58% Still Say the President Has Too Much Power

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• A large majority (58%) of voters believe the President has too much power, down 5 points from January.
  • That total is split among those who believe he has Far Too Much (40%) and Somewhat Too Much (18%).
  • Still, while Biden was in office in August 2024, only 35% of voters believed the President had too much power.
  • About 1 in 5 voters (22%) believe the President’s level of power is About the Right Amount.
  • Seventeen percent (17%) believe it is too little.
• Four in 10 voters (41%) believe that Congress has too much power, up 1 point from January but down 7 points from October.
  • That total includes 17% who say it has Far Too Much and 24% who say Somewhat Too Much.
  • One quarter (25%) say Congress has too little power (down 4 points from January), while 29% say it has About the Right Amount.
  • By a 45% to 14% margin, Republicans say Congress has too much power, and a third (35%) say it is About the Right Amount.
  • A plurality of Democrats (40%) claim it has too much power, 35% say it has too little power, and another 22% say it is About the Right Amount.
• Similarly, 44% of voters believe the Supreme Court has too much power, up 2 points from January but down 3 from October.
  • This group is split among those who believe it has Far Too Much (16%) and Somewhat Too Much (28%).
  • Nineteen (19%) say the Supreme Court has too little power, while 33% believe its level of power is about right.
  • A plurality of Republicans (46%) say the Court has too much power, 40% believe it has about the right amount, and only 11% say it is too little.
  • Similarly, 46% of Democrats also say the court has too much power, but 25% believe it has too little.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, February 25-26, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.