Overview
- Effective this year, Gallup will stop publishing approval and favorability ratings for individual political figures.
- The decision ends the longest-running continuous gauge of U.S. presidential job approval, a series that began during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.
- Gallup says approval metrics are now widely produced and aggregated, making them an area where the company no longer offers a distinctive contribution.
- The organization denies outside pressure influenced the move and will continue major research programs including the Gallup Poll Social Series, Quarterly Business Review, and World Poll.
- Other pollsters will keep tracking presidential approval, and Gallup’s final December reading found President Trump’s approval in the mid-to-high 30s.