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Pliny's Point on March 8, 2017
March 8, 2017: An average of recent polls puts congressional approval rating at 22 percent, down slightly from last week. Approval ratings from individual sources range from 17 to 29 percent. New polling data from Quinnipiac University and Gallup are included in today's average.[1]
| Source | Date range | Sample size | Job approval rating | Margin of error (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac University[2] | 3/2 - 3/6 | 1,283 registered voters | 18% | 2.7% |
| Gallup[3] | 3/1 - 3/5 | 1,018 adults | 24% | 4% |
| Wall Street Journal/NBC[4] | 2/18 - 2/22 | 1,000 adults | 29% | 3.1% |
| CBS News[5] | 2/17 - 2/21 | 1,280 adults | 22% | 3% |
| Economist/YouGov[6] | 2/25-3/1 | 1,251 registered voters | 17% | 3.2% |
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account for major news events as we attempt to balance the need for a larger sample of results with the need to remove outdated information.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
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Congressional Job Approval," accessed March 8, 2017
- ↑ Quinnipiac University, "Trump Inches Up, But Still Has Negative Approval Rating, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds," March 7, 2017
- ↑ Gallup News Service, "Gallup Poll Social Series: Environment (Toplines)," March 1-5, 2017
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey," February 18-22, 2017
- ↑ CBS News, "Nearly six in 10 don’t think Trump understands the complicated problems a president faces," February 23, 2017
- ↑ YouGov, "The Economist/YouGov Poll," February 25-March 1, 2017
