While Republicans’ latest 74% approval rating is not the highest historically for the group, Democrats’ 13% rating is the lowest recorded for them. For their part, a relatively steady 40% of independents approve of the court.
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While the partisan gap today is large, 2015 witnessed a 58-point gap where approval among Republicans reached a historic low (18%), and Democrats’ a historic high (76%), in the wake of the Obergefell vs. Hodges decision prohibiting state bans on same-sex marriage.
The current 13% approval for Democrats is the lowest approval rating for the court that Gallup has measured for any party group.
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