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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Approval rating

If we say, "Trump's approval ratings were at 42 %", does it mean that 42% of the Americans support and approve of him?

  

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anonymous If we say, "Trump's approval ratings were at 42 %", does it mean that 42% of the Americans support and approve of him? Yes, more or less. Of course it's only 42% of the people who were surveyed who approve of him, but the statisticians claim that the real percentage nation-wide can't be very different from that.

  • anonymous If we say, "Trump's approval ratings were at 42 %", does it mean that 42% of the Americans support and approve of him?
  • Yes, more or less.
  • Of course it's only 42% of the people who were surveyed who approve of him, but the statisticians claim that the real percentage nation-wide can't be very different from that.
  • CJ
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anonymous

If we say, "Trump's approval ratings were at 42 %", does it mean that 42% of the Americans support and approve of him?

Yes, more or less.

Of course it's only 42% of the people who were surveyed who approve of him, but the statisticians claim that the real percentage nation-wide can't be very different from that.

CJ

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