The Supreme Court has won the public’s support for its latest rejection of a decade’s old liberal agenda item, another victory for the conservative court put in place by former President Donald Trump.
In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, a sizable majority of likely voters backed the court’s decision to shoot down affirmative action in the college selection process.
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The polling outlet said that 65% approved of striking down “racial favoritism” in university admissions. And just 1 in 5 think affirmative action programs have been successful, a bruising blow to one of Left’s star agenda items.
Hello @HarvardAdmiss and @UNCAdmissions :
Voters overwhelmingly approve of the Supreme Court affirmative action decision, 65% to 28%.
Thought you’d like to know, as you reorganize your processes. https://t.co/h1RerKU64R
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) July 17, 2023
Rasmussen said support was bipartisan: “Eighty-one percent (81%) of Republicans, 52% of Democrats and 64% of voters unaffiliated with either major party at least somewhat approve of the decision.”
The poll of one of the final decisions by the court during the spring session echoed the support last year of the conservative court’s ruling against another liberal favorite, abortion access.
In another recent survey, a majority of likely voters approved of the court’s rejection of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision granting a right to abortion. In that poll, the margin of approval was 52%-44%, slightly higher than just after the June 2022 decision.
Democrats had hoped to run hard on abortion and against the court in 2024, but the surveys threw that strategy into question.
ICYMI – last month, a majority of voters approved of the Dobbs decision, despite all the histrionics. https://t.co/h1RerKU64R pic.twitter.com/SgWsqqpyBi
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) July 17, 2023
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Those two decisions, as well as the court’s rejection of paying off the loans of deadbeat students, have prompted top Democrats to call for judicial “reform,” code for packing on Democratic judges to water down the conservative majority.
But on that issue, the majority of people oppose so-called court backing and want lawmakers to leave the judiciary alone.
