American voters’ confidence in the Supreme Court has hit a record low, according to a new poll.
In the NBC News survey, 22 percent of respondents said they either had “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence in the court. That is down from 29 percent who said the same in July 2024 and 27 percent who said the same in August 2022, when the poll began measuring registered voters’ confidence in the court.
Forty percent of respondents in the NBC News poll said they had “some” confidence in the nation’s highest court, while 28 percent said they had “very little” and 10 percent said they had “none at all.” In July 2024, 29 percent of respondents said they had “some” confidence in the Supreme Court, with 35 percent saying the same in August 2022.
The court has made some controversial decisions in recent years, from overturning Roe v. Wade to ruling in favor of President Trump when it comes to presidential immunity.
While the current Supreme Court leans conservative, it did recently go against Trump by shooting down most of his sweeping tariffs. In Trump’s second term, his tariff policy has strained relationships with allies such as the European Union and Canada, rattled global markets and increased economic uncertainty.
The NBC News poll found 54 percent of respondents backing the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling, while 27 percent were against it.
Trump’s job approval in the poll also dipped by 3 points from the previous year, with 44 percent of respondents saying they either “strongly” or “somewhat” backed the president’s job performance, down from 47 percent in March 2025.
The NBC News poll took place from Feb. 27 to March 3, featured 1,000 registered voters and had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.
