Quinnipiac released poll results today from a poll of 1,545 American voters (including 611 Republicans and 717 Democrats) that included a question on the recent Supreme Court decision about use of race to assign students in public schools. Here is the question asked:
“As you may know, the Supreme Court recently ruled that public schools may not consider an individual’s race when deciding which students are assigned to specific schools. Do you agree or disagree with this ruling?”
The results:
By a 71 – 24 percent margin, American voters agree with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that public schools may not consider an individual’s race when deciding which students are assigned to specific schools . . . . Republican voters agree with the decision 79 – 17 percent, while Democrats agree 64 – 30 percent and independent voters agree 71 – 24 percent[.]
Of course, poll results are no indication of whether the decision was right or wrong as a matter of constitutional law. But in light of recent claims that the Supreme Court is “dangerously out of balance,” way off to the right of American public opinion, it’s interesting to get a sense of where public opinion may in fact be on this question. Thanks to Lee Otis for the link.