approval rating

noun

: a rating based on a percentage of people (as voters) who think someone (as a politician) is doing a good job

The governor's approval rating is going up.

Examples of approval rating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That's lower than his approval rating was eight years ago when Republicans lost 40 seats and control of the House. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

The president’s net approval rating reached the lowest point of his second term this week, averaging net negative 22 percentage points as of Friday, according to RealClearPolitics. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026

Trump has endorsed Hilton, and Becerra used every opportunity to try to tie his opponent to the president, whose job approval rating in California sits at just 27 percent. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Trump faces more blame than Biden did Trump’s low grade on the economy rivals Biden’s 28% approval rating in June 2022, when there was record-high inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for approval rating

• accelerating
• accentuating
• accommodating
• accumulating
• adjudicating
• administrating
• affiliating
• agglutinating
• alienating
• alleviating
• amalgamating
• ameliorating