Most Trusted Branch of Federal Government (June 2017)
category | Total |
---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 6% |
The President, the executive branch | 26% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 38% |
Don't know | 30% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 6% | 2% | 7% |
The President, the executive branch | 4% | 21% | 48% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 56% | 43% | 20% |
Don't know | 34% | 34% | 25% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 6% | 6% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 0% | 6% | 5% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 59% | 54% | 55% |
Don't know | 35% | 33% | 34% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 5% | 6% | 8% |
The President, the executive branch | 43% | 35% | 59% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 24% | 33% | 8% |
Don't know | 28% | 25% | 24% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 4% | 8% | 6% |
The President, the executive branch | 3% | 13% | 46% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 64% | 36% | 22% |
Don't know | 29% | 43% | 26% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 3% | 5% | 2% |
The President, the executive branch | 5% | 2% | 2% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 71% | 67% | 55% |
Don't know | 21% | 26% | 41% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 2% | 7% | 7% |
The President, the executive branch | 24% | 51% | 53% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 50% | 21% | 7% |
Don't know | 24% | 21% | 33% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 5% | 8% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 4% | 47% | 63% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 60% | 22% | 15% |
Don't know | 31% | 24% | 18% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 6% | 8% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 32% | 9% | 17% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 35% | 47% | 40% |
Don't know | 26% | 35% | 39% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 7% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 29% | 23% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 38% | 38% |
Don't know | 26% | 34% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 6% | 6% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 15% | 28% | 38% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 45% | 39% | 26% |
Don't know | 34% | 28% | 31% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 14% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
The President, the executive branch | 8% | 19% | 29% | 38% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 48% | 38% | 39% | 30% |
Don't know | 30% | 36% | 28% | 29% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 3% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 5% | 5% |
The President, the executive branch | 22% | 28% | 25% | 20% | 28% | 20% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 24% | 28% | 41% | 36% | 41% | 53% |
Don't know | 50% | 35% | 30% | 36% | 26% | 22% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch | 8% | 5% | 2% | 6% |
The President, the executive branch | 35% | 26% | 17% | 7% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 25% | 40% | 48% | 59% |
Don't know | 32% | 29% | 33% | 27% |
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 | 9% | 5% | 3% |
The President, the executive branch | 33% | 31% | 11% |
The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch | 26% | 36% | 61% |
Don't know | 32% | 28% | 25% |