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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The worldwide protests come as Trump’s approval rating hits a low for his second term at 43%.
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2025
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted between March 31 and April 2 among 1,486 respondents, found that Trump's approval rating among Democrats was 8 percent—a 3 percent increase from a similar poll conducted in early March.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The same survey found Adams had a 20% approval rating.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Trump doesn’t even have the best approval rating among GOP POTUS’ for the last 50 years
The stratospheric top spot goes to the 90% approval rating George W. Bush had right after the 9/11 attack.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2025
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted between March 31 and April 2 among 1,486 respondents, found that Trump's approval rating among Democrats was 8 percent—a 3 percent increase from a similar poll conducted in early March.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The same survey found Adams had a 20% approval rating.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Trump doesn’t even have the best approval rating among GOP POTUS’ for the last 50 years
The stratospheric top spot goes to the 90% approval rating George W. Bush had right after the 9/11 attack.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Approval rating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approval%20rating. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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