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Line chart showing the percent of time the DJIA posts a gain following a previous gain from 1946 to 2006, with a downward trend line.

Charts 2009-03-03

Percent of Time DJIA Posts Gain Following Previous Gain

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Manic-Depressive Market by Nate Silver

Three US maps showing 2008 state election winners by income group: rich voters only, middle-income voters, and poor voters only, colored red or blue.

Maps 2009-03-03

State Winners in 2008 by Income Group

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: How Did the Rich (and the Poor) Vote in 2008? by Andrew Gelman

Line chart showing the percent of time the DJIA posts a gain following a previous gain from 1946 to 2006, with a declining trend line.

Charts 2009-03-03

Percent of Time DJIA Posts Gain Following Previous Gain

From The Manic-Depressive Market by Nate Silver

Line chart showing percent blaming Obama vs percent expecting recession to be over over 48 months from today, with both lines rising from near 0% to around 90-95%.

Charts 2009-03-04

Percent Blaming Obama vs. Percent Expecting Recession to be Over

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: When Will Voters Blame Obama? by Nate Silver

Cumulative line chart comparing percent of economists vs voters expecting the recession to be over over 48 months, showing economists reach 100% much faster than voters.

Charts 2009-03-04

Percent of Economists vs Voters Expecting Recession to be Over

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: When Will Voters Blame Obama? by Nate Silver

Table showing poll results on whether the economic situation was inherited by Obama or caused by his policies, with response counts.

Tables 2009-03-04

Situation Obama Inherited vs. Obama's Policies Responsible For

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: When Will Voters Blame Obama? by Nate Silver

Line chart of the Cyclical Expectations Index from December 1998 to May 2009, showing values peaking around 150 in 2004 and dropping sharply to near 80 by 2009.

Charts 2009-03-05

Cyclical Expectations Index

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: What the Stock Market <span style="font-style:italic;">Really</span> Thinks About the Economy by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing the Cyclical Expectations Index (CEI) and S&P 500 indexed to CEI from early 2007 to early 2009, both showing a sharp decline.

Charts 2009-03-05

Cyclical Expectations Index with S&P 500

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: What the Stock Market <span style="font-style:italic;">Really</span> Thinks About the Economy by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing the Cyclical Expectations Index (CEI) and S&P 500 indexed to CEI from December 1998 to mid-2009.

Charts 2009-03-05

Cyclical Expectations Index with S&P 500

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: What the Stock Market <span style="font-style:italic;">Really</span> Thinks About the Economy by Nate Silver

Three pairs of US maps and scatter plots showing McCain 2008 vote share by state for three income groups: over $150,000, $40,000-$75,000, and under $20,000.

Charts 2009-03-05

McCain 2008 Vote Share by Income Group: State Maps and Scatter Plots

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Rich and Poor Voters in 2008 by Andrew Gelman

Line chart showing percent blaming Obama vs percent expecting recession to be over over 48 months from today, with both lines rising from near 0% to around 90-95%.

Charts 2009-03-05

Percent Blaming Obama vs. Percent Expecting Recession to be Over

From When Will Voters Blame Obama? by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing the percentage of economists vs voters expecting the recession to be over over 48 months, showing economists reach 100% much faster than voters.

Charts 2009-03-05

Percent of Economists vs Voters Expecting Recession to be Over

From When Will Voters Blame Obama? by Nate Silver

Table showing poll results on whether the economic situation Obama inherited or his policies are mostly responsible, with response counts.

Tables 2009-03-05

Situation Obama Inherited vs. Obama's Policies Responsible For

From When Will Voters Blame Obama? by Nate Silver

Line chart of the Cyclical Expectations Index from December 1998 to May 2009, showing a sharp decline in 2008-2009.

Charts 2009-03-05

Cyclical Expectations Index

From What the Stock Market Really Thinks About the Economy by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing the Cyclical Expectations Index (CEI) and S&P 500 indexed to CEI from early 2007 to early 2009, both showing a sharp decline.

Charts 2009-03-05

Cyclical Expectations Index with S&P 500

From What the Stock Market Really Thinks About the Economy by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing the Cyclical Expectations Index and S&P 500 indexed to CEI from December 1998 to mid-2009.

Charts 2009-03-05

Cyclical Expectations Index with S&P 500

From What the Stock Market Really Thinks About the Economy by Nate Silver

Seating chart of the Brady Briefing Room showing assigned seats for news organizations in February 2009, arranged in 7 rows with a podium at the front.

Other 2009-03-08

Brady Briefing Room Seating Chart, February 2009

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Who Sits Where? by Sean Quinn

Brady Briefing Room seating chart for March 2009 showing 7 rows of media outlet seats including NBC, AP, CBS, Fox News, and others arranged in a grid.

Other 2009-03-08

Brady Briefing Room Seating Chart, March 2009

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Who Sits Where? by Sean Quinn

Brady Briefing Room seating chart for February 2009 showing 7 rows of media outlet seats arranged by row number with a podium at the front.

Other 2009-03-09

Brady Briefing Room Seating Chart, February 2009

From Who Sits Where? by Sean Quinn

Brady Briefing Room seating chart for March 2009 showing 7 rows of assigned seats for major news outlets including NBC, AP, CBS, Fox News, and others.

Other 2009-03-09

Brady Briefing Room Seating Chart, March 2009

From Who Sits Where? by Sean Quinn

Table ranking elected presidential terms by net Gallup approval score at approximately 50 days, showing approve and disapprove percentages with dates.

Tables 2009-03-10

Elected Terms Ranked by Net Gallup Approval Score At ~50 Days

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: How's He Doing? by Nate Silver

Stacked bar chart showing presidential approval, no opinion, and disapproval ratings for US presidents from Truman to Obama.

Charts 2009-03-10

Presidential Approval, No Opinion, and Disapproval Ratings by Term

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: How's He Doing? by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the US top marginal tax rate from 1913 to 2008, peaking near 94% in the mid-1940s and declining to about 35% by 2008.

Charts 2009-03-10

Top Marginal Tax Rate

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the top marginal tax threshold in dollars from 1913 to 2003 on a logarithmic scale, with values peaking around the 1920s and declining over time.

Charts 2009-03-10

Top Marginal Tax Threshold

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the top marginal tax threshold in dollars from 1913 to 2003, with a dramatic peak around 1937-1943 reaching nearly $80 million.

Charts 2009-03-10

Top Marginal Tax Threshold

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket by Nate Silver

Table ranking elected presidential terms by net Gallup approval score at approximately 50 days, showing approve and disapprove percentages with dates.

Tables 2009-03-10

Elected Terms Ranked by Net Gallup Approval Score At ~50 Days

From How’s He Doing? by Nate Silver

Stacked bar chart showing presidential approval, no opinion, and disapproval ratings for US presidents from Truman to Obama.

Charts 2009-03-10

Presidential Approval, No Opinion, and Disapproval Ratings by Term

From How’s He Doing? by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing percent of conservatives agreeing versus percent of liberals/progressives agreeing on various issues, with reference lines at 50% on each axis.

Charts 2009-03-11

Conservative vs. Liberal/Progressive Agreement Scatter Plot

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: A Nation Neither United Nor Divided by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the US top marginal tax rate from 1913 to 2008, peaking near 94% in the mid-1940s and declining to around 35% by 2008.

Charts 2009-03-11

Top Marginal Tax Rate

From The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the top marginal tax threshold in dollars on a logarithmic scale from 1913 to 2003, with values peaking around the 1920s and declining over time.

Charts 2009-03-11

Top Marginal Tax Threshold

From The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the top marginal tax threshold in dollars from 1913 to 2003, with a dramatic peak around 1937-1943 reaching nearly $80 million.

Charts 2009-03-11

Top Marginal Tax Threshold

From The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing percent expressing a great deal of confidence in various institutions for years 1976, 2000, and 2008.

Charts 2009-03-12

Percent Expressing a "Great Deal" of Confidence in...

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Americans Losing Their Faith in Faith ... And Everything Else by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing percent of conservatives agreeing versus percent of liberals/progressives agreeing on various issues, with reference lines at 50% on each axis.

Charts 2009-03-12

Conservatives vs. Liberals/Progressives Agreement Scatter Plot

From A Nation Neither United Nor Divided by Nate Silver

Scatter plot with trend lines showing approval and disapproval ratings from January to March, comparing Rasmussen polls versus all other polls.

Charts 2009-03-13

Approve/Disapprove Ratings: Rasmussen vs. All Others (Jan–Mar)

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Yes, Obama's Approval Ratings Are Declining. What Did You Expect? by Nate Silver

Table ranking elected presidential terms by net Gallup approval score at approximately 365 days, showing approve, disapprove, and date for 15 terms plus average.

Tables 2009-03-13

Elected Terms Ranked by Net Gallup Approval Score At ~365 Days

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Yes, Obama's Approval Ratings Are Declining. What Did You Expect? by Nate Silver

Scatter plot with trend lines showing approval and disapproval ratings from January to March, comparing Rasmussen polls versus all other polls.

Charts 2009-03-13

Approve/Disapprove Ratings: Rasmussen vs. All Others (Jan–Mar)

From Yes, Obama’s Approval Ratings Are Declining. What Did You Expect? by Nate Silver

Table ranking elected presidential terms by net Gallup approval score at approximately 365 days, showing approve, disapprove, and date for 15 terms plus average.

Tables 2009-03-13

Elected Terms Ranked by Net Gallup Approval Score At ~365 Days

From Yes, Obama’s Approval Ratings Are Declining. What Did You Expect? by Nate Silver

Table ranking elected presidential terms by net Gallup approval score at approximately 50 days, showing approve and disapprove percentages with dates.

Tables 2009-03-13

Elected Terms Ranked by Net Gallup Approval Score At ~50 Days

From Yes, Obama’s Approval Ratings Are Declining. What Did You Expect? by Nate Silver

Line chart showing Fast, Average, and Slow Recovery trajectories over 30 months of term, with values ranging from 0 to 80.

Charts 2009-03-15

Fast, Average, and Slow Recovery by Month of Term

From FiveThirtyEight: Gold(farb) Star for Effort by Nate Silver

Line chart showing Fast, Average, and Slow Recovery trajectories over 30 months of term, with values ranging from 0 to 80.

Charts 2009-03-15

Fast, Average, and Slow Recovery by Month of Term

From Gold(farb) Star for Effort by Nate Silver

Intraday stock price chart for American International Group Inc (AIG) on March 16, 2009, showing price and volume from Yahoo Finance.

Charts 2009-03-17

AMER INTL GROUP INC Stock Chart – 16-Mar 2009

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Why Was AIG's Stock Up 66% Today? by Nate Silver

Grouped bar chart showing opinion on a law making it easier for unions to organize workers, broken down by how closely respondents follow the news about the bill.

Charts 2009-03-17

Opinion on a New Law Making It Easier for Unions to Organize Workers

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: EFCA's Backers Still Have Work To Do by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing 53% favor, 39% oppose, and 8% have no opinion on a law making it easier for labor unions to organize workers, from a Gallup Poll March 14-15, 2009.

Charts 2009-03-17

Would you favor or oppose a new law to make it easier for labor unions to organize workers?

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: EFCA's Backers Still Have Work To Do by Nate Silver

Intraday stock price and volume chart for American International Group Inc (AIG) on March 16, 2009, showing price fluctuations and trading volume from Yahoo Finance.

Charts 2009-03-17

AMER INTL GROUP INC Intraday Stock Chart – 16 Mar 2009

From Why Was AIG’s Stock Up 66% Today? by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing 53% favor, 39% oppose, and 8% have no opinion on a law making it easier for labor unions to organize workers, from a Gallup Poll March 14-15, 2009.

Charts 2009-03-17

Generally speaking, would you favor or oppose a new law that would make it easier for labor unions to organize workers?

From EFCA’s Backers Still Have Work To Do by Nate Silver

Grouped bar chart showing opinion on a law making it easier for unions to organize workers, broken down by how closely respondents follow the news about the bill.

Charts 2009-03-17

Opinion on a New Law Making It Easier for Unions to Organize Workers

From EFCA’s Backers Still Have Work To Do by Nate Silver

Stacked bar chart showing memorandum hits by time of day across Saturday through Tuesday, broken down by MSM, Liberal Blog, Moderate Blog, and Conservative Blog.

Charts 2009-03-18

Memorandum Hits by Day and Time (Sat–Tue)

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: AIG: How a Meme Spreads by Nate Silver

Stacked bar chart showing memorandum hits by time of day across Saturday through Tuesday, broken down by MSM, Liberal Blog, Moderate Blog, and Conservative Blog.

Charts 2009-03-18

Memorandum Hits by Day and Time: MSM vs Political Blogs

From AIG: How a Meme Spreads by Nate Silver

Championship odds table for NCAA teams showing Pomeroy, Sagarin, Greenfield, Massey, and Composite probability percentages with color-coded cells.

Tables 2009-03-19

Championship Odds

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: NCAA Hoops Projections by Nate Silver

Final Four odds table for NCAA tournament teams across Midwest, West, East, and South regions, showing percentages from Pomeroy, Sagarin, Greenfield, Massey, and Composite models.

Tables 2009-03-19

Final Four Odds

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: NCAA Hoops Projections by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the percent of Americans covered by private health insurance from 1987 to 2007, with red arrows and yellow highlights marking recession periods of decline.

Charts 2009-03-20

Percent of Americans Covered by Private Health Insurance

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Health Care > Environment? It's the Economy, Stupid. by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the percent of Americans covered by private health insurance from 1987 to 2007, with yellow highlighted recession periods and red arrows marking declines.

Charts 2009-03-20

Percent of Americans Covered by Private Health Insurance

From Health Care > Environment? It’s the Economy, Stupid. by Nate Silver

US map showing congressional districts highlighted in red and green across various states, likely indicating competitive or notable races.

Maps 2009-03-21

US Congressional Districts Map with Color-Coded Highlights

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Presidential Results by Congressional District by Nate Silver

US map showing congressional districts highlighted in red and green across various states, likely indicating competitive or notable races.

Maps 2009-03-21

US Congressional Districts Map with Red and Green Highlights

From Presidential Results by Congressional District by Nate Silver

Table showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from Rasmussen and Gallup polls for this week and last week, with averages.

Tables 2009-03-22

Weekly Presidential Approval Ratings: Rasmussen and Gallup

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Is the AIG Bonus Blowout Hurting Obama? by Nate Silver

Table showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from Rasmussen and Gallup polls for this week and last week, with averages.

Tables 2009-03-22

Weekly Presidential Approval Ratings: Rasmussen and Gallup

From Is the AIG Bonus Blowout Hurting Obama? by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing the Cyclical Expectations Index and the S&P 500 indexed to CEI from September 2008 to March 2009

Charts 2009-03-23

Cyclical Expectations Index vs S&P 500, Sept 2008–Mar 2009

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Stock Market Rally and the Geithner Plan by Nate Silver

Four scatter plots showing estimated Obama vote among nonblacks vs percent black in the county for Midwest, West, Northeast, and South regions.

Charts 2009-03-23

Estimated Obama Vote Among Nonblacks by Region and County Black Population

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: More on Obama's Vote Among Nonblacks by Andrew Gelman

Choropleth map of the US showing county-level shift in Democratic vote share between Kerry 2004 and Obama 2008, with blue indicating Obama improvement and red indicating decline.

Maps 2009-03-23

Obama did better than Kerry almost everywhere

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: It's Not About Appalachia by Andrew Gelman

County-level choropleth map of the US showing Obama's vote share among non-black voters by region, colored in shades of red, purple, and blue.

Maps 2009-03-23

Obama's Vote Share Among Non-Blacks Varied by Region

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: It's Not About Appalachia by Andrew Gelman

Line chart comparing the Cyclical Expectations Index and the S&P 500 indexed to CEI from September 2008 to March 2009.

Charts 2009-03-23

Cyclical Expectations Index vs. S&P 500 (Sep 2008 – Mar 2009)

From The Stock Market Rally and the Geithner Plan by Nate Silver

Stacked area chart showing debt per U.S. family in 2007 dollars from 1989 to 2007, broken down by mortgages and home equity loans, credit card balances, and all other debt.

Charts 2009-03-24

Debt Per U.S. Family, in 2007 dollars

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Mortgage Monster and the Blame Game by Nate Silver

Table comparing Zogby Interactive Poll predictions versus actual results for the 2006 Gubernatorial Election, showing error margins by state.

Tables 2009-03-24

Zogby Interactive Poll Results: '06 Gubernatorial Election

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Worst Pollster in the World Strikes Again by Nate Silver

Zogby Interactive Poll Results for the 2006 Senate Election showing state-by-state Zogby predictions, actual results, and error margins.

Tables 2009-03-24

Zogby Interactive Poll Results: '06 Senate Election

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Worst Pollster in the World Strikes Again by Nate Silver

Table comparing Zogby Interactive Poll predictions versus actual results for the 2008 Presidential Election by state, with error column.

Tables 2009-03-24

Zogby Interactive Poll Results: '08 Presidential Election

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Worst Pollster in the World Strikes Again by Nate Silver

Table of Zogby Interactive poll results by state showing agency weight, date, sample size, Democratic and Republican percentages, and margin.

Tables 2009-03-24

Zogby Interactive State Poll Results: DEM vs GOP Margins

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Worst Pollster in the World Strikes Again by Nate Silver

Stacked area chart showing debt per U.S. family in 2007 dollars from 1989 to 2007, broken down by mortgages and home equity loans, credit card balances, and all other debt.

Charts 2009-03-24

Debt Per U.S. Family, in 2007 dollars

From The Mortgage Monster and the Blame Game by Nate Silver

Table comparing Zogby Interactive Poll results versus actual outcomes for the 2008 Presidential Election by state, with error column.

Tables 2009-03-24

Zogby Interactive Poll Results: '08 Presidential Election

From The Worst Pollster in the World Strikes Again by Nate Silver

Ten US electoral maps comparing 2008 state winners by income bracket overall versus whites only, showing red Republican and blue Democrat results across five income groups.

Maps 2009-03-25

State Winners in 2008 by Income Bracket: All Voters vs. Whites Only

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: How Did White People Vote? by Andrew Gelman

Table showing change in compensation per employee for selected industries from 1992 to 2007, with dollar values and percent change.

Tables 2009-03-26

Change in Compensation Per Employee, Selected Industries, 1992-2007

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Right Way to Fix Wall Street's Pay by Nate Silver

Line chart showing post graduate counts for Financier and Engineer fields from 1965 to 2005, with both rising over time.

Charts 2009-03-26

Post Graduates: Financier vs Engineer (1965–2005)

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Right Way to Fix Wall Street's Pay by Nate Silver

Dual-axis line chart showing the Financial Deregulation Index and Relative Wage in Finance from 1910 to 2010, illustrating their correlated trends over time.

Charts 2009-03-26

Relative Financial Wage and Financial Deregulation

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Right Way to Fix Wall Street's Pay by Nate Silver

Line chart showing post graduate counts for Financier and Engineer fields from 1965 to 2005, with both rising over time.

Charts 2009-03-26

Post Graduates: Financier vs Engineer (1965–2005)

From The Right Way to Fix Wall Street’s Pay by Nate Silver

Dual-axis line chart showing the Financial Deregulation Index and Relative Wage in Finance from 1910 to 2010, illustrating their correlated trends over time.

Charts 2009-03-26

Relative Financial Wage and Financial Deregulation

From The Right Way to Fix Wall Street’s Pay by Nate Silver

Pie chart showing geographic distribution of phone numbers in a Blackberry, with NYC at 28% and Chicago at 27% being the largest segments.

Charts 2009-03-30

Geographic Distribution of Phone Numbers in my Blackberry

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: FiveThirtyEight Joins East Coast Media Elite by Nate Silver

Pie chart showing geographic distribution of phone numbers in a Blackberry, with NYC at 28% and Chicago at 27% being the largest segments.

Charts 2009-03-30

Geographic Distribution of Phone Numbers in my Blackberry

From FiveThirtyEight Joins East Coast Media Elite by Nate Silver

Pie chart showing geographic distribution of phone numbers in a Blackberry, with NYC at 28% and Chicago at 27% being the largest segments.

Charts 2009-03-30

Geographic Distribution of Phone Numbers in my Blackberry

From FiveThirtyEight Joins East Coast Media Elite by Nate Silver

Line chart showing General Motors operating margin from 1959 to 2008 with a downward trend line and dashed confidence bands, ending sharply negative.

Charts 2009-03-31

General Motors Operating Margin, 1959-2008

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: GM's Problems are 50 Years in the Making by Nate Silver

Line chart showing General Motors operating margin from 1959 to 2008 with a downward trend line and dashed confidence bands, ending sharply negative.

Charts 2009-03-31

General Motors Operating Margin, 1959-2008

From GM’s Problems are 50 Years in the Making by Nate Silver