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March 2012
United States
1976 to 2008
The Voter Confidence Index is calculated using answers to three typical polling questions; President's job approval rating, the direction of the country and the generic congressional ballot. The VCI is then intended to measure the level of confidence the U.S. electorate has in the president and their party.
The VCIs in this graph were calculated prior to the midterm elections for each president.
A positive value for the VCI is assumed to be a good sign for the president's party while a negative value is considered to be a bad sign.
To calculate the VCI poll results were sourced from NBC News/Wall Street Journal, ABC News/Washington Post, CBS News/New York Times, Fox News/Opinion Dynamics, CNN/Opinion Research, Pew Research, USA Today/Gallup, Ipsos (including AP, Reuters, McClatchy), AP/GFK, Bloomberg/Selzer, and Newsweek.
