The raw data behind the story: "How Popular is Donald Trump" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/: Approval Poll Dataset

trump_approval_poll

## Format

A data frame with 3051 rows representing individual polls and 20 variables:

subgroup

The subgroup the poll falls into as defined by the type of people being polled (all polls, voters, adults)

start_date

The date the polling began

end_date

The date the polling concluded

pollster

The polling group which produced the poll

The grade for President Trump that the respondents' approval ratings correspond to

sample_size

The sample size of the poll

population

The type of people being polled (a for adults, lv for likely voters, rv for registered voters)

weight

The weight fivethirtyeight gives the poll when determining approval ratings based on historical accuracy of the pollster

approve

The percentage of respondents who approve of the president

disapprove

The percentage of respondents who disapprove of the president

The percentage of respondents who approve of the president adjusted for systematic tendencies of the polling firm

The percentage of respondents who approve of the president adjusted for systematic tendencies of the polling firm

multiversions

True if there are multiple versions of the poll, False if there are not

tracking

TRUE if the poll was tracked, FALSE if not

url

Poll result URL

poll_id

Poll ID number

question_id

ID number for the question being polled

created_date

Date the poll was created

timestamp

Date and time the poll was compiled

## Details

Variables "model_date", "influence", and "president" were deleted because each observation contained the same value for these variables: January 5, 2018; 0; and Donald Trump respectively.

trump_approval_trend