Views of the Supreme Court remain negative

July 30, 2026 Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ Just over half of Americans (53%) have an unfavorable opinion of the Supreme Court, while 45% have a favorable opinion. While Democrats largely describe the court’s ideology as conservative, Republicans tend to see it as “middle of the road.” For the first time in almost two decades of Center surveys, both Canadians and Mexicans view China significantly more favorably than the United States. And more people in both countries have confidence in President Xi Jinping than President Donald Trump, though ratings for both leaders are relatively low. Most Americans favor several major changes to the nation’s political system – such as setting term limits for elected officials or eliminating the Electoral College – that would likely require an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But the country’s founding document is among the hardest in the world to amend, so these reforms wouldn’t be easy to enact. Far more Americans support than oppose in-class cellphone bans for middle and high school students (77% vs. 18%). Support for all-day cellphone bans is less widespread, but for the first time in our surveys, more people now support than oppose this type of policy, too (48% vs. 43%). From our research The number of democracies with a constitution that is harder to amend than the United States’ own.