Marquette Law School Poll to release results of national surveys on U.S. Supreme Court, political topics, May 22-23

May 17, 2024

MILWAUKEE - The Marquette Law School Poll will release the results of its national survey of public opinion, over two days, May 22-23, via written releases.

On Wednesday, May 22, the Marquette Law School Poll will release results pertaining to public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court. The survey reviews public reaction to the Court's pending cases, as well as attention to news about the Court. The poll provides the latest trends in national approval of and confidence in the Supreme Court, juries in criminal cases, and a number of other institutions. This is the 20th installment in a series of nationwide surveys, begun in 2019, measuring public understanding and opinion of the nation's highest court.

The second release, on Thursday, May 23, will set forth findings of the Marquette Law School Poll's national survey on policy preferences and political topics. This survey includes trial heats for the general election between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump and in a five-candidate ballot including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein, and Cornel West. The survey includes views of which candidates would better handle several policy issues, which issues are most important, and which candidates possess particular characteristics. The poll updates favorability toward Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump, and others. Several public policy issues are also considered, including student protests over Israel and Gaza, whether to deport undocumented immigrants, abortion policy, aid to Israel and to Ukraine, and America's role in the world. Also included are views of the economy and personal finances.

The written releases and corresponding data will be distributed and made available on the above-stated dates at 1 a.m. EDT, on the Marquette Law School Poll website. Embargoed written releases of these national surveys will be available to members of the media who formally register their interest in advance online and agree to stated embargo policies. Reporters who have registered for previous embargoes do not need to register again.

Interviews with Franklin following the poll's releases are available on request by contacting Kevin Conway at [email protected].

Begun in 2012, the Marquette Law School Poll is the most extensive statewide polling project in Wisconsin history. Since 2019, the Law School's surveys of national public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court have expanded the work of the poll both geographically and to a new set of topics of broad importance, and more recently the national survey has included political topics. Franklin has directed the poll since its inception and is a professor of law and public policy at Marquette Law School. His academic articles on partisanship, public opinion, the Supreme Court, and U.S. 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 fellow of the society. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.

About Kevin Conway

Kevin is the associate director for university communication in the Office of University Relations. Contact Kevin at (414) 288-4745 or [email protected].