{"id":223433,"date":"2025-04-23T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=223433"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:10:21","slug":"views-of-congress-parties-and-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/04\/23\/views-of-congress-parties-and-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Views of Congress, parties and courts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Views of the Republican Party and Congress have modestly improved in the last year, while ratings of the Democratic Party remain historically low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court continues to be viewed more favorably than these other institutions, but its ratings are also near historic lows. And there is widespread skepticism across the political spectrum that federal court judges are fair and impartial in how they decide cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Views of the parties<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Today, more Americans express a favorable view of the Republican Party (43%) than of the Democratic Party (38%) \u2013 a shift from recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though neither party receives majority-positive assessments from the public, views of the Republican Party have improved in recent years (43% today vs. 35% in December 2023), while ratings of the Democratic Party have held steady (38% today vs. 37% then).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, 76% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents hold a favorable view of their own party. By comparison, 64% of Democrats and Democratic leaners hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Views of the Republican Party<\/h5>\n\n\n\n