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Bar chart showing fatalities from violent passenger incidents on commercial aircraft by decade from 1930s to 2000s, with 9/11 and other fatalities distinguished by color.

Charts 2010-01-04

Fatalities from Violent Passenger Incidents on Commercial Aircraft (with ground fatalities)

From The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing fatalities from violent passenger incidents on commercial aircraft by decade from 1930s to 2000s, with 9/11 and other fatalities distinguished by color.

Charts 2010-01-04

Fatalities from Violent Passenger Incidents on Commercial Aircraft (with ground fatalities)

From The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing fatalities from violent passenger incidents on commercial aircraft by decade from 1930s to 2000s, with 9/11 and other incidents distinguished.

Charts 2010-01-04

Fatalities from Violent Passenger Incidents on Commercial Aircraft (without ground fatalities)

From The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing fatalities from violent passenger incidents on commercial aircraft by decade from 1930s to 2000s, with 9/11 and other incidents distinguished.

Charts 2010-01-04

Fatalities from Violent Passenger Incidents on Commercial Aircraft (without ground fatalities)

From The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety by Nate Silver

Line chart showing passenger and ground deaths from violent passenger incidents per 1 billion enplanements from the 1930s to 2000s, declining from 616 to 151.

Charts 2010-01-04

Passenger + Ground Deaths from Violent Passenger Incidents per 1 Billion Enplanements

From The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety by Nate Silver

Line chart showing passenger and ground deaths from violent passenger incidents per 1 billion enplanements from the 1930s to 2000s, with values declining from 616 to 151.

Charts 2010-01-04

Passenger + Ground Deaths from Violent Passenger Incidents per 1 Billion Enplanements

From The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety by Nate Silver

Line chart showing passenger deaths from violent passenger incidents per 1 billion enplanements declining from 616 in the 1930s to 22 in the 2000s.

Charts 2010-01-04

Passenger Deaths from Violent Passenger Incidents per 1 Billion Enplanements

From The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety by Nate Silver

Line chart showing passenger deaths from violent passenger incidents per 1 billion enplanements declining from 616 in the 1930s to 22 in the 2000s.

Charts 2010-01-04

Passenger Deaths from Violent Passenger Incidents per 1 Billion Enplanements

From The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety by Nate Silver

Polling data table comparing Florida and Kentucky candidates against opponents Meek and Conway, showing results from Rasmussen, R2K, Quinnipiac, PPP, and SurveyUSA.

Tables 2010-01-08

Florida and Kentucky Senate Polling Comparisons

From Rasmussen, Teabaggers, and Type II Error by Nate Silver

Google Trends chart showing search interest in Afghanistan over 2008-2009 with labeled news events including Obama troop announcements and NATO airstrikes.

Charts 2010-01-08

Google Trends: Afghanistan Search Interest 2008-2009

From Afghanistan – U.S. Politics in 2010 by Renard Sexton

Line chart showing the percent of Senate delegations divided by party from 1788 to 2004, replicating Figure 1 from Brunell & Grofman (1998).

Charts 2010-01-09

Figure 8: Divided Delegations - 1788-2004

From Might Coakley Lose? by Tom Schaller

US map showing split-state Senate delegations in purple, with Democratic states in blue, Republican states in red, and independent in green.

Maps 2010-01-09

Split-State Senate Delegations Map

From Might Coakley Lose? by Tom Schaller

Four US maps showing Presidential Primaries and Caucuses by Month for 2008, 1956, 1984, and 1976, with states color-coded by month from January through June.

Maps 2010-01-11

Presidential Primaries and Caucuses by Month (2008, 1956, 1984, 1976)

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Preventing Another Clinton-Obama Primary Fiasco by Tom Schaller

Grouped bar chart showing the battle for superdelegates between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama from January to May, with counts rising over time.

Charts 2010-01-11

The Battle for Superdelegates

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Preventing Another Clinton-Obama Primary Fiasco by Tom Schaller

Line chart showing Harry Reid's favorable and unfavorable ratings from July 2003 to January 2010, based on Mason-Dixon/Las Vegas Review-Journal polling.

Charts 2010-01-11

Harry Reid Favorables (Mason-Dixon / Las Vegas Review-Journal)

From As Spotlight Shines on Reid, Re-Election Prospects Dim by Nate Silver

Four US choropleth maps showing Presidential Primaries and Caucuses by Month for election years 2008, 1996, 1984, and 1976, color-coded by month.

Maps 2010-01-11

Presidential Primaries and Caucuses by Month (2008, 1996, 1984, 1976)

From Preventing Another Clinton-Obama Primary Fiasco by Tom Schaller

Grouped bar chart showing superdelegates counts for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama from January to May, with Clinton in purple and Obama in orange.

Charts 2010-01-11

The Battle for Superdelegates

From Preventing Another Clinton-Obama Primary Fiasco by Tom Schaller

Bar chart showing US Official Development Assistance to Haiti in USD millions from 1989 to approximately 2008, with a large spike around 1995.

Charts 2010-01-13

US ODA to Haiti

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Haiti and United States Inextricably Linked by Renard Sexton

Bar chart showing US Official Development Assistance to Haiti in USD millions from 1989 to approximately 2008, with a notable spike around 1995-1996.

Charts 2010-01-13

US ODA to Haiti

From Haiti and United States Inextricably Linked by Renard Sexton

Table comparing poll results for Reid, Berkley, Miller, and Goodman versus Tarkanian and Lowden in Nevada political races.

Tables 2010-01-14

Nevada Candidates vs Tarkanian and Lowden Poll Numbers

From With or Without Reid, Poll Suggests Trouble For Dems in Nevada by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing polling trends for Coakley and Brown from 1/2 to 1/14, with Coakley declining and Brown rising over time.

Charts 2010-01-15

Coakley vs. Brown Polling Trends

From OK, It’s a Toss-Up by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing Coakley and Brown polling trends from January 2 to January 14, with Coakley declining and Brown rising.

Charts 2010-01-15

Coakley vs. Brown Polling Trends Jan 2–14

From OK, It’s a Toss-Up by Nate Silver

Polling data table for a Massachusetts election showing agency, weight, date, sample size, DEM and GOP percentages, and margin for multiple polls plus aggregates.

Tables 2010-01-17

Massachusetts Senate Polling Table with 538 Regression

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: 538 Still Rates Massachusetts as Toss-up by Nate Silver

Table showing Senate elections in deep red states since 2000 with single-digit polling margins, listing state, year, polling average, result, and variance.

Tables 2010-01-17

Senate Elections in Deep Red States Since 2000 With Single-Digit Polling Margin

From A Statistical Ray of Hope for Coakley by Nate Silver

2010 Senate Rankings list showing 15 states with colored rank numbers, trend arrows, and incumbent or open seat labels.

Other 2010-01-18

2010 Senate Rankings

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: 25% ≠ 0% by Nate Silver

Table showing Barack Obama approval and disapproval ratings across Massachusetts likely voters, registered voters, 2009 elections exit polls, and national averages.

Tables 2010-01-18

Barack Obama Approval

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Obama Approval Under 50 Percent Among Massachusetts Likely Voters? by Nate Silver

Polling data table for a Massachusetts election showing agency, weight, date, sample size, DEM and GOP percentages, and margin for multiple pollsters plus aggregated projections.

Tables 2010-01-18

Massachusetts Election Polling Summary Table

From 538 Still Rates Massachusetts as Toss-up by Nate Silver

Scatter plot with trend lines showing poll margins for the Massachusetts Senate Special Election between Coakley (D) and Brown (R) by days until election.

Charts 2010-01-18

Massachusetts Senate Special Election: Coakley (D) vs. Brown (R) Poll Trends

From Trendspotting in Massachusetts by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing SDP-Lib/Lib-Dems share of votes and share of seats from 1983 to 2005

Charts 2010-01-18

SDP-Lib/Lib-Dems Share of Votes and Seats (1983–2005)

From A Hung Parliament? (From the Gallows, Perhaps?) by Renard Sexton

Table showing UK political party election results with seats won, seat percentage, votes received, and vote percentage for each party.

Tables 2010-01-18

UK Election Results by Party: Seats and Votes

From A Hung Parliament? (From the Gallows, Perhaps?) by Renard Sexton

Table showing Barack Obama approval ratings across Massachusetts likely voters, registered voters, 2009 elections exit polls, and national averages with approve, disapprove, and net columns.

Tables 2010-01-18

Barack Obama Approval

From Obama Approval Under 50 Percent Among Massachusetts Likely Voters? by Nate Silver

Polling data table for a Massachusetts election showing agency, weight, date, sample size, DEM and GOP percentages, and margin for each poll, plus aggregated projections.

Tables 2010-01-18

Massachusetts Election Polls: DEM vs GOP Margins

From 538 Model Posits Brown as 3:1 Favorite by Nate Silver

Two-part table showing how opponents and supporters of health care legislation view its effects on coverage, costs, quality of care, and wait times.

Tables 2010-01-21

Opponents See Health Care Negatively Affected vs. Supporters See Improved Coverage

From Is Health Care Reform the new Iraq War? by Nate Silver

Table showing North Dakota polling data with candidates Heitkamp and Schneider versus Hoeven, including percentage and aggregate figures.

Tables 2010-01-22

North Dakota Poll Aggregates

From Senate Rankings: Post-Masspocalypse Edition by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing probability of Democrats controlling at least a given number of Senate seats, with bars declining from near 100% at 45 seats to near 0% at 68 seats, with a red bar at 60.

Charts 2010-01-22

Probability of Democrats Controlling At Least This Many Senate Seats

From Senate Rankings: Post-Masspocalypse Edition by Nate Silver

Pie chart showing Iraq demographics: Shia Arab 60%, Sunni Arab 20%, Sunni Kurd 17%, Other 3%.

Charts 2010-01-24

Iraq Demographics

From Iraq’s Electoral Uncertainty Threatens Fragile Peace by Renard Sexton

Map of Iraq showing regional geography, neighboring countries, major cities, and ethnic/sectarian distribution of Sunni Kurd, Sunni Arab, and Shiite Arab populations.

Maps 2010-01-24

Map of Iraq with Ethnic and Sectarian Regions

From Iraq’s Electoral Uncertainty Threatens Fragile Peace by Renard Sexton

Line chart showing percent confident in U.S. occupation from 2003 to 2009, broken down by Overall, Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish groups in Iraq.

Charts 2010-01-24

Percent Confident in U.S. Occupation

From Iraq’s Electoral Uncertainty Threatens Fragile Peace by Renard Sexton

Line chart of ISM Manufacturing Production Index (NAPMPI) from 2004 to 2010, with shaded areas indicating US recessions, sourced from Institute for Supply Management.

Charts 2010-01-25

ISM Manufacturing: Production Index (NAPMPI) 2004–2010

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Line chart of US total business inventories (BUSINV) from 2004 to 2010, showing a rise to a peak around 2008 followed by a sharp decline, with shaded areas indicating recessions.

Charts 2010-01-25

Inventories: Total Business (BUSINV) 2004–2010

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Line chart showing the Inventory to Sales Ratio for Total Business (ISRATIO) from 1992 to 2010, with shaded areas indicating US recessions.

Charts 2010-01-25

Inventory to Sales Ratio: Total Business (ISRATIO)

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percent change from preceding quarter in PCEs over several decades, with values ranging roughly from -10 to 10.

Charts 2010-01-25

Percent Change From Preceding Quarter in PCEs

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Line chart of Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCEC96) from late 2008 to late 2009, showing a dip during recession and recovery, sourced from US Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Charts 2010-01-25

Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCEC96)

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Line chart of Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCEC96) showing percent change from year ago from 1950 to 2010, with shaded areas indicating US recessions.

Charts 2010-01-25

Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCEC96) 1950–2010

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Line chart showing US trade balances from November 2007 to November 2009, with monthly trade balance and three-month moving average lines, noting a November 2009 value of negative 35.1 billion dollars.

Charts 2010-01-25

Trade Balances: Monthly and Three-Month Moving Average (2007–2009)

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Line chart showing U.S. Trade Deficit seasonally adjusted from 1998 to 2010, with lines for Trade Deficit, Trade Deficit ex-Petroleum, and Petroleum, with recession periods shaded.

Charts 2010-01-25

U.S. Trade Deficit, SA (1998–2010)

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Line chart showing U.S. trade exports and imports in billions of dollars per month from 1994 to 2010, with recession periods shaded in blue.

Charts 2010-01-25

U.S. Trade, Exports and Imports, Billions Dollars per Month

From The Fits and Starts Expansion by Hale Stewart

Delaware Senate race polling aggregate table showing Generic D and Coons candidates with vote shares, Castle comparisons, and win percentages.

Tables 2010-01-25

Delaware Senate Race Polling Aggregate

From Senate Rankings Update: Delaware, Indiana, Nevada by Nate Silver

Indiana polling table showing candidate percentages for Bayh, Hostettler, and Pence with aggregate figures.

Tables 2010-01-25

Indiana Senate Race Polling Table

From Senate Rankings Update: Delaware, Indiana, Nevada by Nate Silver

Table showing Nevada polling data with candidate names, percentages, and aggregate scores across multiple rows.

Tables 2010-01-25

Nevada Polling Data Table with Aggregate Scores

From Senate Rankings Update: Delaware, Indiana, Nevada by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing Presidential Approval ratings from Gallup, comparing 4Q Fall of 1st Year versus 15Q Summer of 4th Year.

Charts 2010-01-26

Presidential Approval (Gallup)

From Why Obama Shouldn’t Panic by Nate Silver

Scatter plot of Presidential Approval ratings from Gallup comparing Fall of 1st Year (4Q) vs Fall of 2nd Year (8Q) for multiple presidents.

Charts 2010-01-26

Presidential Approval (Gallup)

From Why Obama Shouldn’t Panic by Nate Silver

Horizontal stacked bar chart showing 2010 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election preferences for Specter vs Toomey and Sestak vs Toomey among registered adults and likely voters.

Charts 2010-01-28

Figure 1. 2010 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Election Preferences

From Arlen Specter May Be Screwed, But He Probably Isn’t THIS Screwed by Nate Silver

Line chart from Pollster.com showing Barack Obama's national job approval rating declining from about 65% in early 2009 to about 48% by early 2010.

Charts 2010-01-29

National Job Approval: Barack Obama

From FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: What Killed Obama's Approval Numbers? by Nate Silver

Line chart from Pollster.com showing Barack Obama's national job approval rating declining from about 65% in early 2009 to about 48% by early 2010.

Charts 2010-01-29

National Job Approval: Barack Obama

From What Killed Obama’s Approval Numbers? by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing contributions to GDP growth in Q4, with inventories contributing 3.4 points and imports subtracting 1.4 points from the 5.7% total.

Charts 2010-01-31

How We Got 5.7% GDP Growth in Q4

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Line chart of US total business inventories from 1999 to 2011 in millions of dollars, with shaded areas indicating US recessions, sourced from US Department of Commerce Census Bureau.

Charts 2010-01-31

Inventories: Total Business (BUSINV) 1999–2011

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Line chart of the Inventory to Sales Ratio for Total Business (ISRATIO) from 1992 to 2010, sourced from the U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau, with shaded areas indicating US recessions.

Charts 2010-01-31

Inventory to Sales Ratio: Total Business (ISRATIO) 1992–2010

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percent change in real PCEs from previous quarter across multiple quarters, with an annotation noting the last two quarters of PCE growth are higher than the three preceding quarters.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percent Change in Real PCEs from Previous Quarter

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percentage change from preceding quarter in real equipment and software expenditures from 2005 to 2009, with large negative values in 2008-2009.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percentage Change From Preceding Quarter in Real Equipment and Software Expenditures

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percentage change from previous quarter in real imports, spanning roughly 2005 to 2009, with a large negative dip around early 2009 followed by a sharp recovery.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percentage Change From Previous Quarter in Real Imports

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percentage change from preceding quarter in gross private domestic investment, with a large negative dip around 2009 and recovery afterward.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percentage Change from Preceding Quarter in Gross Private Domestic Investment

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percentage change from preceding quarter in real durable goods purchases, with values ranging from about -21 to +21 percent across multiple quarters.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percentage Change from Preceding Quarter in Real Durable Goods Purchases

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percentage change from preceding quarter in real exports, spanning 2006 Q1 through 2009 Q4, with notable drops in late 2008 and early 2009.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percentage Change from Preceding Quarter in Real Exports

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percentage change from preceding quarter in real nonresidential structures, spanning roughly 2006 to 2009, with a large negative drop around 2009 Q1.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percentage Change from Preceding Quarter in Real Nonresidential Structures

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percentage change in real non-durable purchases from preceding quarter, spanning multiple quarters from approximately 2005 to 2009.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percentage Change in Real Non-Durable Purchases from Preceding Quarter

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing percentage change in real service expenditures from preceding quarter from 2006 to 2009, with a note indicating three quarters of increasing expenditures.

Charts 2010-01-31

Percentage Change in Real Service Expenditures from Preceding Quarter

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart

Bar chart showing real percentage change from preceding quarter in real residential investment across multiple quarters from roughly 2006 to 2010.

Charts 2010-01-31

Real Percentage Change From Preceding Quarter in Real Residential Investment

From An In-Depth Look at Fourth Quarter GDP by Hale Stewart