Most Trusted Branch of Government (February 2017)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 7% |
The President, the executive branch | 28% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 36% |
Don't know | 30% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 8% | 3% | 6% |
The President, the executive branch | 6% | 22% | 49% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 53% | 36% | 20% |
Don't know | 33% | 40% | 25% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 4% | 5% | 9% |
The President, the executive branch | 47% | 37% | 59% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 25% | 27% | 13% |
Don't know | 25% | 31% | 20% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 10% | 12% | 4% |
The President, the executive branch | 3% | 4% | 8% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 62% | 49% | 51% |
Don't know | 25% | 35% | 37% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 5% | 9% | 6% |
The President, the executive branch | 6% | 18% | 47% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 65% | 36% | 20% |
Don't know | 24% | 37% | 27% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 5% | 5% | 8% |
The President, the executive branch | 25% | 47% | 57% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 42% | 21% | 10% |
Don't know | 28% | 27% | 26% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 4% | 2% | 9% |
The President, the executive branch | 5% | 4% | 8% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 72% | 66% | 60% |
Don't know | 19% | 29% | 22% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 9% | 7% | 6% |
The President, the executive branch | 7% | 48% | 57% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 55% | 22% | 14% |
Don't know | 30% | 22% | 23% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 6% | 8% | 8% |
The President, the executive branch | 34% | 10% | 20% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 35% | 37% | 37% |
Don't know | 25% | 44% | 35% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 7% | 7% |
The President, the executive branch | 31% | 25% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 39% | 33% |
Don't know | 24% | 35% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 12% | 5% | 3% |
The President, the executive branch | 20% | 28% | 39% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 35% | 38% | 31% |
Don't know | 33% | 29% | 27% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 11% | 12% | 3% | 2% |
The President, the executive branch | 23% | 17% | 29% | 45% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 38% | 41% | 35% | 26% |
Don't know | 29% | 29% | 32% | 27% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 9% | 7% | 5% | 13% | 6% | 4% |
The President, the executive branch | 16% | 31% | 31% | 26% | 26% | 20% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 34% | 28% | 32% | 31% | 46% | 50% |
Don't know | 41% | 34% | 31% | 29% | 21% | 26% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 10% | 5% | 6% | 2% |
The President, the executive branch | 34% | 31% | 25% | 10% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 25% | 31% | 47% | 63% |
Don't know | 31% | 33% | 22% | 25% |
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 | 10% | 7% | 4% |
The President, the executive branch | 37% | 30% | 15% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 19% | 36% | 60% |
Don't know | 33% | 28% | 22% |