# Trump Approval Hits 50%

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 17, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-approval-hits-50/784676 "2017-04-17T23:06:05Z")\
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I’ll point this difference out between Rasmussen and the rest of the pack. As far as I know they are the only ones applying a likely voter screen on their presidential approval poll. Every other poll is either registered voters or adults. It’s not really an apples to apples comparison.

Rasmussen says 50% of **likely voters** approve of the job Trump is doing while Gallup says 41% of **adults** approve of the job Trump is doing. It is possible that they are both perfectly accurate since they are not answering the same question.

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