Editing Harold Washington (section)

===Approval ratings===
Despite tumult between Washington and the City Council, Washington enjoyed positive approval among the city's residents.<ref name="Moser1">{{cite web |last1=Moser |first1=Whet |title=Rahm Emanuel: The Least Popular Mayor in Modern Chicago History |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/february-2016/rahm-emanuel-the-least-popular-mayor-in-modern-chicago-history/ |website=Chicago Magazine |access-date=26 November 2022 |date=February 1, 2016}}</ref>

An April 1987 ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' poll of voters indicated that there was a significant age and gender gap in Washington's approval, with Washington being more popularly approved of by voters under the age of 55 and by male voters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lentz |first1=Philip |title=Gender, age gap confront mayor in '87 poll shows |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388460247 |url-access=subscription| via=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=26 November 2022 |language=en |date=April 21, 1987}}</ref>

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! [[Voter segments in political polling|Segment polled]]
! Polling source
! Date
! Approve
! Disapprove
! Sample size
! Margin-of-error
! Polling method
! Citation
|-
| Registered voters
| Market Shares Corp. and ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| March 12–15, 1987
| style="background:#006800; color: white" |67%
|
| 1,145
| ±3
| Telephone
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Robert |title=Mayor is cruising in job-rating poll |publisher=Chicago Tribune |language=en |date=March 24, 1987}}:
* {{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Robert |title=Mayor is cruising in job-rating poll |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388767161 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |language=en |date=March 24, 1987 |page=1}}
* {{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Robert |title=Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388767161 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |language=en |date=March 24, 1987 |page=2}}</ref>
|-
| Registered voters
| [[Penn Schoen]]
| October 1986
| style="background:#006800; color: white" |54%
| 39%
| 1,200
|
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Vrdolyak |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388735696 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=26 November 2022 |language=en |date=November 18, 1986}}</ref>
|-
| Residents
| ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| October 29–November 3, 1985
| style="background:#006800; color: white" |60%
| 30%
| 515
|
|
| <ref name="Nealnov181985">{{cite web |last1=Neal |first1=Steve |title=Mayor's job rating at its highest yet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388520596 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=26 November 2022 |language=en |date=November 18, 1985}}</ref>
|-
| Residents
| ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| March 1985
| style="background:#006800; color: white" |35%
| 21%
|
|
|
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| ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| 1985
| style="background:#006800; color: white" |54%
| 36%
|
|
|
| <ref name="Moser1"/>
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