US EditionGallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years
Gallup will shift its focus from individual politicians to long-term research on issues shaping lives after ending 88 years of presidential approval ratings.
- On Feb. 11, Gallup announced it will stop measuring and publishing presidential approval ratings this year, ending a decades-long practice tracked by the Washington DC-based analytics firm.
- A Gallup spokesperson explained the move reflects an evolution to align public research and thought leadership with its mission and focus on issues shaping people's lives, calling it "a strategic shift based on Gallup's research goals and priorities."
- Since 1938, Gallup has reported presidential approval, creating historical comparisons dating to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and establishing the Presidential Job Approval Rating.
- Reporters and political commentators reacted with shock and disdain to Gallup ending presidential approval ratings, while Gallup said the decision was not due to White House pressure.
- Gallup will continue other research products such as the Gallup Poll Social Series, the Gallup Quarterly Business Review, and the World Poll, despite ending presidential approval ratings, Gallup said they are now "widely produced, aggregated and interpreted, and no longer represent an area where Gallup can make its most distinctive contribution.
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Gallup's research company announced that it was no longer monitoring the approval level of US presidents, and that Gallup's ratings had been published for 88 years, noting The New York Times.
The U.S. Gallup poll institute will stop measuring the popularity of the presidents, ending an old practice of about 90 years, reports The Hill on Wednesday.
Gallup Ends Long-Running Presidential Approval Polls
Gallup will stop publishing approval ratings of individual political figures, including the U.S. president, ending a practice the analytic firm has maintained for nearly 90 years. A Gallup spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Feb. 11 that the change took effect at the beginning of this year, saying that tracking approval and favorability for specific politicians “no longer represents an area in which Gallup can contribute in the most unique way.…
WASHINGTON. – The well-known U.S. public opinion consultant Gallup will stop recording presidential approval rates after more than eight decades, just as President Donald Trump’s measurements hit their lowest levels, according to The Hill news site. The company said in a statement that it will stop publishing approval rates and favorability of individual political figures, and stated that this “reflects an evolution in the way Gallup focuses its…
After 88 years of conducting opinion polls to measure the President’s approval rate, Gallup decided that it will stop delivering the results
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