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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Biden also has an approval rating of 38.5 percent, according to 538, among the lowest of his tenure.
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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
Her approval rating was near-unanimous among pop fans of all stripes, and while other U.K. singer-songwriters with big voices and big choruses (Sam Smith, Emeli Sandé, Labrinth) had emerged in her absence, none quite matched her raw power or all-consuming appeal, artistically or commercially.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024
Biden's approval rating in our poll, only 43 points.
—NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
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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
Her approval rating was near-unanimous among pop fans of all stripes, and while other U.K. singer-songwriters with big voices and big choruses (Sam Smith, Emeli Sandé, Labrinth) had emerged in her absence, none quite matched her raw power or all-consuming appeal, artistically or commercially.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024
Biden's approval rating in our poll, only 43 points.
—NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Approval rating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approval%20rating. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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