Trump approval at 47 among Likely Voters as of Sept. 19, 2018. Obama at 45 on same date in his first term-Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll, 9/19/18

Obama approval at 45 on this date in his first term. To see that number, click on Rasmussen link, go to chart, place cursor over Sept. 19.

9/19/18, “Daily Presidential Tracking Poll," Rasmussen Reports

“The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday [9/19] shows that 47% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-two percent (52%) disapprove….



Now that Gallup has quit the field, Rasmussen Reports is the only nationally recognized public opinion firm that still tracks President Trump’s job approval ratings on a daily basis.”…

Methodology

“Some readers wonder how we come up with our job approval ratings for the president since they often don’t show as dramatic a change as some other pollsters do….Rasmussen Reports has been a pioneer in the use of automated telephone polling techniques, but many other firms still utilize their own operator-assisted technology (see methodology).

Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. To reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel. The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters is +/- 2.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Platinum Members….

To get a sense of longer-term job approval trends for the president, Rasmussen Reports compiles our tracking data on a full month-by-month basis.”




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