Is it possible that it’s % of variation compared to what it was on day 1? So if approval was 50% and on day 100 it’s 60% that’s +20 (20% of 50 = 10, 50 + 10 = 60)?
Net approval at a point in time is the percentage of voters who approve minus the percentage of voters who disapprove, it’s not a delta from an earlier reading.
For net approval to be negative, more people must disapprove then approve.
What’s up with Truman, Kennedy and all those high numbers?
Even if we assume Truman achieved 100% approval in the first 100 days, that’d mean his initial approval was 16%.
I am going to be a bit skeptical of this.
Mainly because I know that Kennedy was elected and not grandfathered in like truman and there’s no way he was only elected with only 28%
Is it possible that it’s % of variation compared to what it was on day 1? So if approval was 50% and on day 100 it’s 60% that’s +20 (20% of 50 = 10, 50 + 10 = 60)?
I don’t think this is initial approval minus approval 100 days in, I think it’s approval 100 days in minus disapproval 100 days in.
Net approval at a point in time is the percentage of voters who approve minus the percentage of voters who disapprove, it’s not a delta from an earlier reading.
For net approval to be negative, more people must disapprove then approve.
+84 doesn’t mean an increase of 84 percentage points, it means 92% approval, 8% disapproval.