Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 15, 2023
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
February 15, 2023: Forty-two percent (42%) of voters have a favorable opinion of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the highest of any of the nine justices. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that all nine have net positive approval ratings ranging from +12 points for Clarence Thomas, to +2 points for Sonia Sotmayor and Elena Kagen.
The survey also found that many voters have never heard of the Supreme Court justices. FIfteen percent (15%) say they have never heard of Clarence Thomas, and 32% have never heard of Elena Kagen.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on February 2-4, 2023. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Please let me know whether you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each of the following:
John Roberts
- 10%-Very favorable
- 22%-Somewhat favorable
- 16%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 8%-Very unfavorable
- 25%-Never heard of
- 19%-Not sure
Clarence Thomas
- 20%-Very favorable
- 22%-Somewhat favorable
- 11%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 19%-Very unfavorable
- 15%-Never heard of
- 13%-Not sure
Samuel Alito
- 14%-Very favorable
- 18%-Somewhat favorable
- 11%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 10%-Very unfavorable
- 28%-Never heard of
- 19%-Not sure
Sonia Sotomayor
- 13%-Very favorable
- 19%-Somewhat favorable
- 15%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 15%-Very unfavorable
- 23%-Never heard of
- 15%-Not sure
Elena Kagan
- 11%-Very favorable
- 16%-Somewhat favorable
- 12%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 13%-Very unfavorable
- 32%-Never heard of
- 16%-Not sure
Neil Gorsuch
- 12%-Very favorable
- 20%-Somewhat favorable
- 11%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 10%-Very unfavorable
- 29%-Never heard of
- 19%-Not sure
Brett Kavanaugh
- 15%-Very favorable
- 22%-Somewhat favorable
- 12%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 18%-Very unfavorable
- 18%-Never heard of
- 15%-Not sure
Amy Coney Barrett
- 17%-Very favorable
- 20%-Somewhat favorable
- 11%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 15%-Very unfavorable
- 23%-Never heard of
- 14%-Not sure
Ketanji Brown Jackson
- 13%-Very favorable
- 20%-Somewhat favorable
- 11%-Somewhat unfavorable
- 16%-Very unfavorable
- 23%-Never heard of
- 17%-Not sure
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- February 14, 2023-$26 billion will be spent on Valentine’s Day gifts
- February 13, 2023-43% of voters say that Congress should continue providing funding and weapons to Ukraine
- February 10, 2023-1.3 million more people are now living in the South than one year ago
- February 9, 2023-37 years ago Halley's Comet was last visible from Earth
- February 8, 2023-66% of voters say that Medicaid should provide insurance only for low-income Americans
- To see other recent numbers, check out the archive.
Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day is published by Ballotpedia weekdays at 8:00 a.m. Eastern. Click here to check out the latest update.
The Number of the Day is broadcast on local stations across the country. An archive of these broadcasts can be found here.
Columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
Ballotpedia is the nonprofit, nonpartisan Encyclopedia of American Politics.
See also
Footnotes
