fivethirtyeightindex

Explore 38,954 articles, datasets, podcasts, graphics and illustrations from fivethirtyeight.com

April 2009 graphics

43 matches

Table showing U.S. House of Representatives Elections results for November 4, 2008 in Moderately Republican Districts, listing Democrat and GOP wins by PVI rating.

Tables 2009-04-01

U.S. House Elections 2008 – Moderately Republican Districts

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: What the NY-20 "Tie" Means by Nate Silver

Table showing U.S. House of Representatives Elections results for November 4, 2008 in Moderately Republican Districts, listing Democrat and GOP wins by PVI rating.

Tables 2009-04-01

U.S. House Elections 2008 – Moderately Republican Districts

From What the NY-20 “Tie” Means by Nate Silver

Scatter plot comparing Obama's predicted vote from Monday poll aggregation versus actual Obama vote in 2008 by state, showing close alignment along the diagonal.

Charts 2009-04-02

The 2008 vote closely matched the final pre-election polls

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Comparing Election Outcomes to Poll Aggregates, by State by Andrew Gelman

Line chart showing marijuana usage rates by age for lifetime, past year, and past month, with peaks around age 20-50.

Charts 2009-04-05

Marijuana Usage Rates by Age

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Why Marijuana Legalization is Gaining Momentum by Nate Silver

Line chart showing marijuana usage rates by age for lifetime, past year, and past month, with peaks around age 20-50.

Charts 2009-04-05

Marijuana Usage Rates by Age

From Why Marijuana Legalization is Gaining Momentum by Nate Silver

2010 Senate Rankings list showing 15 states with colored rank indicators and senator names or Open status labels

Other 2009-04-06

2010 Senate Rankings

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Whigs, Federalists Strongly Differ on Support for Obama by Nate Silver

Table showing job approval ratings for first-year presidents including Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, and Nixon, broken down by total, Republican, Democrat, and Independent percentages.

Tables 2009-04-06

Job Approval Ratings for First-Year Presidents

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Whigs, Federalists Strongly Differ on Support for Obama by Nate Silver

Table showing job approval ratings for first-year presidents including Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, and Nixon, broken down by total, Republican, Democrat, and Independent percentages.

Tables 2009-04-06

Job Approval Ratings for First-Year Presidents

From Whigs, Federalists Strongly Differ on Support for Obama by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing Gini Coefficient vs Government Expenditures as Share of GDP, with data points colored by development level from low to high.

Charts 2009-04-06

Gini Coefficient vs. Government Expenditures as Share of GDP by Development Level

From Government Spending, Equality and Development by Nate Silver

$Table comparing Election Day results for Murphy vs Tedisco and fraction of ballots by type across New York counties, with delta column.$

Tables 2009-04-07

Election Day Result vs Fraction of Ballots by County

From NY-20: Absentee Ballot Distribution Appears to Favor Murphy (D) by Nate Silver

Line chart showing preference for capitalism vs socialism across income brackets from under $20K to $100K+, with capitalism preferred more at higher incomes.

Charts 2009-04-09

Preference of Economic System

From The Have-Nots Aren’t Having It by Nate Silver

US electoral map showing states colored red or blue, with a legend for small northeastern states including VT, NH, MA, RI, CT, NJ, DE, MD, and DC.

Maps 2009-04-17

US Electoral Map Red vs Blue States

From Hey Rick, Can We Talk? by Nate Silver

Table showing ballot challenges by county comparing Murphy votes, Tedisco votes, and board challenges in a New York election.

Tables 2009-04-18

Ballot Challenges

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing ballot challenges by county comparing Murphy votes, Tedisco votes, and board challenges with percentages for a New York election.

Tables 2009-04-18

Ballot Challenges

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing projected allocation of all challenges by county, with columns for Murphy, Tedisco, and Rejected vote counts and percentages.

Tables 2009-04-18

Projected Allocation of All Challenges

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing projected allocation of all challenges by county, with columns for Murphy, Tedisco, and Rejected vote counts and percentages.

Tables 2009-04-18

Projected Allocation of All Challenges

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing projected allocation of ballot challenges by county between Murphy and Tedisco candidates, with rejected counts, from FiveThirtyEight.

Tables 2009-04-18

Projected Allocation of Ballot Challenges

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing projected allocation of ballot challenges by county between Murphy and Tedisco candidates, with rejected counts, from FiveThirtyEight.

Tables 2009-04-18

Projected Allocation of Ballot Challenges

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing projected allocation of voter challenges by county, split between Murphy and Tedisco candidates, with rejected counts.

Tables 2009-04-18

Projected Allocation of Voter Challenges

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing projected allocation of voter challenges by county, split between Murphy and Tedisco candidates, with rejected counts.

Tables 2009-04-18

Projected Allocation of Voter Challenges

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing voter challenges by county in New York, broken down by Democratic/Green/Working Families, Republican/Conservative, and Unaffiliated/Independence voters with counts and percentages.

Tables 2009-04-18

Voter Challenges by County and Party Affiliation

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table showing voter challenges by county in New York, broken down by Democratic/Green/Working Families, Republican/Conservative, and Unaffiliated/Independence voters with counts and percentages.

Tables 2009-04-18

Voter Challenges by County and Party Affiliation

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Line chart from FiveThirtyEight showing the percentage of White Republicans and White Democrats who say Blacks are more lazy than hard-working, based on the General Social Survey from 1990 to 2012.

Charts 2009-04-18

Whites Who Say Blacks Are More 'Lazy' Than 'Hard-working'

From NY-20: Challenged Ballots Will Aid Murphy; No Apprent Path to Victory for Tedisco by Nate Silver

Table comparing Siena and SurveyUSA poll results on favor and oppose percentages across demographic groups, with averages shown.

Tables 2009-04-20

Siena vs SurveyUSA Poll Favor/Oppose by Demographic

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Plurality of New Yorkers Support Same Sex Marriage by Robert

Table showing number of votes separating two candidates needed to declare a winner in a 3,000,000-vote election at 95% and 99% certainty, by error rate.

Tables 2009-04-20

Votes Needed to Declare Election Winner by Error Rate and Certainty

From When Does ‘Close’ Become Too-Close-to-Call? by Nate Silver

Table comparing Siena and SurveyUSA poll results on favor and oppose percentages across demographic groups, with averages shown.

Tables 2009-04-20

Siena vs SurveyUSA Poll Favor/Oppose by Demographic Group

From Plurality of New Yorkers Support Same Sex Marriage by Robert

Bar chart showing views of biggest threat to country by political party in 2009, comparing big government, big business, and big labor across Democrats, Independents, and Republicans.

Charts 2009-04-21

Views of Biggest Threat to Country, by Political Party, 2009

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Are the Republicans Going Galt? by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing views of biggest threat to country by political party in 2009, comparing big government, big business, and big labor across Democrats, Independents, and Republicans.

Charts 2009-04-21

Views of Biggest Threat to Country, by Political Party, 2009

From Are the Republicans Going Galt? by Nate Silver

Grouped bar chart showing percentage of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who think the environment is getting better or worse in 2008.

Charts 2009-04-22

Environment Getting Better or Worse, by Party Affiliation, 2008

From When Hope is the Enemy of Change by Nate Silver

Grouped bar chart showing percentage of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who think the environment is getting better or worse in 2009.

Charts 2009-04-22

Environment Getting Better or Worse, by Party Affiliation, 2009

From When Hope is the Enemy of Change by Nate Silver

Global map showing temperature anomalies with red shading indicating above-average temperatures and blue shading indicating below-average temperatures across the world.

Maps 2009-04-22

Global Temperature Anomaly Map

From When Hope is the Enemy of Change by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing percent of people believing global warming is caused by human activities, broken down by majority religion across 127 countries (Gallup).

Charts 2009-04-22

Percent Believing Global Warming Is Result of Human Activities by Majority Religion

From The Pope and the Planet by Nate Silver

Table showing Obama's poll numbers versus four Republican opponents: Huckabee, Palin, Romney, and Gingrich.

Tables 2009-04-24

Obama vs. Republican Opponents Poll Numbers

From Why Doesn’t Mike Huckabee Get More Respect? by Nate Silver

A small choropleth map showing the Austin and San Antonio metropolitan areas in Texas, with counties shaded in pink and red tones.

Maps 2009-04-24

Austin and San Antonio Metro Areas Map

From Messing with Texas by Nate Silver

A county-level map of what appears to be an Ohio region shaded in a single pink-red color indicating uniform data values across all counties.

Maps 2009-04-24

County Map Shaded Uniformly in Pink-Red

From Messing with Texas by Nate Silver

A simple map showing Dallas highlighted within what appears to be its surrounding county or metropolitan region, with a pink/salmon color scheme.

Maps 2009-04-24

Dallas Location Map

From Messing with Texas by Nate Silver

Choropleth map of a Mexican border state showing counties or municipalities colored in shades of red and blue, with El Paso labeled at the top left.

Maps 2009-04-24

El Paso Region Choropleth Map

From Messing with Texas by Nate Silver

A choropleth map of the Houston metropolitan area showing regional subdivisions in shades of pink and red.

Maps 2009-04-24

Houston Area Map

From Messing with Texas by Nate Silver

Choropleth map of Texas counties showing 2008 presidential election margins, with regions labeled Plainland, Trinity, El Norte, Gulfland, and New Texas.

Maps 2009-04-24

Texas Counties 2008 Election Results by Region

From Messing with Texas by Nate Silver

Choropleth map of Texas counties showing 2008 presidential election results by margin, with regions labeled Plainland, Trinity, El Norte, Gulfland, and New Texas.

Maps 2009-04-24

Texas Counties 2008 Presidential Election Results by Region

From Messing with Texas by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing positive correlation between Ron Paul contributions per adult 18+ and percent of adults attending Tea Parties, with a trend line.

Charts 2009-04-26

Ron Paul Contributions vs. Tea Party Attendance

From Were the Tea Parties Really a Libertarian Thing? by Nate Silver

DW-NOMINATE ideological scores for US senators in the 110th Congress, ranging from Bernie Sanders at -0.737 to Tom Coburn at +0.890, with Arlen Specter highlighted in yellow.

Tables 2009-04-28

DW-NOMINATE Scores, 110th Congress

From What Kind of Democrat Will Arlen Specter Be? by Nate Silver

Table showing gay marriage polling data post Proposition 8, comparing support for gay marriage, civil unions, and no recognition across multiple polls from 2008-2009.

Tables 2009-04-30

Gay Marriage Polling, Post Proposition 8

From Two National Polls, for First Time, Show Plurality Support for Gay Marriage by Nate Silver