July 21, 2023
MILWAUKEE – The Marquette Law School Poll will release the results of its national public opinion poll over two days, July 26-27, through written releases.
On Wednesday, July 26, the Marquette Law School poll will release results regarding public opinion about the United States Supreme Court. The survey reviews public reaction to the term’s Court’s major decisions and the visibility of those decisions, ranging from the use of race in college admissions to congressional districting, religious liberty and other issues. The survey provides the latest trends in national approval and trust in the Supreme Court, local judges, the legal profession and other institutions, as well as perceptions of the Court’s ethical standards. Opinions from previous decisions on abortion and same-sex marriage are also included. This is the 15th installment in a series of nationwide surveys, begun in 2019, that measure public understanding and opinion of the nation’s highest court.
The second release, on Thursday, July 27, will outline the results of the national Marquette Law School Poll on policy preferences and policy issues. This poll includes Republican preferences for the GOP presidential nomination and support among Democrats for a second term for President Joe Biden. The test scales for the general election are being measured between Biden and former President Donald Trump and between Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Also included are measures of attention to Trump’s recent indictment in Florida regarding his handling of classified documents, and how the public views the seriousness of how Trump, Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence retained classified documents. The poll updates favorability toward potential Republican candidates, including Trump, DeSantis, Pence and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, among others. On the Democratic side, favorability is measured for Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson. A number of public policy issues are also considered, including aid to Ukraine and the role of the United States in the world.
Written releases and corresponding data will be distributed and made available at 1:00 a.m. EDT on Marquette Law School Survey Website. The embargoed written statements from these national surveys will be available to members of the media who formally register your interest in advance online and agree to the embargo policies set forth. Journalists who have registered for previous embargoes do not need to register again.
The interviews with Dr. Franklin post survey releases are available upon request by contacting Kevin Conway at kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.
Begun in 2012, the Marquette Law School survey is the most extensive statewide survey project in Wisconsin history. Since 2019, the Law School’s surveys of national public opinion about the US Supreme Court have expanded the survey’s work both geographically and into a new set of topics of broad importance, and more recently the national survey has included political issues. Franklin has led the survey since its inception and is a professor of law and public policy at Marquette Law School. His scholarly articles on partisanship, public opinion, the Supreme Court, and US 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 member of the society. He has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.
About Kevin Conway
Kevin is the Associate Director of University Communications in the Office of University Relations. Contact Kevin at (414) 288-4745 or kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.
