… If a president’s overall approval rating has been rising or dropping significantly among the entire population, then we would hold out the expectation that his approval rating would also rise or drop concomitantly among each subgroup of the population. The question becomes one of — in addition to looking at the absolute rise or drop in approval among a subgroup — analyzing the relative change in approval among a subgroup compared with the overall change in approval. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup