Gallup Has Stopped Tracking Presidential Approval Ratings - says pressure from White House wasn't a factor in decision

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.newser.com/story/383571/gallup-ends-presidential-approval-polls-after-8-decades.html


Gallup Has Stopped Tracking Presidential Approval Ratings
Company says pressure from White House wasn't a factor in decision

Gallup is putting away one of its oldest political yardsticks. The polling firm says that as part of "an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership," it will no longer track job-approval and favorability numbers for presidents and other individual politicians, the Hill reports. Company founder George Gallup started asking about presidential job approval in the 1930s, and by the start of Harry Truman's presidency, it "had become a routine measure that Gallup and other firms have used ever since," Gallup researcher Frank Newport noted in a 2021 look at the history of the question. Newport said it was "probably the most frequently used public opinion measure in history."

in Gallup's December poll, President Trump had an approval rating of 36%, the lowest of his second term.

Historical Gallup figures show Trump had the lowest first-term average approval rating of any postwar president, at 41.1%.

Asked by the Hill and Axios if pressure from the White House influenced the decision, Gallup said the move "is a strategic shift solely based on Gallup's research goals and priorities." The company said approval ratings are now "widely produced, aggregated and interpreted, and no longer represent an area where Gallup can make its most distinctive contribution."

[RockRaven]

1. Yeah right, and Trump isn't in the Epstein files.

[2naSalit]

2. Sure Jan.

[sakabatou]

3. I think this sums it up

[Ilikepurple]

4. I was wondering if I just missed this news being posted. Thanks for drawing attention to it.

I think we’ve had reason for some optimism in the last few weeks, but as institutions still seemingly cave. I continue to be wary, I can’t believe I’ve read Gallup statement multiple times today and if I had a person I was doing business give me Gallup’s answer, I’d have to ask them to actually answer the question or just assume they have no answer.

[Takket]

5. they'll resume as soon as the next Dem president drops below 50%............

fucking ridiculous

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

6. Oh yeah..theyll bring that survey right back for a Dem prez

[Initech]

9. It's all fun and games until the precious shareholders are affected.

[Norrrm]

7. Gaslighting.

[Jack Valentino]

8. And this action by "The Gallup Poll" is likely to become the subject question of OTHER polls---

who aren't nearly as old....

This is PATHETIC---- and just a surrender of a tradition to the wannabe fascist dictator....


"Goodnight, Gallup Poll, I knew you well...." Rest in peace!




For those who want to protest this Gallup poll decision, here is their contact email address:

[e-mail]

[Jack Valentino]

10. I have sent this email to Gallup, and include their email address!

[e-mail]

"Your announcement that you will no longer track presidential approval ratings,
as Trump's ratings continue to plummet, is
incredibly WEAK, PATHETIC, and UNPATRIOTIC!

"I have respected you greatly since my youth in the 1970's,
but that will be GONE and I will instead MOCK YOU---
UNLESS you turn yourselves the **** around!

"The greatest and oldest pollster in America--- how far they have fallen!"


"Think it over.

"Sincerely,
Jack Valentino, an un-cowardly American!"

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

11. Well written