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themaguffin

(5,020 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 02:31 PM 22 hrs ago

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years


This sounds like bullshit... like they don't want to get harassed by Orange Caligula as they report on his collapse.


Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.

The company said starting this year it would stop publishing approval and favorability ratings of individual political figures, saying in a statement it “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership.”




The Gallup Presidential Approval Rating has for decades been the among the top barometers cited by media outlets measuring public opinion of the president’s performance.

President Trump has seen his rating by the agency slip in recent months, peaking at 47 percent last February and dipping to less than 37 percent in its last poll taken in December.



https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/]
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Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years (Original Post) themaguffin 22 hrs ago OP
Fuck 'em. Mysterian 22 hrs ago #1
The tyrant must have threatened a lawsuit dalton99a 22 hrs ago #2
In some way, it feels like he's part of the reason. themaguffin 20 hrs ago #11
Or something mahina 19 hrs ago #15
Nice little agency ya got here.. Permanut 22 hrs ago #3
exactly. themaguffin 3 hrs ago #23
And that tells me... 2naSalit 22 hrs ago #4
If you don't like the results, force them to quit reporting them Whyisthisstillclose 22 hrs ago #5
I read this earlier today and thought it was satire uppityperson 21 hrs ago #6
Until there's a Democrat in the WH 617Blue 21 hrs ago #7
Gallup refers to its "thought leadership"? Easterncedar 21 hrs ago #8
From Gallup to Gish Gallop NewHendoLib 21 hrs ago #9
I guess once it hits zero, they give up measuring? Johonny 21 hrs ago #10
Yeah because who needs polls when we have a literal tyranical emperor and an ass kissing goon squad in charge? Initech 20 hrs ago #12
Rump's ratings must have fallen through the floor struggle4progress 20 hrs ago #13
Why? senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #14
Kind of like when the news media stopped doing exit polling in 2003 because the exit polls said something different than LiberalArkie 19 hrs ago #16
Censorship by threat! Unrepentant Fenian 19 hrs ago #17
Cowards Liberal In Texas 18 hrs ago #18
They are not even trying to hide it anymore. All implicated. All Epstein-related. Disgusting. nt Blasphemer 18 hrs ago #19
Odd to see people upset about this sarisataka 18 hrs ago #20
The fascist way: Don't like the numbers, stop counting them and make up ones you like better... Wounded Bear 17 hrs ago #21
yep themaguffin 4 hrs ago #22

2naSalit

(101,181 posts)
4. And that tells me...
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 02:48 PM
22 hrs ago

This is why the polls are so unbelievable anymore.

37% is the lowest anyone dares show the orange hellbeast's ratings since early last year. Since they can't say no to the bastard, they'll just stop doing the thing he hates.

5. If you don't like the results, force them to quit reporting them
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 02:50 PM
22 hrs ago

or control the numbers until nothing can be trusted. Same technique as climate change, weather, air pollution, tariff income, disease updates, inflation, unemployment, GDP and on and on

Easterncedar

(5,840 posts)
8. Gallup refers to its "thought leadership"?
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:14 PM
21 hrs ago

If that's not a plain statement of corruption in a polling organization right there, the Mango goon is a stable genius.

Initech

(108,077 posts)
12. Yeah because who needs polls when we have a literal tyranical emperor and an ass kissing goon squad in charge?
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 04:46 PM
20 hrs ago

God forbid we hurt the poor widdle piggy's feelings.

LiberalArkie

(19,522 posts)
16. Kind of like when the news media stopped doing exit polling in 2003 because the exit polls said something different than
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 05:25 PM
19 hrs ago

the election results.

sarisataka

(22,364 posts)
20. Odd to see people upset about this
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:43 PM
18 hrs ago

Since I distinctly remember many people saying Gallup was unreliable and fixed with their polling results.

If they're unreliable anyway, what does it matter if they stop polling popularity?

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