{"id":30230,"date":"2026-08-06T20:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30230"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:42:21","slug":"new-poll-finds-bump-in-trump-approval-rating-supreme-court-near-even","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30230","title":{"rendered":"New poll finds bump in Trump approval rating; Supreme Court near even"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Updated Aug. 6, 2026, 6:17 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__bv\"\/>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__bvd gnt_x__h\"\/>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Kevin Warsh explains why Fed is leaving interest rate steady\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Inflation and the cost of living are the most\u00a0important issues\u00a0to Americans,\u00a0while more adults\u00a0disapprove\u00a0than approve of the Supreme Court, the president and both parties in Congress, according to a new Marquette Law School Poll.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">The president&#8217;s approval and economic concerns: both rising\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The poll, conducted from July 22 through July 29\u00a0by SSRS of U.S. adults,\u00a0reported that 35% of people ranked inflation and the cost of living as the most\u00a0important issue\u00a0to them personally. That is down from 37% in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The economy took the number\u00a0two\u00a0spot, with 15% of respondents picking that as their most\u00a0important issue. Other options included\u00a0the\u00a0Iran\u00a0war (10%),\u00a0Medicare &amp; Social Security (9%), the SAVE America Act (9%) and 5% each for health care, immigration\/border\u00a0security\u00a0and affordable housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Marquette&#8217;s poll\u00a0saw a\u00a0two-point rise in\u00a0President\u00a0<a data-autotag=\"26f031d1-9924-4f10-b4e6-019d076113d5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s approval rating, which sat at 40%, up from 38%\u00a0from June 9-15 polling.\u00a0Marquette released\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/today.marquette.edu\/2026\/08\/new-marquette-law-school-poll-national-survey-finds-inflation-and-cost-of-living-the-most-important-issue-economy-next-most-important\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">part of the poll on Aug. 5<\/a>\u00a0and a <a href=\"https:\/\/today.marquette.edu\/2026\/08\/marquette-law-school-poll-finds-national-approval-of-supreme-court-now-at-47-has-remained-below-50-since-november-2025\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">second Supreme Court-focused part on Aug. 6<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When asked what effect Trump&#8217;s policies will have on inflation, 61% of respondents said that they will make inflation increase, 21% said they will make inflation decrease, and 18% predicted no effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/05\/USAT\/91187954007-20260727-t-100101-z-1677605946-rc-210-mawj-9-rx-rtrmadp-3-usafedeconomy.JPG?width=660&amp;height=441&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/05\/USAT\/91187954007-20260727-t-100101-z-1677605946-rc-210-mawj-9-rx-rtrmadp-3-usafedeconomy.JPG?width=1320&amp;height=882&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump greets workers as he arrives to deliver remarks during a visit to a Mack Truck assembly plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, on June 23, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein, REUTERS\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Supreme Court approval\u00a0remains\u00a0low\u00a0but decision-approval is favorable\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Supreme Court&#8217;s approval rating sits at 47% and has\u00a0remained\u00a0under 50% since November 2025, according to Marquette.\u00a0\u00a0There&#8217;s\u00a0a partisan split, with 74% of Republicans approving of the country&#8217;s high court, while only 22% of Democrats and\u00a035% of Independents approve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The public sees the Court\u2019s justices through partisan filters, though many are unfamiliar with the individual justices,&#8221;\u00a0Kevin Conway, a communications director with the Marquette Law School poll, said in a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This approval rate is 14 points higher than a 33% Supreme Court approval rating in Gallup polling on July 28, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/07\/29\/supreme-court-approval-gallup-poll\/91089648007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">reported by USA TODAY<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When it comes to the president&#8217;s relationship to the court, 54% of respondents\u00a0thought the court is &#8220;going out of its way to avoid&#8221; rulings that Trump may refuse to obey.\u00a0A similar 55% of people felt that the court rules in favor of Trump often or\u00a0fairly often\u00a0since his second term. That had a partisan split, with 37% of Republicans and 77% of Democrats seeing the\u00a0court leaning toward Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Marquette also asked respondents about specific Supreme Court decisions in their recent term.\u00a0Here&#8217;s\u00a0a breakdown of where approval stood on some major decisions:\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">70% approved of the decision that the president could\u00a0not\u00a0remove\u00a0a member of\u00a0the Federal Reserve\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">66% approved of the court denying\u00a0to hear\u00a0Trump&#8217;s appeal in his $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">66% approved blocking Trump&#8217;s tariffs under the International\u00a0Emergency Economic Powers Act\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">65% approved of banning transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">63% approved upholding birthright citizenship\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">62% approved allowing mail-in ballots received after Election Day, but postmarked before Dlection Day,\u00a0to be counted\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">53% approved\u00a0of the decision that\u00a0the Voting Rights Act\u00a0does not\u00a0require\u00a0majority-minority districts\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Only\u00a02 of the 13 decisions asked about were unfavorable: 51% opposed the president\u00a0being able to remove heads of independent agencies, and 53% opposed allowing parties to coordinate with candidate campaigns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Dems\u00a0lead\u00a0on generic\u00a0ballot, but GOP approval in Congress is higher\u00a0<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/05\/USAT\/91187940007-20260726-t-203627-z-111449436-rc-2-qlmao-55-up-rtrmadp-3-usaelectionpennsylvania.JPG?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/05\/USAT\/91187940007-20260726-t-203627-z-111449436-rc-2-qlmao-55-up-rtrmadp-3-usaelectionpennsylvania.JPG?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, congressional candidate Bob Brooks (Pennsylvania's District 7), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) hold hands during an event to mark 100 days until the midterm elections, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on July 26, 2026. Hannah Beier, REUTERS\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As November&#8217;s midterms edge nearer, Democrats are still leading Republicans on the generic ballot, but by shrinking margins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the July numbers, Marquette found that 46% of\u00a0registered\u00a0voters\u00a0preferred Democrats on the generic ballot, but only leading by two points to Republicans, sitting at 44%. In June,\u00a0there was also that\u00a0two-point\u00a0gap, but with Democrats at 47% and Republicans at 45%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Among\u00a0<em>likely\u00a0<\/em>voters, though, the Democrats&#8217; lead\u00a0over Republicans\u00a0increased. In the July polling, 51% of likely voters\u00a0said they would vote for the Democratic candidate in their districts, and only 45%\u00a0said the\u00a0Republican candidate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The GOP did have a win:\u00a0higher\u00a0approval in Congress, although\u00a0more adults disapprove than approve of both parties.\u00a0Thirty-seven percent\u00a0of people in July approved of Republicans in Congress, while only 34% of people approved of\u00a0Democrats.\u00a0That 37% approval for Republicans was also seen in April and May polling, but Democrats saw 30% in those two months \u2013 meaning 34% is a four-point\u00a0rise for the blue team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Aug. 6, 2026, 6:17 a.m. ET Inflation and the cost of living are the most\u00a0important issues\u00a0to Americans,\u00a0while more adults\u00a0disapprove\u00a0than approve of the Supreme Court, the president and both parties in Congress, according to a new Marquette Law School Poll.\u00a0 The president&#8217;s approval and economic concerns: both rising\u00a0 The poll, conducted from July 22 through&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/05\/USAT\/91187897007-20260805-t-144916-z-1600102687-mt-1-usatoday-29518395-rtrmadp-3-peoplestandinlineduringussenatespecialelectionearly.JPG?crop=2399,1350,x0,y90&width=2399&height=1350&format=pjpg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}