XPost: alt.politics.liberalism, alt.politics.democrats   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-02-13 10:19, NoBody wrote:   
   > Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval, the analytics   
   > firm confirmed on Feb. 11.   
   >   
   > Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the Washington, DC-based management   
   > company began tracking the president's job performance 88 years ago.   
   >   
   > Gallup told USA TODAY it will no longer publish "favorability ratings   
   > of political figures," a decision it said "reflects an evolution in   
   > how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership."   
   >   
   > A statistician and founder of the American Institute of Public   
   > Opinion, Gallup first sent pollsters across the United States during   
   > the Depression era to ask people whether they approved or disapproved   
   > of how the nation's commander-in-chief was handling his job.   
   >   
   > Since its inception, journalists have used the polls to disseminate   
   > that information to the public. In addition to tracking a president's   
   > popularity, the polls also reveal partisanship and other rapid public   
   > opinion moves while a president is in office.   
   >   
   > The change is part of "a broader, ongoing effort to align all of   
   > Gallup’s public work with its mission," the company wrote in an email.   
   > "For nearly a century, Gallup’s U.S. polling has provided rigorous,   
   > independent insight into the American people - their perspectives,   
   > values and lives. Leadership ratings have been part of Gallup’s   
   > history. At the same time, the context around these measures has   
   > changed."   
   >   
   > Gallup said the ratings are now "widely produced, aggregated and   
   > interpreted, and no longer represent an area where Gallup can make its   
   > most distinctive contribution."   
   >   
   > "Our commitment is to long-term, methodologically sound research on   
   > issues and conditions that shape people’s lives," the company wrote,   
   > adding that its work will continue through the Gallup Poll Social   
   > Series, the Gallup Quarterly Business Review, the World Poll and more.   
   >   
   > It was not immediately known what other factors led up to the   
   > company's decision.   
   >   
   > https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/11/gallup   
   presidential-approval-rating/88629201007/   
   >   
   > Laughter!   
      
   Meanwhile, Trump's approval continues to fall through the floor...   
      
      
      
   And that's a site that is all in for Trump.   
      
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