Most Trusted Branch of Federal Government (October 2018)
category | Total |
---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 8% |
The President, the executive branch | 29% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 29% |
Don't know | 35% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 12% | 5% | 4% |
The President, the executive branch | 3% | 15% | 56% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 33% | 32% | 24% |
Don't know | 52% | 47% | 16% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 10% | 12% | 12% |
The President, the executive branch | 5% | 3% | 1% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 43% | 29% | 31% |
Don't know | 42% | 56% | 56% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 3% | 5% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 52% | 34% | 65% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 32% | 30% | 18% |
Don't know | 13% | 30% | 12% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 12% | 11% | 3% |
The President, the executive branch | 3% | 17% | 51% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 35% | 31% | 26% |
Don't know | 50% | 41% | 20% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 11% | 16% | 11% |
The President, the executive branch | 1% | 1% | 5% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 54% | 40% | 22% |
Don't know | 35% | 44% | 62% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 6% | 4% | 2% |
The President, the executive branch | 36% | 48% | 59% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 35% | 28% | 21% |
Don't know | 23% | 20% | 18% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 11% | 6% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 2% | 56% | 55% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 33% | 23% | 31% |
Don't know | 54% | 16% | 9% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 6% | 9% | 10% |
The President, the executive branch | 38% | 10% | 18% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 28% | 23% | 32% |
Don't know | 28% | 58% | 39% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 7% | 8% |
The President, the executive branch | 32% | 26% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 33% | 25% |
Don't know | 27% | 41% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 12% | 6% | 4% |
The President, the executive branch | 22% | 31% | 36% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 29% | 29% | 29% |
Don't know | 37% | 34% | 31% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 14% | 9% | 5% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 21% | 17% | 31% | 45% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 39% | 28% | 28% | 23% |
Don't know | 26% | 46% | 35% | 27% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 2% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 26% | 33% | 30% | 34% | 28% | 20% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 21% | 20% | 27% | 29% | 33% | 46% |
Don't know | 51% | 40% | 37% | 29% | 29% | 29% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 8% | 7% | 6% | 8% |
The President, the executive branch | 36% | 27% | 23% | 19% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 26% | 27% | 38% | 32% |
Don't know | 30% | 39% | 33% | 41% |
category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 7% | 8% | 8% |
The President, the executive branch | 42% | 29% | 15% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 22% | 33% | 34% |
Don't know | 29% | 30% | 43% |