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The Supreme Court's Approval Ratings Have Dropped. Does It Matter?

What happens if both political parties come to distrust the Court’s judgment?

Damon Root | 3.12.2026 7:00 AM

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(Illustration: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)

According to a new poll conducted by NBC News, the percentage of registered U.S. voters who have a "great deal" or "quite a bit" of confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has reached a new low. What's going on?

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Here is how NBC's senior Supreme Court reporter Lawrence Hurley summarized the results:

The latest NBC News poll shows that 22% of registered voters nationally said they have a "great deal" or "quite a bit" of confidence in the high court. Another 40% said they had "some" confidence, while 38% said they had "very little" or "no" confidence.

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