Pliny's Point on July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017: An average of recent polls puts the congressional approval rating at 18 percent, while individual polls range from 11 to 26 percent approval. An average of 70 percent disapprove of how Congress is handling its job.
| Source | Date range | Sample size | Job approval rating | Margin of error (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling[1] | 7/14 - 7/17 | 836 registered voters | 11% | 3.4% |
| Economist/YouGov[2] | 7/9 - 7/11 | 1,284 registered voters | 13% | 3.2% |
| Reuters/Ipsos[3] | 7/7 - 7/11 | 1,530 adults | 26% | 2.9% |
| Gallup[4] | 7/5 - 7/9 | 1,021 adults | 20% | 4% |
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account for major news events as we attempt to balance the need for a larger sample of results with the need to remove outdated information.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
- ↑ Public Policy Polling, "Health Care a Mine Field for Republicans; Many Trump Voters in Denial on Russia," July 18, 2017
- ↑ YouGov, "The Economist/YouGov Poll," July 9 - 11, 2017
- ↑ Ipsos/Reuters, "Core Political Data," July 12, 2017
- ↑ Gallup News Service, "Gallup Poll Social Series: Consumption Habits," July 5-9, 2017
