A Supreme Court Role in 2024 Election Worries Voters, Poll Finds

Oct. 24, 2024, 6:00 PM UTC

A majority of voters lack confidence the US Supreme Court would be politically neutral in resolving potential legal challenges around the 2024 presidential election, a survey from Pew Research Center found.

Only 20% of registered voters polled are highly confident the court can be unbiased, but they’re split on party lines — with 34% of those supporting Donald Trump expressing confidence in the court’s neutrality, versus 6% for Vice President Kamala Harris’ backers.

Three of the nine justices on the court are appointees of former President Trump. The court now has a 6-3 conservative majority that in July ...



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