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Pliny's Point on June 27, 2017
June 27, 2017: An average of recent polls shows 34 percent think the U.S. is moving in the right direction, down three points from the beginning of last week. The most recent poll comes from Rasmussen Reports, which shows 37 percent believe the country is on the right track.
| Source | Date range | Sample size | % who think the U.S. is headed in the right direction | Margin of error (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen Reports[1] | 6/18 - 6/22 | 2,500 likely voters | 37% | 2% |
| Economist/YouGov[2] | 6/18 - 6/20 | 1,277 registered voters | 30% | 3.1% |
| Reuters/Ipsos[3] | 6/16 - 6/20 | 1,554 adults | 24% | 2.8% |
| Politico/Morning Consult[4] | 6/15 - 6/19 | 2,051 registered voters | 38% | 2% |
| CBS News[5] | 6/15 - 6/18 | 1,117 adults | 31% | 4% |
| IBD/TIPP[6] | 5/30 - 6/6 | 903 adults | 43% | 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account for major news events as we attempt to balance the need for a larger sample of results with the need to remove outdated information.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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Footnotes
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "Right Direction or Wrong Track," June 27, 2017
- ↑ YouGov, "The Economist/YouGov Poll," June 18 - June 20, 2017
- ↑ Ipsos/Reuters, "Core Political Data," June 21, 2017
- ↑ Politico/Morning Consult, "National Tracking Poll," June 15-19, 2017
- ↑ CBS News, "Poll: Positive views of U.S. economy on the rise," June 20, 2017
- ↑ Investors.com, "Trump's Approval Drops As His Spending, Tax Cut Plans Gain Wide Support: IBD/TIPP Poll," June 7, 2017
