COMMON CAUSE NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE POLL
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January 20, 2026
Common Cause North Carolina released more results from the same Opinion Diagnostics survey of 671 registered North Carolina voters. The survey was fielded September 15-17, 2025, by live phone calls and text messages linking to an online survey, and has a margin of error of ±3.8%.
Key findings
87% want judges to decide cases independently, even when a ruling goes against their own politics. That includes 89% of Democrats, 80% of Republicans and 90% of unaffiliated voters.
82% want courts to guard against racial discrimination in how voting maps are drawn.
76% say partisan gerrymandering should not be legal in North Carolina, including 66% of Republicans.
72% think at least sometimes about how the North Carolina Supreme Court affects their lives.
Views of the North Carolina Supreme Court are split: 32% favorable, 38% unfavorable and 29% unsure.
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