% | 6% | 12% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 34% | 29% | 16% | 34% |
Don't know/No opinion | 27% | 36% | 45% | 47% |