Gallup ends daily presidential approval tracking poll

[DonViejo]

By STEVEN SHEPARD 01/03/2018 02:03 PM EST

Gallup is discontinuing its daily tracking poll of presidential approval, the storied pollster announced Wednesday in the latest cutback of the company’s public survey operations.

Political reporters and observers have long been accustomed to visiting Gallup's website every day shortly after 1 p.m. Eastern Time for the latest update in the president's approval rating. But rather than report public opinion of President Donald Trump’s job performance on a daily basis, Gallup will now offer a weekly approval rating.

The reason for the change? Gallup had been tacking a presidential approval question onto polls it was conducting for the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index since 2008 — a continuous, privately sponsored health survey. But that poll is now transitioning from phone to mail surveys, which don't enable reporting of daily results.

“We are making this change largely because the source for these daily data, the Gallup Daily tracking program — made possible by a client-supported commitment to daily interviewing on a wide variety of well-being metrics — is shifting from telephone surveys to reporting mail surveys on a monthly basis,” Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport said in the announcement.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/03/gallup-ends-presidential-approval-tracking-poll-322280?lo=ap_e1

[Hugin]

1. Good enough for Obama... Now, not so much?

Things what make ya go, hmm.

Going to mail? Less timely surveys?

Cool story, bro.

[underpants]

5. Reminds of the oodles of money Republicans make on direct mail fundraising

Even into W's second term Rove was consider the "king of direct mailers". Very hard to actually trace the money or, in Gallup's case, verify results.

[mercuryblues]

2. you know what I do with those

mail surveys?

recycle them.

Not buying what they are selling

[underpants]

4. The only attention they'll get is if the come the same day as Reader's Digest

Gallup
62% of Americans wear straw hats when going to the store
73% of Americans eat before they watch the evening news
58% of Americans figure as long as one blinkers on they'll know you're turning at some point

[MoonRiver]

3. Chumpy is going too low? Oh nooooo!