Analysis: A lot of Americans don’t actually know enough to have informed opinions on the subjects. A third of the country, for example, thinks most Supreme Court justices were appointed by Democratic presidents.
This is not a generous assessment of the body politic, certainly, and it’s important to recognize thatAmericans are aware of the basic elements of governance. But lingering at the edges — or, often, in the middle — is this gap.Franklin was responding specifically to the Supreme Court, given that Marquette conducts polling focused on the court every two months.
, sharing a graph to that effect. Since 2019 or so, when Marquette’s data begin, about 3 in 10 Americans say they think that Democratic presidents definitely or probably appointed most of the members of the court.So how does someone assume that most justices were appointed by Democrats? Perhaps in part because they conflate ideology with the party of the appointing president, which isn’t always a flawless guide. And certainly in part because of how they view the court’s actions.
Among independents, though, the numbers were substantially lower. This is not uncommon; self-identified independents tend to say they pay less attention to politics and, as a result, might be expected to be less familiar with how power is distributed.Interestingly, that’s not the case in Marquette’s polling about the Supreme Court. Independents and Republicans are equally likely to say that a majority of the court was definitely or probably appointed by Democratic presidents.
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