© Gerd Altmann/Pixabay The Gallup presidential approval score has been a key benchmark used by the press for many years.
As reported by The Hill, the Gallup survey organization has announced it will cease monitoring presidential approval scores after 88 years.
The firm stated it would discontinue the issuance of approval and popularity metrics for individual politicians this year, noting in a declaration that it “demonstrates a progression in how Gallup orients its public research and intellectual guidance.” The organization will now concentrate on sustained, methodologically sound investigations into matters and circumstances impacting the lives of individuals in both the U.S. and internationally.
When queried about any possible relation to requests from the White House, a company representative stated: “This constitutes a strategic redirection grounded exclusively in Gallup's investigational objectives and priorities.”
For decades, the Gallup presidential approval score has served as one of the leading benchmarks cited by the media to gauge popular sentiment regarding a president’s execution of duties.
Presently, such a remark is becoming rather revealing: According to Gallup, Trump’s approval score as of last December was among the most diminished the organization has noted since balloting commenced in the 1930s.
Former President Truman maintained an average approval rating of 45 percent throughout his tenure from April 1945 to January 1953; former President Biden had an average approval rating of 42 percent from January 2021 to January 2025.
Former President Kennedy achieved one of the highest average approval scores ever registered by Gallup, at 71% from January 1961 to November 1963, while former President Eisenhower attained a peak average score of 61% from January 1953 to January 1961.
Throughout the years, Gallup’s surveying undertakings have broadened to encompass impartial polls on subjects such as employee commitment in the workplace, societal perspectives on the proliferation of artificial intelligence, and other global indicators of communal confidence and contentment with prominent institutions.
It is worth recalling that Trump’s scores are declining in other polls as well. According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, over a third of Americans already indicate disapproval of the manner in which he is carrying out his responsibilities.
As per the survey, Trump’s approval score has decreased by 3 percentage points since last autumn, now standing at 37 percent. Republican support remains substantial at 73 percent, although that figure has diminished slightly since a poll conducted last September.
Meanwhile, 25% of Republicans and 94% of Democrats voiced disapproval of Trump’s presidential performance. A mere 5% of Democrats conveyed approval of his performance.