Variable Details - pct_disapprove_estimate
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{"dataType":"NUMERIC","description":"The estimated percent of disapproval by party on the date modeled. FiveThirtyEight averages are calculated similarly to how they handle presidential approval ratings, which means they \u003ca href=\"https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-were-tracking-donald-trumps-approval-ratings/\" target= \"_blank\"\u003eaccount for the quality of the pollster and each pollster’s house effects\u003c/a\u003e (whether they seem to yield unusually high or low numbers for each question compared with the polling consensus), in addition to a poll’s recency and sample size. In cases where the pollster did not provide sample sizes by party, they were calculated based on the percentage of total respondents who identified with each party.","fixedStorageWidth":17,"format":"","id":"pct_disapprove_estimate","index":5,"isMeasure":true,"label":"Percent of Disapproval - Estimated","name":"pct_disapprove_estimate","reference":false,"revisionNumber":0,"storageType":"DOUBLE","uri":"edd2d61f-3907-4675-9438-2513c3c8b7a2"}