<P> In the United States, presidential job approval ratings were introduced by George Gallup in the late 1930s (probably 1937) to gauge public support for the President of the United States during his term . An approval rating is a percentage determined by a polling which indicates the percentage of respondents to an opinion poll who approve of a particular person or program . Typically, an approval rating is given to a political figure based on responses to a poll in which a sample of people are asked whether they approve or disapprove of that particular political figure . A typical question might ask: </P> <Dl> <Dd> Do you approve or disapprove of the way (Donald Trump) is handling his job as president? </Dd> </Dl>

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