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Pliny's Point on March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017: An average of recent polls puts President Donald Trump's approval rating at 42 percent, his lowest yet. Last week's healthcare debate dominated the nation's attention. For this release we have dropped any polls before March 20. The polls included in today's average are listed below. Gallup's presidential approval rating in particular has dipped; 36 percent is the lowest rating Trump has received from that polling company since his inauguration.
| Source | Date range | Sample size | Job approval rating | Margin of error (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup[1] | 3/24 - 3/26 | 1,500 adults | 36% | 3% |
| Rasmussen Reports[2] | 3/22 - 3/26 | 1,500 likely voters | 45% | 2.5% |
| Economist/YouGov[3] | 3/19 - 3/21 | 1,296 registered voters | 44% | 3.3% |
| Reuters/Ipsos[4] | 3/17 - 3/21 | 1,606 adults | 47% | 2.8% |
| Quinnipiac University[5] | 3/16 - 3/21 | 1,056 registered voters | 37% | 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account for major news events as we attempt to balance the need for a larger sample of results with the need to remove outdated information.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
Ballotpedia daily polling averages:
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Footnotes
- ↑ Gallup, "Trump Job Approval," accessed March 28, 2017
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "Trump Approval Index History," accessed March 28, 2017
- ↑ YouGov, "The Economist/YouGov Poll," March 19-21, 2017
- ↑ Ipsos, "Reuters/Ipsos Data: Core Political," March 22, 2017
- ↑ Quinnipiac University/Poll, "Base Erodes as Trump Drops to New Low Scores, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds," March 22, 2017
