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Two bar charts showing job growth by median earnings of occupations over the last 5 years and last year, with the second-highest earners showing the least growth.

Charts 2016-04-01

The middle is hollowing out

From California’s $15 Minimum Wage Makes A Lot Less Sense Outside Of Silicon Valley by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing Americans entering the labor force from 1992 to 2016, tracking those who got a job and those who started looking for work as a share of those out of the labor force, seasonally adjusted.

Charts 2016-04-01

Americans entering the labor force

From The Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News by Ben Casselman

Bar chart showing seasonally adjusted change in manufacturing jobs from a year earlier, from 2010 to 2016, with red bars for negative periods and gray bars for positive periods.

Charts 2016-04-01

Change in manufacturing jobs from a year earlier

From The Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing year-over-year change in hourly earnings for all workers and non-managers from 2008 to 2016, seasonally adjusted and not adjusted for inflation.

Charts 2016-04-01

Hourly earnings, change from a year earlier

From The Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News by Ben Casselman

Two line charts showing the U.S. labor-force participation rate for ages 16 and up, seasonally adjusted: one since 1970 and a zoomed-in view since 2010, both sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Charts 2016-04-01

Labor-force participation rate

From The Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing year-over-year change in total and private-sector non-agricultural jobs from 2011 to 2016, seasonally adjusted.

Charts 2016-04-01

Non-agricultural jobs, change from a year earlier

From The Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing prime-age employment rate for men and women ages 25 to 54, seasonally adjusted, from 1996 to 2016.

Charts 2016-04-01

Prime-age employment rate

From The Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News by Ben Casselman

Scatter plot showing 3-point percentage vs. total 3-pointers attempted for NCAA teams in the 2015-16 season, highlighting Syracuse, UConn, Oregon St., and Washington.

Charts 2016-04-01

Syracuse shoots (but doesn't make) a lot of threes

From These Are The Last Three Teams That Have A Chance To Beat UConn by Ian Levy

Dot plot showing average change in team performances in Sweet 16 and later relative to season averages from 2006-15, by stadium type, highlighting NRG Stadium as an outlier.

Charts 2016-04-02

But there can be outliers

From The Dome Effect Isn’t Real; The NRG Effect Is Complicated by Greg Guglielmo

Horizontal bar chart showing average change in 3-point percentage relative to team season averages in NCAA Sweet 16 and later, 2006-15, by venue type.

Charts 2016-04-02

Open domes are not unique

From The Dome Effect Isn’t Real; The NRG Effect Is Complicated by Greg Guglielmo

Dot plot comparing individual NCAA Tournament team performances in Sweet 16 and later rounds from 2006-15 across five metrics by stadium type: standard, traditional dome, and open dome.

Charts 2016-04-02

Open domes aren't all that bad

From The Dome Effect Isn’t Real; The NRG Effect Is Complicated by Greg Guglielmo

Line chart showing the Golden State Warriors' margin minus CARM-Elo spread as a 5-game moving average from November 2015 through April 2016.

Charts 2016-04-02

The Warriors vs. expectations

From How Losing To The Celtics Changes The Warriors’ Odds Of 73 Wins by Neil Paine, Carl Bialik

Line chart showing Golden State Warriors' projected win total after each game from November 2015 to April 2016, always staying above 73 wins.

Charts 2016-04-02

Warriors have always been ahead of a 73-win pace

From How Losing To The Celtics Changes The Warriors’ Odds Of 73 Wins by Neil Paine, Carl Bialik

Line chart showing Google Ngram frequency of Web, Internet, web, and internet in books from 1990 to 2008, with capitalized forms peaking around 2002.

Charts 2016-04-04

Google Ngram: Web vs Internet (capitalized vs lowercase) 1990–2008

From How To Spell ‘Internet’ by Leah Libresco

Area chart showing the percentage of Wisconsin-based newspapers featuring Donald Trump on their front pages from March 21 to April 4, with peaks around March 30 and April 3.

Charts 2016-04-05

Trump on Wisconsin's front pages

From Wisconsin’s Local Media Aren’t As Trump-Obsessed As National Outlets by Joshua Darr

Scatter plot showing 2012 Romney votes per delegate vs nonwhite population percentage for congressional districts, comparing majority-white and majority-minority districts.

Charts 2016-04-05

Primary votes count more in diverse districts

From The GOP’s Wacky Delegate Rules Are Helping Trump by David Wasserman

FiveThirtyEight Excitement Index Challenge comparing win probability charts for two NCAA basketball games: UNC vs Villanova and Villanova vs Oklahoma.

Charts 2016-04-05

Excitement Index Challenge: Reuben's Pick vs Neil's Pick

From How Exciting Was The Final Four? by Neil Paine, Reuben Fischer-Baum

Bar chart showing how states define biological sex in bathroom access bills proposed in 2016 legislative sessions, with categories like identified at birth (16) and chromosomes (13).

Charts 2016-04-06

How do states define a person's sex?

From Seven Other States Are Considering Restricting Bathrooms For Transgender People by Leah Libresco

Stacked area chart showing share of box office revenue from superhero films with secondary genres versus superhero-only films, three-year rolling average from 1990 to 2015.

Charts 2016-04-06

Basic superhero movies falter at the box office

From That Movie With Batman And Superman Also Needed A Vampire Or A Heist by Walt Hickey

Stacked area chart showing the share of superhero films grossing at least $10 million with or without a secondary genre, as a five-year rolling average from 1990 to 2015.

Charts 2016-04-06

Lots of superhero movies have a second genre

From That Movie With Batman And Superman Also Needed A Vampire Or A Heist by Walt Hickey

Choropleth map of the US showing number of staffers per state legislator by state in 2009, with darker blue indicating more staffers.

Maps 2016-04-07

Which state legislatures are heavily staffed?

From How Much Should State Legislators Get Paid? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Two scatter plots showing Trump's required minimum vote share to win increasing over time from Feb to April 2016, while his actual vote share barely grows, with key states labeled.

Charts 2016-04-07

The vote share Trump needs to win is increasing ... but his actual vote share is barely growing

From Trump’s New Magic Number Is 40 Percent Of The Vote by Nate Silver

Line chart showing American Idol average viewership by season for performance and results shows, peaking around season 5-6 and declining sharply through season 15.

Charts 2016-04-07

'American Idol' ratings collapse

From Reflections Of A Degenerate ‘American Idol’ Gambler by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot with trend line showing how well American Idol contestant performances predicted weekly results across seasons 1-15, with a declining trend over time.

Charts 2016-04-07

'Idol' became less about performances

From Reflections Of A Degenerate ‘American Idol’ Gambler by Benjamin Morris

Dot plot showing career albums sold by American Idol contestants by season, with winners highlighted in blue and notable contestants labeled.

Charts 2016-04-07

'Idol' stopped making idols a long time ago

From Reflections Of A Degenerate ‘American Idol’ Gambler by Benjamin Morris

Dual scatter plots comparing average American Idol contestant performance ratings by finishing place, before and after Simon Cowell left the show, with trend lines for men, women, and overall.

Charts 2016-04-07

How things changed when Simon left 'Idol'

From Reflections Of A Degenerate ‘American Idol’ Gambler by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing job openings and hires percent change since January 2013, seasonally adjusted, with openings rising much faster than hires through 2016.

Charts 2016-04-08

Job openings outpace hiring

From Trump’s Support Would Be Easier To Explain With Better Polling by Ben Casselman

Line chart comparing Donald Trump's 2016 cumulative primary vote percentage to non-incumbent Republican nominees since 1980, showing Trump trailing historical candidates.

Charts 2016-04-11

Trump isn't building on his support

From Trump Is The Weakest GOP Front-Runner In The Modern Era by Harry Enten

Line chart comparing Trump's 2016 cumulative delegate share to past Republican nominees since 1980, showing Trump trailing all predecessors as of April 8, 2016.

Charts 2016-04-11

Trump's share of delegates lags past nominees'

From Trump Is The Weakest GOP Front-Runner In The Modern Era by Harry Enten

Scatter plot with trend lines showing batter run expectancy added per pitch against pitches above and below 93 mph, by batter age from 20 to 40.

Charts 2016-04-11

Aging decline does not vary by pitch speed

From Older Hitters Are Declining, But It’s Not Because They Can’t Stand The Heat by Ben Lindbergh, Rob Arthur

Scatter plot with trend line showing the share of 4-seam fastballs seen by MLB hitters at each age, declining from ~45% at age 20 to ~36% by the mid-20s and leveling off.

Charts 2016-04-11

Hitters don't see more fastballs as they get older

From Older Hitters Are Declining, But It’s Not Because They Can’t Stand The Heat by Ben Lindbergh, Rob Arthur

Scatter plot with trend line showing change in run expectancy difference against high vs low velocity pitches by batter age, indicating older batters are not extra worse at high velocity.

Charts 2016-04-11

Old batters aren't extra worse at high velocity

From Older Hitters Are Declining, But It’s Not Because They Can’t Stand The Heat by Ben Lindbergh, Rob Arthur

Line chart showing the share of total wins above replacement contributed by MLB players over 30 from 1920 to the 2010s, with a recent decline to near historic lows.

Charts 2016-04-11

Old players are contributing fewer wins

From Older Hitters Are Declining, But It’s Not Because They Can’t Stand The Heat by Ben Lindbergh, Rob Arthur

Line chart showing the share of MLB fastballs above 93, 95, and 97 mph by season from 2008 to 2015, with all three velocity thresholds trending upward.

Charts 2016-04-11

The heat is on: Share of fastballs above each velocity, by season

From Older Hitters Are Declining, But It’s Not Because They Can’t Stand The Heat by Ben Lindbergh, Rob Arthur

Area chart showing NBA triple-doubles per 100 games from 1984 to 2016, with a peak around 1989 and a sharp rise in 2016.

Charts 2016-04-11

The NBA is having a triple-double boom

From Russell Westbrook Is The Greatest Triple-Double Machine In Recorded History by Andrew Flowers

Two line charts showing Chicago homicide and nonfatal shooting arrest rates as 60-day rolling averages from 2008 to 2016, with a sharp drop highlighted after the Laquan McDonald video release.

Charts 2016-04-11

Arrests in Chicago are down

From Gun Violence Spiked — And Arrests Declined — In Chicago Right After The Laquan McDonald Video Release by Rob Arthur, Jeff Asher

Two line charts showing 30-day rolling averages of Chicago homicides and nonfatal shooting incidents from 2010 to 2016, with a vertical marker at the Laquan McDonald video release.

Charts 2016-04-11

Homicides and shootings in Chicago are up

From Gun Violence Spiked — And Arrests Declined — In Chicago Right After The Laquan McDonald Video Release by Rob Arthur, Jeff Asher

Line chart showing narcotics incidents per month in Chicago from 2010 to 2016, with a sharp drop highlighted after the Laquan McDonald video was released.

Charts 2016-04-11

Narcotics incidents are also down

From Gun Violence Spiked — And Arrests Declined — In Chicago Right After The Laquan McDonald Video Release by Rob Arthur, Jeff Asher

High-resolution NAM 4km forecast map of sunset quality across North America for March 30, 2016, using a color scale from blue (poor) to red (best).

Maps 2016-04-12

Sunset Quality - High-Resolution NAM [4km] Forecast Mar 30 2016

From How To Avoid Boring Sunsets by Oliver Roeder

Grouped bar chart comparing women and men's issue priorities across Education, Healthcare, World Affairs, Social Security, Medicare, Taxes, and Economy/Jobs.

Charts 2016-04-12

Gender Differences in Issue Priorities

From Do You Have To Be Manly To Be President?

NBA shot chart showing field goal percentage vs. league average by court zone, with hexagonal bins colored from light blue (below avg) to dark blue (above avg).

Charts 2016-04-12

NBA Shot Chart: FG% vs. League Average

From The NBA Players No One Passed To This Season by Kyle Wagner

Chart showing political leanings of California's 53 congressional districts by region, categorized as Very Democratic, Democratic, Swing, or Republican using the Cook Political Report's Partisan Voting Index.

Charts 2016-04-13

California's Congressional Districts by Partisan Voting Index

From A State-By-State Roadmap For The Rest Of The Republican Primary by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing Trump's projected vote share in the New York primary by congressional district versus registered Republicans, based on an Optimus poll from March 22-24.

Charts 2016-04-13

No edge for Trump in more Democratic districts

From A State-By-State Roadmap For The Rest Of The Republican Primary by Nate Silver

Line chart showing expected runs added vs. exit velocity for ground balls in 2015 MLB, split by batter speed score thirds, with faster runners gaining more value.

Charts 2016-04-13

Faster runners get more out of grounders

From The New Science Of Hitting by Rob Arthur

Line chart showing expected runs added vs. exit velocity for balls hit between 22 and 28 degrees launch angle in 2015 MLB, with uncertainty band.

Charts 2016-04-13

Hitting harder doesn't always lead to more runs

From The New Science Of Hitting by Rob Arthur

Scatter plot showing scoring value (LWTS) of batted balls by launch angle and exit velocity in 2015 MLB, color-coded from purple (below average) to orange (above average).

Charts 2016-04-13

The sweet spot: Scoring value of batted balls by launch angle and speed, 2015 MLB

From The New Science Of Hitting by Rob Arthur

Stacked bar chart comparing number of visits to Asian/Pacific countries by Secretaries of State Rice, Clinton, and Kerry from 2005 to 2016, broken down by country/region.

Charts 2016-04-14

Clinton outpaced Rice in visits to Asia

From Did Hillary Clinton’s Pivot To Asia Work? by Catherine Putz, Shannon Tiezzi

Line chart showing U.S. trade in goods with Asia in 2015 dollars from 1985 to 2015, with actual trade in purple and two dotted trend lines from 2001 and 2007.

Charts 2016-04-14

Trade with Asia bounced back

From Did Hillary Clinton’s Pivot To Asia Work? by Catherine Putz, Shannon Tiezzi

Area chart showing U.S. trade in goods from 1990 to 2015 in 2015 dollars, comparing total U.S. trade, U.S. trade with Asia, and U.S. trade with China.

Charts 2016-04-14

U.S. trade with Asia grew with trade overall

From Did Hillary Clinton’s Pivot To Asia Work? by Catherine Putz, Shannon Tiezzi

Line chart showing percent change in U.S. trade in goods with Asian countries since 2005 in 2015 dollars, with Vietnam showing the largest growth exceeding 400%.

Charts 2016-04-14

U.S. trade with many Asian countries grew

From Did Hillary Clinton’s Pivot To Asia Work? by Catherine Putz, Shannon Tiezzi

Line chart showing Golden State Warriors' probability of reaching 73 wins throughout the 2015-16 NBA season, with notable losses annotated.

Charts 2016-04-14

The Warriors' bumpy ride to 73 wins

From The Warriors’ Record-Setting Season by Kyle Wagner

Line chart showing Nielsen ratings for The Walking Dead per episode across seasons 1-6, demonstrating a strong upward trend from about 5 million to over 16 million viewers.

Charts 2016-04-14

'The Walking Dead' is a juggernaut

From The Success Of ‘The Walking Dead’ Made A Bunch Of Other Shows And Comics Possible by Walt Hickey

Bar chart showing Boston Breakers' chances of finishing the regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff after 4th place.

Charts 2016-04-14

Boston Breakers' chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing Chicago Red Stars' probability of finishing the NWSL regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff after 4th place.

Charts 2016-04-14

Chicago Red Stars' chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing FC Kansas City's probability of finishing the regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff after 4th place.

Charts 2016-04-14

FC Kansas City's chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing Houston Dash's chances of finishing the regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff.

Charts 2016-04-14

Houston Dash's chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing Orlando Pride's probability of finishing the NWSL regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff after 4th place.

Charts 2016-04-14

Orlando Pride's chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing Portland Thorns' percentage chances of finishing the NWSL regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff after 4th place.

Charts 2016-04-14

Portland Thorns' chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing Seattle Reign FC's probability of finishing the regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff after 4th place.

Charts 2016-04-14

Seattle Reign FC's chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing Sky Blue FC's probability of finishing the NWSL regular season in each place from 1st through 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff.

Charts 2016-04-14

Sky Blue's chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing Washington Spirit's chances of finishing the regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff after 4th place.

Charts 2016-04-14

Washington Spirit's chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing Western New York Flash's chances of finishing the regular season in each place from 1st to 10th, with a dotted line marking the playoff cutoff.

Charts 2016-04-14

Western New York Flash's chances of finishing the regular season in each place

From FiveThirtyEight’s National Women’s Soccer League Predictions by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Bar chart showing US income tax filings by week in 2015, with a large spike during the week of April 15 and a smaller spike around October 15 for tax extensions.

Charts 2016-04-15

A nation of procrastinators: Income tax filings by week, 2015

From Everyone Files Their Taxes At The Last Minute by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the share of employed college graduates ages 22 to 28 who changed jobs the previous year, for men and women, from 1988 to about 2014.

Charts 2016-04-15

Little job-hopping here

From Ban Tax Day (As We Know It) by Ben Casselman

Line chart comparing share of available GOP endorsement points earned by past nominees and 2016 candidates over time leading up to the Iowa caucuses.

Charts 2016-04-15

2016 GOP candidates trail in endorsements

From A Huge Number Of GOP Leaders Aren’t Endorsing This Year by Aaron Bycoffe

Basketball box score stats table for Philadelphia 76ers (1-0) showing Allen Iverson's basic stats including 48 points in 52 minutes.

Tables 2016-04-15

Philadelphia 76ers (1-0) Basic Box Score Stats

From The Warriors Went 73-9 — Now Can They Go Fo’ Fo’ Fo’ (Fo’)? by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Horizontal bar chart showing share of support for Sanders and Clinton by party self-identification: Strong Democrat, Weak Democrat, and Independent Democrat.

Charts 2016-04-18

Democratic-leaning independents like Sanders

From Why Sanders Does Better With Independents by Dan Hopkins

Dot plot comparing average ideology scores of Sanders and Clinton supporters by party self-identification across Strong Democrat, Weak Democrat, and Independent Democrat groups.

Charts 2016-04-18

Sanders's independent supporters aren't much more liberal than Clinton's

From Why Sanders Does Better With Independents by Dan Hopkins

Horizontal bar chart showing days before election for last day to switch party registration vs last day to register to vote, for states without open primaries.

Charts 2016-04-19

New York makes switching your party difficult

From It’s Far Harder To Change Parties In New York Than In Any Other State by Leah Libresco

Line chart showing poll results and weighted averages for Clinton and Sanders in the USA from July 2015 to April 2016, with Clinton at 49.4% and Sanders at 41.8%.

Charts 2016-04-19

Poll results and weighted averages in USA

From More Democrats Are Feeling The Bern, Probably by Nate Silver

Line chart showing average IMDb user ratings of Bond actors' work before, during, and after their tenures as James Bond, declining from about 6.55 to 6.0.

Charts 2016-04-19

Better before Bond

From Pray Your Favorite Actor Doesn’t Become James Bond by Ben Lindbergh

Line chart showing average number of roles per year for James Bond actors before, during, and after their Bond tenures, declining from ~2.0 to ~0.7.

Charts 2016-04-19

Busier before Bond

From Pray Your Favorite Actor Doesn’t Become James Bond by Ben Lindbergh

Scatter plot of Idris Elba films by inflation-adjusted domestic box office gross vs. Rotten Tomatoes score, with clusters labeled Crap, Ensemble Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Well-Regarded Unseens, and Wake Up Academy.

Charts 2016-04-20

Please put Idris Elba in more movies

From The Four Types Of Idris Elba Movies by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing annual average NCAA Division I revenue and costs from 1960 to 2010, with both lines rising in lockstep from about $5m to nearly $50m.

Charts 2016-04-20

Costs and revenue are in lockstep

From The NCAA Isn’t Going Broke, No Matter How Much You Hear It by Andy Schwarz

Scatter/dot chart showing percent growth from 1992 levels in FBS college sports revenues versus published tuition, fees, room and board at public and private schools from 1992 to 2011.

Charts 2016-04-20

Exhibit 16: Growth in Average FBS College Sports Revenues and Four-Year College Published Tuition, Fees, Room and Board,

From The NCAA Isn’t Going Broke, No Matter How Much You Hear It by Andy Schwarz

Dot-and-bar chart showing share of goals awarded second assists by NHL stadium for home and away teams from the 2005-06 season through April 3, 2016, sorted by home team advantage.

Charts 2016-04-20

Home team advantage in second assists

From Some NHL Stars Get More Assists At Home Than They Deserve by Noah Davis, Michael Lopez

Dot plot showing the difference in average rate of second assists for home teams over away teams by NHL home arena, from the 2005-06 season through April 3, 2016.

Charts 2016-04-20

Home team second assist advantage is real

From Some NHL Stars Get More Assists At Home Than They Deserve by Noah Davis, Michael Lopez

Scatter plot comparing home game vs away game second assists for NHL players with at least 70 assists from 2005-06 season through April 3, 2016, with labeled outliers.

Charts 2016-04-20

More players get more second assists at home

From Some NHL Stars Get More Assists At Home Than They Deserve by Noah Davis, Michael Lopez

Scatter plot showing the peak Billboard Top 100 rank of Prince's 40 most successful songs from 1980 to 2000, with dots arranged inside a dashed Prince symbol shape.

Charts 2016-04-21

Prince's top Billboard hits

From Prince’s Purple Reign, In One Chart by Ritchie King

FiveThirtyEight table showing the share of supporters for Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, and Democrats who chose each of eight social groups as least liked, from a March 2016 poll.

Tables 2016-04-21

The groups voters like the least

From Trump Doesn’t Have A Monopoly On Intolerant Supporters by Andrew R. Lewis, Paul A. Djupe, Jacob Neiheisel

Dot plot with confidence intervals showing tolerance of supporters of various 2016 presidential candidates relative to Trump supporters, based on a March 2016 survey of 995 adults.

Charts 2016-04-21

Trump's supporters aren't much more intolerant

From Trump Doesn’t Have A Monopoly On Intolerant Supporters by Andrew R. Lewis, Paul A. Djupe, Jacob Neiheisel

Bar chart showing welfare eligibility cliffs for a hypothetical single parent with one child in 2012, with red bars marking TANF, Medicaid, and CHIP income limits.

Charts 2016-04-25

The poor face several welfare 'cliffs'

From What Would Happen If We Just Gave People Money? by Andrew Flowers

Horizontal stacked bar chart showing per capita monthly public spending on social programs by spending type for OECD countries as of 2011, with Luxembourg highest and Mexico lowest.

Charts 2016-04-25

What governments spend on social assistance

From What Would Happen If We Just Gave People Money? by Andrew Flowers

Line chart showing an Elo rating of 1658 over time, with a win 10-7 vs. Elm Citys on Oct 28, 1875, score 70-7, with highlighted data points in yellow.

Charts 2016-04-25

1658 Elo Rating — W 10-7 vs. Elm Citys, Oct 28, 1875

From The Complete History Of MLB by Jay Boice, Reuben Fischer-Baum

Line chart showing a baseball team's Elo rating declining over time, with a crosshair highlighting a rating of 1333 on Oct 15, 1899, a loss 19-3 vs. the Reds with a 20-134 record.

Charts 2016-04-25

Elo Rating 1333 — L 19-3 vs. Reds, Oct 15, 1899 | 20-134

From The Complete History Of MLB by Jay Boice, Reuben Fischer-Baum

Line chart showing a team's Elo rating over time with a tooltip highlighting a peak of 1628 from a W 18-2 vs. Tigers game on Aug 28, 1939 with an 87-34 record.

Charts 2016-04-25

Elo Rating Over Time — Peak 1628, Aug 28, 1939

From The Complete History Of MLB by Jay Boice, Reuben Fischer-Baum

Line chart showing a team's Elo rating over time, with a peak of 1570 highlighted on Aug 10, 1994 after a W 4-0 vs. Pirates with a 74-39 record.

Charts 2016-04-25

Elo Rating Peak: 1570, W 4-0 vs. Pirates, Aug 10, 1994

From The Complete History Of MLB by Jay Boice, Reuben Fischer-Baum

Line chart showing a sports team's Elo rating over time, with a peak of 1604 highlighted on Oct 6, 2001 after a 1-0 win vs. Rangers with a 116-45 record.

Charts 2016-04-25

Elo Rating Peak: 1604, W 1-0 vs. Rangers, Oct 6, 2001

From The Complete History Of MLB by Jay Boice, Reuben Fischer-Baum

FiveThirtyEight game prediction graphic showing Dodgers at 73% vs Marlins at 27% on Tue Apr 26, with team ratings, pitcher adjustments, and game ratings.

Other 2016-04-25

Dodgers vs. Marlins Game Prediction – Tue Apr 26

From How Our 2016 MLB Predictions Work by Jay Boice

Scatter plot showing post-Wisconsin GOP delegates by quadrant, plotting non-Hispanic white socioeconomic status versus 2012 Romney two-party vote share for states and congressional districts.

Charts 2016-04-26

Post-Wisconsin GOP delegates, by quadrant

From The Four Corners Of The GOP (Trump Owns Three Of Them) by David Wasserman

Scatter plot showing 2016 GOP primary county winners by white socioeconomic status and 2012 Romney vote share, divided into four quadrants.

Charts 2016-04-26

The four quadrants of the GOP primary so far

From The Four Corners Of The GOP (Trump Owns Three Of Them) by David Wasserman

Line chart showing the share of remaining pledged delegates required for Clinton and Sanders to clinch the pledged delegate majority from February to April 2016.

Charts 2016-04-26

Clinton is in her best position yet

From Today Is Clinton’s Chance To End The ‘Groundhog Day’ Campaign by Nate Silver

Scatter plot with trend lines showing number of analytics staff versus payroll rank for MLB teams in 2009, 2012, and 2016, illustrating that higher-payroll teams employ more analytics staff.

Charts 2016-04-26

Bigger payrolls, more analytics

From Statheads Are The Best Free Agent Bargains In Baseball by Ben Lindbergh, Rob Arthur

Line chart showing growth in MLB analytics personnel by team from 2009 to 2016, highlighting Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Charts 2016-04-26

MLB analytics staffs are growing

From Statheads Are The Best Free Agent Bargains In Baseball by Ben Lindbergh, Rob Arthur

Stacked area chart showing U.S. food and agriculture exports to Cuba from 2002 to 2015, broken down by category including corn, soybean products, poultry, wheat, rice, and others.

Charts 2016-04-26

The U.S. has sent food to Cuba for years

From Cuba Is Developing A Taste For U.S. Whiskey by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Table showing candidate net favorable ratings by party (Republicans, Independents, Democrats) for nine 2016 presidential candidates, from a Gallup poll Dec. 1, 2015–Jan. 11, 2016.

Tables 2016-04-27

Candidate Net Favorable Ratings, by Party

From Can Carly Fiorina Save Ted Cruz’s Candidacy?

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