1. Mason-Dixon Poll: Americans Reject Court-Packing
WSJ: By a large margin, Americans oppose the idea of increasing the number of justices serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s according to a new nationwide survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy.
WSJ: By a large margin, Americans oppose the idea of increasing the number of justices serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s according to a new nationwide survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy.
2. The survey also finds little support for ending the legislative filibuster in the U.S. Senate.
Poll participants were asked the following question:
Poll participants were asked the following question:
3. A full 65% of respondents said he should not, while just 31% said that he should and 4% weren’t sure. It’s no surprise that 95% of Republicans oppose the plan to expand the court, but independents in the survey also resoundingly rejected the idea, with a full 72% opposing it.
4. Even among Democrats the idea has its share of critics, with a third of Democrats saying Biden should not back the proposal. And 90% of Democrats admit it is a partisan venture.
5. Mason-Dixon pollster Brad Coker finds consistently strong opposition among independents to such plans for structural changes, and concludes that moderate and unaffiliated voters did not vote for Joe Biden in 2020 “to turn the government upside-down” or “remake America.”
6. Rather, the independents were hoping Biden would bring calm and perhaps “less bickering” to Washington, he adds.
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