The Civil Rights Act was stalled in Congress, facing fierce opposition from Southern Democrats.
U.S. military advisors in Vietnam increased from 900 to 16,000 during JFK's presidency.
The Cuban Missile Crisis had occurred just one year earlier, in October 1962.
Unemployment was at 5.5%, with GDP growth averaging 4.4% during JFK’s term.
Louis Harris & Associates surveyed 1,180 likely voters for Newsweek just before JFK's assassination.
57% of likely voters approved of JFK’s job performance.
Thousands of simulations based on the model's uncertainty, generating a full distribution of possible approval rates.
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Changes in survey responses after your selections. Red highlights options you modified; green shows those left unchanged.
Direct comparison between original approval and new predicted approval, including confidence intervals for uncertainty.
Thousands of simulated approval outcomes based on model uncertainty. Tighter spreads suggest stability; new wider spreads suggest higher risk.
Distribution of approval probabilities across voters — comparing original versus modified scenarios.