The gender gap in Donald Trump’s 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton was the largest in election polling history, with significantly more men than women supporting Trump. This sizable gender difference has carried over to his job approval rating throughout the first year of his presidency. The average difference in Trump’s […] Read more »
What The Latest Immigration Polls Do (And Don’t) Say
Americans could be forgiven for having poll whiplash this week. “Shock poll: Americans want massive cuts to legal immigration,” said a headline from the Washington Times. “Americans broadly embrace the Democratic immigration position,” declared a Washington Post headline, with the release of a new ABC/Washington Post poll. On immigration, as […] Read more »
Americans Cheer Their Economy. Their President, Not So Much
President Donald Trump is breaking the convention that when Americans feel good about the economy they credit their leader. Never in recent history have consumers been so buoyant about economic prospects and their financial fortunes while at the same time so down on the president. The gap has emerged in […] Read more »
Trump’s First-Year Job Approval Worst by 10 Points
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating averaged 38.4% during his first year in office — slightly more than 10 percentage points lower than any other elected president’s first-year average. Bill Clinton is the only other president who was below 50% in his first year. All others were 57% or higher, […] Read more »
10th Annual Top Ten Dubious Polling Awards
Editor’s note: Every January, iMediaEthics’ polling director David W. Moore assembles the top ten “Dubious Polling Awards” for iMediaEthics. The tongue-in-cheek awards “honor” the previous year’s most questionable actions in media polling news. CONT. David W. Moore, iMediaEthics Read more »
Poll Hub: Triumph or Trumped?
… Despite a year marked by a job approval rating hovering in the thirties and a majority of Americans rating Trump’s presidency as a “failure,” there are some bright spots for the president. What are they, and what impact could President Trump’s job approval rating have on the 2018 midterm […] Read more »