Gallup to Discontinue Presidential Approval Ratings

Veteran US public opinion pollster Gallup announced this week it will cease its tracking of Presidential approval, after 88 years, with a spokesman saying the ratings 'no longer represent an area where Gallup can make its most distinctive contribution.'

The company's present-day polling covers views on a broad range of cultural, business and lifestyle topics, including AI, public trust in institutions, wellbeing, hybrid work, and other workplace trends and attitudes. Quoted on political site thehill.com, spokesman Justin McCarthy said in a statement that leadership ratings had been 'part of Gallup's history', and that the change was 'part of a broader, ongoing effort to align all of Gallup's public work with its mission.' He expanded: 'Our commitment is to long-term, methodologically sound research on issues and conditions that shape people's lives. The work will continue through the Gallup Poll Social Series, the Gallup Quarterly Business Review, the World Poll, and our portfolio of U.S. and global research.'

Presidential ratings recorded range from President Kennedy's mean 71% from January 1961 to November 1963, and Eisenhower's 61% from January 1953 to January 1961, to the lows of the two most recent holders of the office: Trump's figures slumped last year from 47% to 37% in December, for an average of 42%, matching the average 42% for Joe Biden's full term in office.

Web site: www.gallup.com . Pictured is CEO John Clifton.

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