Specifically, Republicans’ approval of the Supreme Court is down 17 percentage points from September 2014 and down a total of 33 points since last summer. Democrats’ approval rose from 47% in September to 76% now — a 29-point gain. Independents’ views were largely unchanged, as 46% approved in September 2014 and 49% currently do.

Supreme Court approval among all Americans is up five points since last fall, from 44% to 49%. The current job approval rating is just below the 52% average, which dates back to 2000.

As a result of the partisan changes in opinions of the Supreme Court, Americans’ views of it are polarized along party lines more than ever has been the case in Gallup’s 15-year trend. The 18% approval among Republicans is the lowest to date, and the 76% approval among Democrats is the highest, albeit by a single percentage point. In 2009, after Obama took office and nominated Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, 75% of Democrats approved.