Most Trusted Branch of Government (February 2020)
category | Total |
---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 12% |
The President, the executive branch | 27% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 30% |
Don't know | 30% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 24% | 6% | 2% |
The President, the executive branch | 3% | 17% | 54% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 36% | 40% | 24% |
Don't know | 38% | 38% | 20% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 14% | 22% | 31% |
The President, the executive branch | 5% | 3% | 1% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 41% | 39% | 31% |
Don't know | 40% | 36% | 37% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 2% | 1% | 2% |
The President, the executive branch | 47% | 45% | 61% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 34% | 25% | 19% |
Don't know | 17% | 29% | 19% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 24% | 9% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 4% | 14% | 51% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 34% | 41% | 22% |
Don't know | 38% | 36% | 22% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 20% | 24% | 28% |
The President, the executive branch | 5% | 2% | 6% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 39% | 37% | 25% |
Don't know | 36% | 37% | 41% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 14% | 4% | 3% |
The President, the executive branch | 25% | 51% | 64% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 37% | 22% | 14% |
Don't know | 24% | 23% | 19% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 9% | 26% | 13% |
The President, the executive branch | 34% | 10% | 21% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 32% | 22% | 31% |
Don't know | 26% | 42% | 35% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 11% | 13% |
The President, the executive branch | 32% | 24% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 31% | 30% |
Don't know | 26% | 34% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 18% | 11% | 7% |
The President, the executive branch | 19% | 27% | 41% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 31% | 33% | 22% |
Don't know | 32% | 29% | 30% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 16% | 12% | 10% | 12% |
The President, the executive branch | 14% | 19% | 31% | 44% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 34% | 32% | 28% | 30% |
Don't know | 36% | 37% | 31% | 13% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 21% | 9% | 11% | 17% | 14% | 11% |
The President, the executive branch | 32% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 23% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 3% | 32% | 26% | 30% | 35% | 33% |
Don't know | 44% | 30% | 33% | 27% | 26% | 33% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 10% | 12% | 13% | 17% |
The President, the executive branch | 35% | 31% | 16% | 14% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 28% | 26% | 40% | 36% |
Don't know | 27% | 31% | 31% | 33% |
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 U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 10% | 10% | 17% | 10% |
The President, the executive branch | 41% | 32% | 9% | 23% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 22% | 35% | 37% | 19% |
Don't know | 28% | 23% | 37% | 48% |