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Diverging Stacked Bar Chart

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Vega-Lite JSON Specification

{
  "$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v2.json",
  "description": "A diverging stacked bar chart for sentiments towards a set of eight questions, displayed as percentages with neutral responses straddling the 0% mark",
  "data": {
    "values":
    [
      {
        "question": "Question 1",
        "type": "Strongly disagree",
        "value": 24,
        "percentage": 0.7,
        "percentage_start": -19.1,
        "percentage_end": -18.4
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 1",
        "type": "Disagree",
        "value": 294,
        "percentage": 9.1,
        "percentage_start": -18.4,
        "percentage_end": -9.2
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 1",
        "type": "Neither agree nor disagree",
        "value": 594,
        "percentage": 18.5,
        "percentage_start": -9.2,
        "percentage_end": 9.2
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 1",
        "type": "Agree",
        "value": 1927,
        "percentage": 59.9,
        "percentage_start": 9.2,
        "percentage_end": 69.2
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 1",
        "type": "Strongly agree",
        "value": 376,
        "percentage": 11.7,
        "percentage_start": 69.2,
        "percentage_end": 80.9
      },

      {
        "question": "Question 2",
        "type": "Strongly disagree",
        "value": 2,
        "percentage": 18.2,
        "percentage_start": -36.4,
        "percentage_end": -18.2
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 2",
        "type": "Disagree",
        "value": 2,
        "percentage": 18.2,
        "percentage_start": -18.2,
        "percentage_end": 0
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 2",
        "type": "Neither agree nor disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": 0,
        "percentage_end": 0
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 2",
        "type": "Agree",
        "value": 7,
        "percentage": 63.6,
        "percentage_start": 0,
        "percentage_end": 63.6
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 2",
        "type": "Strongly agree",
        "value": 11,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": 63.6,
        "percentage_end": 63.6
      },

      {
        "question": "Question 3",
        "type": "Strongly disagree",
        "value": 2,
        "percentage": 20,
        "percentage_start": -30,
        "percentage_end": -10
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 3",
        "type": "Disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": -10,
        "percentage_end": -10
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 3",
        "type": "Neither agree nor disagree",
        "value": 2,
        "percentage": 20,
        "percentage_start": -10,
        "percentage_end": 10
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 3",
        "type": "Agree",
        "value": 4,
        "percentage": 40,
        "percentage_start": 10,
        "percentage_end": 50
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 3",
        "type": "Strongly agree",
        "value": 2,
        "percentage": 20,
        "percentage_start": 50,
        "percentage_end": 70
      },

      {
        "question": "Question 4",
        "type": "Strongly disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": -15.6,
        "percentage_end": -15.6
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 4",
        "type": "Disagree",
        "value": 2,
        "percentage": 12.5,
        "percentage_start": -15.6,
        "percentage_end": -3.1
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 4",
        "type": "Neither agree nor disagree",
        "value": 1,
        "percentage": 6.3,
        "percentage_start": -3.1,
        "percentage_end": 3.1
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 4",
        "type": "Agree",
        "value": 7,
        "percentage": 43.8,
        "percentage_start": 3.1,
        "percentage_end": 46.9
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 4",
        "type": "Strongly agree",
        "value": 6,
        "percentage": 37.5,
        "percentage_start": 46.9,
        "percentage_end": 84.4
      },

      {
        "question": "Question 5",
        "type": "Strongly disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": -10.4,
        "percentage_end": -10.4
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 5",
        "type": "Disagree",
        "value": 1,
        "percentage": 4.2,
        "percentage_start": -10.4,
        "percentage_end": -6.3
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 5",
        "type": "Neither agree nor disagree",
        "value": 3,
        "percentage": 12.5,
        "percentage_start": -6.3,
        "percentage_end": 6.3
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 5",
        "type": "Agree",
        "value": 16,
        "percentage": 66.7,
        "percentage_start": 6.3,
        "percentage_end": 72.9
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 5",
        "type": "Strongly agree",
        "value": 4,
        "percentage": 16.7,
        "percentage_start": 72.9,
        "percentage_end": 89.6
      },

      {
        "question": "Question 6",
        "type": "Strongly disagree",
        "value": 1,
        "percentage": 6.3,
        "percentage_start": -18.8,
        "percentage_end": -12.5
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 6",
        "type": "Disagree",
        "value": 1,
        "percentage": 6.3,
        "percentage_start": -12.5,
        "percentage_end": -6.3
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 6",
        "type": "Neither agree nor disagree",
        "value": 2,
        "percentage": 12.5,
        "percentage_start": -6.3,
        "percentage_end": 6.3
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 6",
        "type": "Agree",
        "value": 9,
        "percentage": 56.3,
        "percentage_start": 6.3,
        "percentage_end": 62.5
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 6",
        "type": "Strongly agree",
        "value": 3,
        "percentage": 18.8,
        "percentage_start": 62.5,
        "percentage_end": 81.3
      },

      {
        "question": "Question 7",
        "type": "Strongly disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": -10,
        "percentage_end": -10
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 7",
        "type": "Disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": -10,
        "percentage_end": -10
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 7",
        "type": "Neither agree nor disagree",
        "value": 1,
        "percentage": 20,
        "percentage_start": -10,
        "percentage_end": 10
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 7",
        "type": "Agree",
        "value": 4,
        "percentage": 80,
        "percentage_start": 10,
        "percentage_end": 90
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 7",
        "type": "Strongly agree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": 90,
        "percentage_end": 90
      },

      {
        "question": "Question 8",
        "type": "Strongly disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": 0,
        "percentage_end": 0
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 8",
        "type": "Disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": 0,
        "percentage_end": 0
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 8",
        "type": "Neither agree nor disagree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": 0,
        "percentage_end": 0
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 8",
        "type": "Agree",
        "value": 0,
        "percentage": 0,
        "percentage_start": 0,
        "percentage_end": 0
      },
      {
        "question": "Question 8",
        "type": "Strongly agree",
        "value": 2,
        "percentage": 100,
        "percentage_start": 0,
        "percentage_end": 100
      }
    ]
  },
  "mark": "bar",
  "encoding": {
    "x": {
      "field": "percentage_start",
      "type": "quantitative",
      "axis": { "title": "Percentage" }
    },
    "x2": {
      "field": "percentage_end",
      "type": "quantitative"
    },
    "y": {
      "field": "question",
      "type": "nominal",
      "axis": {
        "title": "Question",
        "offset": 5,
        "ticks": false,
        "minExtent": 60,
        "domain": false
      }
    },
    "color": {
      "field": "type",
      "type": "nominal",
      "legend": { "title": "Response" },
      "scale": {
        "domain":
          [
            "Strongly disagree",
            "Disagree",
            "Neither agree nor disagree",
            "Agree",
            "Strongly agree"
          ],
        "range": ["#c30d24", "#f3a583", "#cccccc", "#94c6da", "#1770ab"],
        "type": "ordinal"
      }
    }
  }
}