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An Overview of ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ's Presidential Approval Ratings
Politics

An Overview of ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ's Presidential Approval Ratings

ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ 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, ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ measured presidential approval using daily sampling and interviewing on its tracking survey, reporting the results as three-day rolling averages.

In 2018, ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ 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, ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ returned to its 1938-2008 practice of reporting job approval ratings from its discrete, multiday surveys.

ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ's historical presidential approval ratings can be found in the following locations:

ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ's Methodology

Until 1989, ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ conducted interviews using face-to-face interviews.

After 1989, ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ conducted all of its polls by telephone.

In 2008, ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ'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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