This poll was conducted for The Washington Post and ABC News by telephone March 20 to 24, 2013 among a random national sample of 1,014 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Media, Pa. Produced for the Washington Post by Capital Insight. *= less than 0.5 percent 1. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Barack Obama? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? Full trend: 3/24/13 1/27/13 11/2/12 LV 10/21/12 LV 10/7/12 9/9/12 9/2/12 8/26/12 8/5/12 5/27/12 4/15/12 3/25/12 2/26/12 1/22/12 12/11/11 9/18/11 4/17/11 ------ Favorable -----NET Strongly Somewhat 57 34 23 60 39 21 54 38 16 52 37 15 56 32 24 54 34 21 51 29 22 50 27 24 53 29 24 52 29 23 56 30 26 53 31 23 51 26 25 53 27 25 48 23 25 47 22 25 52 33 20 www.washingtonpost.com/polls ----- Unfavorable ----NET Somewhat Strongly 41 11 30 37 11 26 45 11 34 46 10 36 42 11 31 42 13 29 45 14 31 44 14 29 43 12 31 45 14 31 40 14 26 43 15 28 45 13 32 43 14 29 49 16 33 46 15 31 45 13 32 No opinion 2 3 1 2 2 4 4 6 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 7 2 www.capinsight.com 4/25/10 1/15/10 11/15/09 9/12/09 4/24/09 1/16/09 11/2/08 10/23/08 10/11/08 9/7/08 8/22/08 6/15/08 4/13/08 1/10/08 11/1/07 2/25/07 1/19/07 12/11/06 LV LV RV RV RV 57 58 61 63 72 79 63 63 64 58 62 63 56 63 51 53 45 44 37 38 39 40 46 50 47 47 44 35 37 35 28 31 21 21 NA 21 21 20 21 23 26 29 16 16 20 23 25 28 28 32 30 33 NA 22 41 40 38 35 26 18 33 34 33 36 34 33 39 30 36 30 29 23 12 13 11 12 11 9 7 7 12 12 13 12 14 14 16 16 NA 17 29 27 27 24 15 9 26 27 21 24 21 21 25 16 20 14 NA 6 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 7 4 4 5 7 13 16 25 33 2. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of the U.S. Supreme Court? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? Full trend: 3/24/13 12/9/12* 7/9/12 4/15/12 7/5/10 2/9/10 4/6/09 4/27/08 7/29/07 1/9/07 7/19/06 2/5/06 10/24/05 7/17/05 6/12/05 ------- Favorable ------NET Strongly Somewhat 55 13 42 53 8 45 51 10 41 52 11 41 58 9 49 58 8 50 64 8 56 65 15 50 57 12 45 72 18 54 63 7 56 60 16 44 62 12 50 61 12 49 57 8 49 www.washingtonpost.com/polls ------ Unfavorable -----NET Somewhat Strongly 39 22 17 36 12 24 37 14 23 29 10 20 25 8 17 27 8 19 21 6 15 25 7 18 29 9 20 17 3 14 27 8 19 28 10 18 27 10 17 28 10 18 30 8 22 No opinion 6 11 12 18 17 15 15 10 14 11 10 12 11 11 13 www.capinsight.com 7/12/01 70 15 55 20 6 14 10 3/18/01 72 15 57 20 5 15 8 1/7/01 68 18 50 21 8 13 11 10/31/97 77 13 64 18 6 12 5 5/18/97 72 16 56 22 5 17 6 7/25/94 80 18 62 16 3 13 4 5/24/93 73 17 56 18 4 14 9 11/10/91 72 18 54 21 5 16 7 5/90 65 10 55 25 7 18 10 1/88 79 14 65 13 2 11 8 5/87 76 13 63 17 2 15 7 3/85 Roper 64 17 47 28 7 21 8 *12/9/12 and previous from Pew Research Center: "Would you say your overall opinion of the Supreme Court is very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable or very unfavorable?" No opinion includes volunteered responses "never heard of" and "can't rate." 3. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of the U.S. Congress? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? Full trend: 3/24/13 1/13/13* 12/9/12* 7/9/12* 1/16/12* 11/20/11 8/21/11* 3/1/11 7/5/10 4/5/10 3/21/10 2/9/10 8/27/09 4/6/09 1/11/09 5/08 7/07 ------- Favorable ------NET Strongly Somewhat 30 7 23 23 4 19 27 4 22 27 5 22 23 5 18 23 4 19 25 4 21 34 4 30 33 6 27 25 3 22 26 3 23 41 3 38 37 4 33 50 10 40 40 5 35 41 6 35 41 6 35 www.washingtonpost.com/polls ------ Unfavorable -----NET Somewhat Strongly 65 24 41 68 32 36 67 24 43 65 30 35 69 33 36 69 25 44 70 30 40 57 21 36 56 23 33 65 30 36 62 23 39 50 17 34 52 20 32 43 15 28 52 20 32 51 17 34 51 16 35 No opinion 4 9 7 8 8 7 10 9 11 9 12 9 11 7 8 8 8 www.capinsight.com 1/07 53 11 42 38 9 29 9 10/06 41 5 36 46 15 31 13 2/06 44 6 38 47 14 33 9 10/05 45 7 38 45 13 32 10 7/05 49 6 43 40 11 29 11 6/05 49 6 43 40 10 30 11 6/04 56 7 49 33 7 26 11 7/01 57 7 50 32 8 24 11 3/01 56 6 50 36 10 26 8 1/01 64 10 54 23 5 18 13 9/00 RVs 61 8 53 32 5 27 7 8/99 63 8 55 34 7 27 3 6/99 56 9 47 39 9 30 5 2/99 52 4 48 44 8 36 4 1/99 48 7 41 45 15 30 7 12/98 52 11 41 41 12 29 7 10/98 RVs 62 7 55 33 8 25 5 9/98 66 7 59 27 5 22 7 10/97 53 5 48 44 11 33 3 9/97 50 6 44 44 11 33 6 6/97 52 4 48 42 8 34 6 5/97 49 5 44 42 10 32 9 2/97 52 6 46 40 9 31 8 1/97 56 6 50 40 8 32 4 6/96 45 6 39 50 12 38 5 4/96 45 6 39 50 13 37 5 1/96 42 4 38 54 16 38 4 10/95 42 4 38 55 13 42 3 8/95 45 5 40 47 13 34 7 6/95 53 8 45 42 11 31 5 2/95 54 10 44 37 10 27 9 7/94 53 7 46 43 9 34 4 5/93 43 8 35 48 13 35 9 11/91 51 7 44 43 9 34 6 3/91 66 16 50 26 7 19 8 5/90 59 6 53 34 9 25 7 5/88 64 8 56 28 5 23 8 1/88 64 6 58 29 4 25 7 5/87 74 10 64 20 4 16 6 1/87 59 7 52 31 8 23 10 7/85 67 9 58 26 5 21 7 *Jan. 2012 to Jan. 2013 and Aug. 2011 and previous from Pew Research Center: "Would you say your overall opinion of Congress is very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable or very unfavorable?" No opinion includes volunteered responses "never heard of" and "can't rate." *** END *** www.washingtonpost.com/polls www.capinsight.com