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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As of this writing, FiveThirtyEight’s aggregation of polls puts Biden’s approval rating at 37.5 percent.
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Jim Geraghty, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
Protesters rose up; the mayor’s approval rating sank.
—Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
President Biden’s approval rating as of early August 2023 was less than 42%; when Donald Trump left office, his approval rating was 34%.
—Kenneth S. Birnbaum, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
Of course, historical precedents go only so far, as demonstrated by the 2022 midterms, when the Democrats fared much better than Biden's weak approval rating would have suggested.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 May 2024
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Jim Geraghty, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
Protesters rose up; the mayor’s approval rating sank.
—Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
President Biden’s approval rating as of early August 2023 was less than 42%; when Donald Trump left office, his approval rating was 34%.
—Kenneth S. Birnbaum, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
Of course, historical precedents go only so far, as demonstrated by the 2022 midterms, when the Democrats fared much better than Biden's weak approval rating would have suggested.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 May 2024
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“Approval rating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approval%20rating. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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