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Bubble chart plotting 2012 Republican presidential candidates on axes of Moderate to Conservative and Establishment to Insurgent, with bubble size indicating relative standing.

Charts 2011-07-03

2012 GOP Candidates: Establishment vs. Insurgent, Moderate vs. Conservative

From How Tim Pawlenty Is Like RC Cola by Nate Silver

Table showing financial performance of major sports leagues including NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB with revenue, expenses, operating income, and operating margin data.

Tables 2011-07-05

Financial Performance of Major Sports Leagues

From Calling Foul on N.B.A.’s Claims of Financial Distress by Nate Silver

Table showing NBA financial performance from 1989 to 2010 including revenue, expenses, operating income, and operating margin, adjusted for inflation to January 2010 prices.

Tables 2011-07-05

N.B.A. Financial Performance, 1989-2010

From Calling Foul on N.B.A.’s Claims of Financial Distress by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing player salaries as a proportion of league revenue for NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB from 1990 to 2010, based on Forbes and Financial World estimates.

Charts 2011-07-05

Player Salaries as Proportion of League Revenue

From Calling Foul on N.B.A.’s Claims of Financial Distress by Nate Silver

Table showing hypothetical Republican primary vote shares for Romney, Bachmann, and Other under four turnout scenarios varying conservative-to-moderate ratios.

Tables 2011-07-07

Hypothetical Republican Primary Vote

From Why the Republicans Resist Compromise by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the ideological distribution of people voting Democrat for U.S. House from 1984 to 2010, with three lines for Conservative, Moderate, and Liberal voters.

Charts 2011-07-07

Ideological Distribution of People Voting Democrat for U.S. House

From Why the Republicans Resist Compromise by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the ideological distribution of people voting Republican for U.S. House from 1984 to 2010, broken down by Conservative, Moderate, and Liberal.

Charts 2011-07-07

Ideological Distribution of People Voting Republican for U.S. House

From Why the Republicans Resist Compromise by Nate Silver

Table showing percent of population considered likely voters by political affiliation and ideology, from Pew October 2010 survey.

Tables 2011-07-07

Percent of Population Considered Likely Voters (Pew 10/2010)

From Why the Republicans Resist Compromise by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing conservatism scores vs partisan advantage in district for multiple-term and first-term Republicans, with a positive trend line.

Charts 2011-07-12

Conservatism Score vs. Partisan Advantage in District

From Freshmen Republicans Push House Toward Right by Nate Silver

Table comparing predicted vs actual margin and performance relative to presidential vote for NY-26 and CA-36 districts.

Tables 2011-07-13

Predicted vs Actual Margin Based on Presidential Performance

From In California, a Not-So-Special Performance for Democrats by Nate Silver

Icon-based infographic comparing the proportion of tax filers versus mortgage interest deduction recipients across four income brackets using person and dollar sign icons.

Other 2011-07-13

Mortgage Interest Deduction by Income Bracket

From Despite Benefit Disparities, Middle Class Supports Mortgage Deduction by Brian J. McCabe

Bar chart showing the percentage of tax filers claiming the mortgage interest deduction by income group, rising from near 0% for below $10K to about 78% for above $200K.

Charts 2011-07-13

Percentage of Tax Filers Claiming the Mortgage Interest Deduction, by Income

From Despite Benefit Disparities, Middle Class Supports Mortgage Deduction by Brian J. McCabe

Bar chart showing survey responses on who should receive home loans subsidized by the federal government, with percentages for six categories.

Charts 2011-07-13

Who Should Receive Home Loans Subsidized by the Federal Government?

From Despite Benefit Disparities, Middle Class Supports Mortgage Deduction by Brian J. McCabe

Gallup poll table showing public preferences for spending cuts vs. tax increases to reduce the federal deficit, with percentage breakdowns from July 2011.

Tables 2011-07-13

Preferences for Spending Cuts vs. Tax Increases to Reduce the Deficit

From G.O.P.’s No-Tax Stance Is Outside Political Mainstream by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing preferences for tax increases vs spending cuts in debt deal by political affiliation, from a Gallup Poll July 7-10 2011

Charts 2011-07-13

Preferences for Tax Increases and Spending Cuts in Debt Deal

From G.O.P.’s No-Tax Stance Is Outside Political Mainstream by Nate Silver

A horizontal spectrum arrow showing political positions on tax increases vs spending cuts, with markers for Democratic, Independent, GOP voters, and House Republicans.

Other 2011-07-13

Tax Increases vs Spending Cuts: Voter and Republican Positions

From G.O.P.’s No-Tax Stance Is Outside Political Mainstream by Nate Silver

Table showing Obama vs. Republican General Election Polls with house effects adjustment since 3/1/2011, listing opponent, number of polls, Obama percentage, GOP candidate percentage, margin, and undecided/other.

Tables 2011-07-19

Obama vs. Republican General Election Polls

From Is Obama Against Romney a Toss-Up? by Nate Silver

Table showing Obama vs. Republican General Election Polls with house effects and name recognition adjustment since 3/1/2011, listing opponent, number of polls, Obama and GOP candidate percentages, margin, and undecided/other.

Tables 2011-07-19

Obama vs. Republican General Election Polls

From Is Obama Against Romney a Toss-Up? by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing the relationship between undecided voters after house effects adjustment and net margin for Obama, with a trend line and R-squared of 0.2329.

Charts 2011-07-19

Undecided Voters vs. Net Margin for Obama

From Is Obama Against Romney a Toss-Up? by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing the relationship between a state's ideology and its governor's ideology, with a positive trend line indicating more conservative states tend to have more conservative governors.

Charts 2011-07-21

Governor's Ideology vs. State's Ideology

From G.O.P. Governors Swing Right, Leaving Voters Behind by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing the relationship between a state's ideology and its governor's ideology, with a positive trend line indicating more conservative states tend to have more conservative governors.

Charts 2011-07-21

Governor's Ideology vs. State's Ideology

From G.O.P. Governors Swing Right, Leaving Voters Behind by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing governor's ideology versus state's ideology, with red dots for Republican governors trending flat at high conservatism and blue dots for Democrats trending upward.

Charts 2011-07-21

Governor's Ideology vs. State's Ideology

From G.O.P. Governors Swing Right, Leaving Voters Behind by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing the relationship between a state's ideology and its governor's ideology, with both axes ranging from Liberal to Conservative.

Charts 2011-07-21

Governor's Ideology vs. State's Ideology

From G.O.P. Governors Swing Right, Leaving Voters Behind by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing gubernatorial approval and disapproval ratings by state, governor, and party, averaged from polls since April 1, 2011.

Charts 2011-07-21

Gubernatorial Approval Ratings

From G.O.P. Governors Swing Right, Leaving Voters Behind by Nate Silver

Line chart showing unfavorable views of major US political parties from 1992 to 2011, with combined, Democrat, and Republican trend lines from CNN/USA Today/Gallup polling.

Charts 2011-07-23

Unfavorable Views of Major Parties (CNN/USA Today/Gallup)

From Unfavorable Ratings for Both Major Parties Near Record Highs by Nate Silver

Line chart showing hypothesized risk of U.S. debt default rising sharply from near 0% in early July to 100% by August 2.

Charts 2011-07-26

Hypothesized Risk of U.S. Debt Default

From Washington Is Out of Touch. How About Wall Street? by Nate Silver

Table showing Republican Primary Preferences with poll averages, name recognition, and recognition-adjusted poll averages for 8 candidates based on 4 recent polls without Palin and Giuliani.

Tables 2011-07-26

Republican Primary Preferences: Average of 4 Recent Polls Without Palin & Giuliani

From Romney and Perry: Dual Front-Runners? by Nate Silver

Table showing Republican Primary Preferences with poll average, name recognition, and recognition-adjusted poll average for 11 candidates based on 7 recent polls.

Tables 2011-07-26

Republican Primary Preferences: Average of 7 Recent Polls

From Romney and Perry: Dual Front-Runners? by Nate Silver

Line chart showing approval rating trends for Obama, Democrats in Congress, Republicans in Congress, and Congress overall from January to July 2011.

Charts 2011-07-28

Approval Rating Trend for Obama and Congress

From Surveying the Electoral Damage of the Debt Debate by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing Congressional Approval Rating vs U.S. House Turnover (first-term members elected) from 1974 to 2010, with a negative trend line and R-squared of 0.4331.

Charts 2011-07-28

Congressional Approval and U.S. House Turnover, 1974–2010

From Surveying the Electoral Damage of the Debt Debate by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing expected No votes among GOP subgroups in a House Republican Whip Count, with Tea Party Caucus highest at 22%.

Charts 2011-07-29

House Republican Whip Count: Expected No Votes Among G.O.P. Subgroups

From Boehner’s Three-Legged Stool of Doom by Nate Silver