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.
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Writing in his Substack blog Silver Bulletin, the statistician and political analyst said that the president's net approval rating has increased according to recent polling, though only slightly, in the last two weeks.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Trump’s 37% approval rating is down from 47% in January, while 58% disapprove of his job performance, compared to 48% in January, according to a July 7-21 Gallup poll of 1,002 adults (margin of error 4).
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But polling averages show the approval rating has largely leveled out over recent weeks.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
What a poll found →Supreme Court approval rating sinks to a new low, poll finds.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Trump’s 37% approval rating is down from 47% in January, while 58% disapprove of his job performance, compared to 48% in January, according to a July 7-21 Gallup poll of 1,002 adults (margin of error 4).
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But polling averages show the approval rating has largely leveled out over recent weeks.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
What a poll found →Supreme Court approval rating sinks to a new low, poll finds.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Approval rating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approval%20rating. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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