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An Overview of ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's Presidential Approval Ratings
Politics

An Overview of ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's Presidential Approval Ratings

²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav reported on presidential job approval beginning in 1938. From 1938 to 2008, this reporting was based on reporting job approval ratings from discrete, multiday surveys.

From 2009-2017, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav measured presidential approval using daily sampling and interviewing on its tracking survey, reporting the results as three-day rolling averages.

In 2018, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav measured presidential job approval using weekly sampling and interviewing on its tracking survey, reporting the results as weekly averages. The 2017 three-day rolling averages were replaced in the trend by 2017 weekly averages to maintain consistency in reporting on Donald Trump's presidency.

From 2019 to 2025, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav returned to its 1938-2008 practice of reporting job approval ratings from its discrete, multiday surveys.

²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's historical presidential approval ratings can be found in the following locations:

²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's Methodology

Until 1989, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav conducted interviews using face-to-face interviews.

After 1989, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav conducted all of its polls by telephone.

In 2008, ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's national Random Digit Dialing (RDD) telephone samples included cellphone interviews for the first time; subsequently, the proportion of cellphone interviews steadily increased.


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