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Pliny's Point on April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017: The average approval rating for President Donald Trump is at 42 percent, with individual polls ranging from 34 to 49 percent approval. This is up slightly from earlier in the month.
| Source | Date range | Sample size | Job approval rating | Margin of error (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup[1] | 4/20 - 4/22 | 1,500 adults | 40% | 3% |
| Rasmussen Reports[2] | 4/18 - 4/20 | 1,500 likely voters | 49% | 2.5% |
| Washington Post/ABC[3] | 4/17 - 4/20 | 1,004 adults | 42% | 3.5% |
| Wall Street Journal/NBC[4] | 4/17 - 4/20 | 900 adults | 40% | 3.3% |
| Public Policy Polling[5] | 4/17 - 4/18 | 648 registered voters | 43% | 3.9% |
| Economist/YouGov[6] | 4/15 - 4/18 | 1,291 registered voters | 44% | 3.2% |
| Quinnipiac University[7] | 4/12 - 4/18 | 1,062 registered voters | 40% | 3% |
| Reuters/Ipsos[8] | 4/13 - 4/17 | 1,843 adults | 43% | 2.6% |
| Politico/Morning Consult[9] | 4/13 - 4/15 | 1,992 registered voters | 48% | 2% |
| Pew Research[10] | 4/5 - 4/11 | 1,501 adults | 39% | 2.9% |
| CBS News[11] | 4/7 - 4/9 | 1,006 adults | 43% | 4% |
| IBD/TIPP[12] | 3/24 - 3/30 | 904 adults | 34% | 3.3% |
Methodology
For Ballotpedia's presidential approval, congressional approval, and direction of the country polling results, we take an average of the most recent polls on one or more of these topics conducted by 12 sources. Polls may be included in the average for up to 30 days, though this timeline may be adjusted to account for major news events as we attempt to balance the need for a larger sample of results with the need to remove outdated information. For a full description of our methodology and polling explanations, see: Ballotpedia's Polling Indexes.
What's in a name?
Pliny the Elder, a scholar from the Roman Empire, is most well known for writing the encyclopedic work Naturalis Historia, or “Natural History.” His extremely thorough work covered everything from botany to technology. Naturalis Historia, one of the largest Roman works that still exists from the first century A.D., became an example for future encyclopedic works through its formatting, references, and comprehensiveness.
Today, Ballotpedia works to preserve and expand knowledge, just like Pliny did hundreds of years ago. One of the features of Ballotpedia, the encyclopedia of American politics, was a daily statistic called Pliny’s Point. Each day, between January 20, 2017 and September 1, 2017, readers learned where Americans stood on the direction of the country, or their approval of elected officials.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Gallup, "Trump Job Approval," accessed April 24, 2017
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "Trump Approval Index History," accessed April 24, 2017
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Washington Post-ABC New Poll," April 17-20, 2017
- ↑ MSNBC, "NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey," April 17-20, 2017
- ↑ Public Policy Polling, "Democrats Have Big Enthusiasm Edge for 2018," April 20, 2017
- ↑ YouGov, "The Economist/YouGov Poll," April 2 - 4, 2017
- ↑ Quinnipiac University Poll, " Trump Slump Continues As He Drops Below Obama, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds," April 4, 2017
- ↑ Ipsos, "Ipsos Poll Conducted for Reuters: Core Political Data," April 18, 2017
- ↑ Politico/Morning Consult, "National Tracking Poll," April 6-9, 2017
- ↑ Pew Research, "Public Dissatisfaction With Washington Weighs on the GOP," April 17, 2017
- ↑ CBS News, "What Americans think about U.S. strike on Syria," April 10, 2017
- ↑ Investor's Business Daily, "Trump Support Plunges In Latest IBD/TIPP Poll," April 3, 2017
