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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President Joe Biden takes the heat, with just a 41% job approval rating (58% disapprove). —

Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024 The critical approval rating leaped from a 5 percent to an 84 percent from the first to Origin of Evil, and no one should live and die by Rotten Tomatoes, but also, 5 percent to an 84 percent!!! —

Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024 Biden also has an approval rating of 38.5 percent, according to 538, among the lowest of his tenure. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 In fact, Biden has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point in his presidency since George H.W. Bush was coasting toward defeat in 1992. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for approval rating

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