# Two-thirds of Americans support Supreme Court term limits

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted in October 2024, 65% of Americans favored putting term limits in place for Supreme Court justices. This includes 40% who strongly support and 25% who somewhat support.

About one in five opposed term limits (21%), with 13% who strongly oppose and 8% who somewhat oppose. Another 14% were unsure.

## Topline

Putting term limits in place for Supreme Court justices?

65% of Americans favor putting term limits in place for Supreme Court justices.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly support: 40.3%
- Somewhat support: 25.0%
- Don’t know: 14.1%
- Strongly oppose: 12.7%
- Somewhat oppose: 7.9%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2024-10-01 → 2024-10-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.4%
- Module: educ_pol
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#support-for-supreme-court-term-limits](https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#support-for-supreme-court-term-limits)

## Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#support-for-supreme-court-term-limits](https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#support-for-supreme-court-term-limits)