Trump approval at 49 among Likely Voters on Sept. 21, 2018. Obama had 44 on same date in first term-Rasmussen tracking poll, 9/21/18. Also, most Likely Voters approve of presidential text alerts in case of major weather event or national emergency

9/21/18, “Daily Presidential Tracking Poll,“ Rasmussen Reports

“The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 49% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove….[Obama at 44 on this date in his first term. To see this number, place cursor over Sept. 21, 2018 on chart at Rasmussen.] 
 


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….

Most voters favor the proposed use of presidential text alerts in the case of a national emergency or a major weather event….

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. It depends on how you ask the question and whom you ask.

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.

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.”

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Added: Closeup, July 20-Sept. 21, Trump v Obama approval among Likely Voters during this two month span in first term. Trump=green, Obama=blue, Rasmussen Daily Tracking poll.




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