Marquette Law School Poll to release results of national surveys on U.S. Supreme Court, political topics, Nov. 15-16

Nov. 10, 2023

Marquette Law Poll logoMILWAUKEE — The Marquette Law School Poll will release over two days the results of its national survey of public opinion, Nov. 15-16, via written releases.

On Wednesday, Nov. 15, the Marquette Law School Poll will release results pertaining to public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court. The survey reviews public reaction to the Court’s recent major decisions and attention to news about the Court. The poll provides the latest trends in national approval of, and confidence in, the Supreme Court, state supreme courts, juries in criminal cases, and other institutions, as well as perceptions of the ethical standards of the Court. This is the 17th installment in a series of nationwide surveys, begun in 2019, measuring public understanding and opinion of the nation’s highest court.

The second release, on Thursday, Nov. 16, will set forth findings of the Marquette Law School Poll’s national survey on policy preferences and political topics. This survey includes Republicans’ preferences for the GOP presidential nomination. Trial heats for the general election between President Joe Biden and three Republican candidates—former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley—are included in the poll. The survey includes reluctance to support the major party candidates, as well as support for third parties and potential third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  The poll updates favorability toward all Republican primary candidates, as well as Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Several public policy issues are also considered, including aid to Israel and to Ukraine and America’s role in the world.

The written releases and corresponding data will be distributed and made available on the above-stated dates at 1 a.m. EST, on the Marquette Law School Poll website. Embargoed written releases of these national surveys will be available to members of the media who formally register their interest in advance online and agree to stated embargo policies. Reporters who have registered for previous embargoes do not need to register again.

Interviews with Franklin following the poll’s releases are available on request by contacting Kevin Conway at kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.

Begun in 2012, the Marquette Law School Poll is the most extensive statewide polling project in Wisconsin history. Since 2019, the Law School’s surveys of national public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court have expanded the work of the poll both geographically and to a new set of topics of broad importance, and more recently the national survey has included political topics. Franklin has directed the poll since its inception and is a professor of law and public policy at Marquette Law School. His academic articles on partisanship, public opinion, the Supreme Court, and U.S. Senate elections have appeared in major journals and as book chapters. He is a past president of the Society for Political Methodology and an elected fellow of the society. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.