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May 1, 2020 14:25
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This plots some presidential approval data over time. This in particular: (VoterDisapprove - VoterApprove) - (AdultDisapprove - AdultApprove)
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library(tidyverse) | |
library(lubridate) | |
x = read_csv("https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-data/approval_topline.csv") | |
x %>% | |
select(subgroup, approve_estimate, disapprove_estimate, timestamp) %>% | |
mutate(spreadd = disapprove_estimate - approve_estimate) %>% | |
filter(subgroup != "All polls") %>% | |
mutate(date = parse_date_time(timestamp, orders = "H!:M!:S! d! b! Y!")) %>% | |
mutate(time = date(date)) %>% | |
group_by(time, subgroup) %>% | |
summarize(spreadd = mean(spreadd)) %>% | |
select(subgroup, time, spreadd) %>% | |
pivot_wider(id_cols = time, | |
names_from = subgroup, | |
values_from = spreadd) %>% | |
mutate(VoterSpreadMinusAdultSpread = Voters - Adults) %>% | |
ggplot(aes(x=time, y = VoterSpreadMinusAdultSpread)) + | |
geom_line()+ | |
geom_hline(yintercept = 0, color = "red")+ | |
ggtitle("(VoterDisapprove - VoterApprove) - (AdultDisapprove - AdultApprove)") |
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