The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, June 25, 2026, as the Supreme Court announces a series of decisions nearing the end of its current term.
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A new Gallup poll shows that Republican support for the high court will plummet in 2026, with approval among all Americans for the Supreme Court’s office at an all-time low.
A Gallup poll found that only 33% of Americans approve of the work the Supreme Court is doing. This was down 6 percentage points from the 39% who approved the initiative in July 2025, which was the court’s lower threshold for approval.
According to Gallup, which has been tracking public support for the Supreme Court for 26 years, 61% of Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court, a record high. This has increased from the 52% disapproval rate in September last year.
“Republican approval of the Supreme Court has fallen to 58% from a near-record high of 79% when last measured in September,” Gallup said in an article about the poll. This is the lowest approval rating among Republicans in nearly three years.
“This decline may indicate that rulings unfavorable to the Trump administration this term, such as rulings on tariffs and birthright citizenship, carry more weight in Republicans’ evaluations of the court than rulings favorable to Trump or the Republican Party,” Gallup said.
In its recently concluded term, the Supreme Court said President Trump did not have the right to impose broad tariffs on imports from most countries around the world under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The court also invalidated Trump’s executive order that significantly limited the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens by birth.
And as the lawsuit challenging the removal of Federal Reserve President Lisa Cook progresses, the court rejected President Trump’s proposal to immediately remove her.
But President Trump and his administration have scored some big victories, including allowing the president to fire members of supposedly independent government agencies.
The Gallup poll conducted telephone interviews with 1,200 adults from July 1 to 19. The poll had a margin of sampling error of 4 percentage points.
Gallup surveys Americans about their views on the Supreme Court each year in July, after the Supreme Court’s term ends, and in September, a few weeks before the Supreme Court resumes hearings in October.
A new poll finds that support for the Supreme Court among Democrats and independents is essentially unchanged from September 2025. Only 12% of Democrats approve of the work the Supreme Court is doing, compared to just 35% of independents.
“Democratic approval ratings in each of the past five years, since the court held a 6-3 conservative majority, have been among the lowest of any party group in Gallup trends,” Gallup said.
