Pliny’s Point on March 2, 2017
March 2, 2017: An average of recent polls indicates a 44 percent approval rating for President Donald Trump. This number has held steady since last week, despite the addition of new polling data from Rasmussen Reports and Reuters/Ipsos. All of the polls included in today's average are listed below.[1]
| Source | Date range | Sample size | Job approval rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup[2] | 2/16/-2/28 | 1,500 adults | 43 |
| Rasmussen Reports[3] | 2/26-2/28 | 1,500 likely voters | 50 |
| Wall Street Journal/NBC[4] | 2/18 - 2/22 | 1,000 adults | 44 |
| CBS News[5] | 2/17 - 2/21 | 1,280 adults | 39 |
| Reuters/Ipsos[6] | 2/24-2/28 | 1,847 adults | 46 |
| Quinnipiac University[7] | 2/16 - 2/21 | 1,323 registered voters | 38 |
| Economist/YouGov[8] | 2/18 - 2/20 | 1,198 registered voters | 48 |
| Fox News[9] | 2/11 - 2/13 | 1,013 registered voters | 48 |
| Pew Research[10] | 2/7 - 2/12 | 1,503 adults | 39 |
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account for major news events as we attempt to balance the need for a larger sample of results with the need to remove outdated information.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, "President Trump Job Approval," accessed March 1, 2017
- ↑ Gallup, "Trump Job Approval," accessed February 28, 2017
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "Trump Approval Index History," accessed March 1, 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
- ↑ Ipsos, "Reuters/Ipsos Data: Core Political," March 1, 2017
- ↑ Quinnipiac University, "Trump Slumps As American Voters Disapprove 55% - 38% Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds," February 22, 2017
- ↑ YouGov, "The Economist/YouGov Po," February 18-22, 2017
- ↑ Fox News, "Fox News Poll," February 14, 2017
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "In First Month, Views of Trump Are Already Strongly Felt, Deeply Polarized," February 16, 2017
