MEMO: 2020 Biden Coalition Strongly Supports Supreme Court Expansion
New polling released today by Take Back the Court Action Fund shows that Supreme Court expansion is broadly popular among the 2020 Biden coalition — and that support grows quickly when they learn more information.
The survey shows that while 2020 Biden voters support adding justices to the Supreme Court by a large margin (net support +45), that support grows even larger (net support +68 percent) when these voters learn about Republican dominance of the Court.
Roughly 60 percent of 2020 Biden voters embraced the five following reasons as good reasons to expand the Court:
To make the Court representative of all Americans (67 percent)
To rebalance the Court (63 percent)
To strengthen our democracy (62 percent)
To restore legitimacy to the Court (61 percent)
To put in place a Supreme Court that will protect voting rights and democracy (57 percent)
In fact the polling shows support from all voters, not just the Biden coalition, when they learn how long Republicans have controlled the bench: when informed that Republicans have held a majority on the Court for more than 50 years, 84 percent of 2020 Biden voters —– and a majority of ALL VOTERS —– support expanding and rebalancing the Supreme Court.
This survey provides essential information for Democratic leaders — and the Biden administration — looking to unite the coalition in 2022 and 2024, especially as the President’s approval rating among Democrats has slipped. And it proves that leaders should be talking about expanding the Court — it’s a broadly popular policy among voters who elected President Biden that politicians can embrace to show they are actually fighting back against the unelected Court’s attack on our democracy, our rights, and our bodies.
Take Back the Court raises awareness about the urgent need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court to address the theft of the court by Senator Mitch McConnell during the Obama Administration. Without adding seats, Congress will not be able to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, or pass new legislation. Court expansion, which can be accomplished without a constitutional amendment, is the only reform that enables the un-rigging of the system and the restoration of democracy. Learn more: https://www.takebackthecourt.today/