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Pliny's Point on March 17, 2017
March 17, 2017: An average of recent polls shows President Donald Trump's approval rating holding at 44 percent. This average rating has not varied by more than one point in either direction since January 26. Since inauguration, Ballotpedia has included over 100 different polling results in our presidential approval rating index. During that time, these polls have ranged from 36 to 59 percent approval rating. All of the polls included in today's average are listed below.
| Source | Date range | Sample size | Job approval rating | Margin of error (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup[1] | 3/13 - 3/15 | 1,500 adults | 42% | 3% |
| Rasmussen Reports[2] | 3/13 - 3/15 | 1,500 likely voters | 47% | 2.5% |
| Fox News[3] | 3/12 - 3/14 | 1,008 registered voters | 43% | 3% |
| Economist/YouGov[4] | 3/13 - 3/14 | 1,320 registered voters | 44% | 3.3% |
| Reuters/Ipsos[5] | 3/10 - 3/14 | 1,750 adults | 45% | 2.7% |
| Politico/Morning Consult[6] | 3/9 - 3/13 | 1,983 registered voters | 52% | 2% |
| Quinnipiac University[7] | 3/2 - 3/6 | 1,283 registered voters | 41% | 2.7% |
| USA Today/Suffolk University[8] | 3/1 - 3/5 | 1,000 registered voters | 47% | 3% |
| Wall Street Journal/NBC[9] | 2/18 - 2/22 | 1,000 adults | 44% | 3.1% |
| CBS News[10] | 2/17 - 2/21 | 1,280 adults | 39% | 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account for major news events as we attempt to balance the need for a larger sample of results with the need to remove outdated information.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 March 17, 2017
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "Trump Approval Index History," accessed March 17, 2017
- ↑ Fox News, "Fox News Poll," March 15, 2017
- ↑ YouGov, "The Economist/YouGov Poll," March 13-14, 2017
- ↑ Ipsos, "Reuters/Ipsos Data: Core Political," March 15, 2017
- ↑ Morning Consult + Politico, "National Tracking Poll," March 9-13, 2017
- ↑ Quinnipiac University, "Trump Inches Up, But Still Has Negative Approval Rating, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds," March 7, 2017
- ↑ USA Today, "USA TODAY Poll: Tweets and temperament are tripping up President Trump," March 7, 2017
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey," February 18-22, 2017
- ↑ CBS News, Poll: Immigration is most important problem for Trump and Congress," February 23, 2017
