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July 2016 graphics

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Line chart showing the average summer employment rate for teens ages 16 to 19 by gender from 1980 to the mid-2010s, with both men and women declining sharply after 2000.

Charts 2016-07-01

Fewer teens have summer jobs

From Poor Kids Need Summer Jobs. Rich Kids Get Them. by Ben Casselman

Bar chart showing teen summer employment rates by family income bracket, rising from about 15% for under $20k to 35% for over $100k.

Charts 2016-07-01

Teen summer employment by family income

From Poor Kids Need Summer Jobs. Rich Kids Get Them. by Ben Casselman

Scatter plot showing Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest results from 1972 to 2016, with hot dogs consumed on the y-axis and year on the x-axis, colored by finals winner, finals loser, qualifier winner, and qualifier loser.

Charts 2016-07-01

"Think we may wanna write this stuff down?" Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Results

From Competitive Hot-Dog Eaters Have Made America Great Again by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot showing Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest results from finals and qualifying rounds from 2004 to 2016, highlighting seven record-breaking scores.

Charts 2016-07-01

Seven hot dog records since 2004

From Competitive Hot-Dog Eaters Have Made America Great Again by Walt Hickey

Area chart showing the greatest number of hot dogs consumed at official Nathan's events from 1996 to 2016, with the record climbing from about 20 to 75.

Charts 2016-07-01

The hot dog eating record keeps climbing

From Competitive Hot-Dog Eaters Have Made America Great Again by Walt Hickey

Small multiples line charts comparing projected vs. actual salary cap value for 10 NBA players including Kevin Durant, DeMar DeRozan, and others from 2016-17 to 2020-21.

Charts 2016-07-01

Superstars foot the bill: Projected vs. actual salary cap value

From Russell Westbrook Is Really Worth $344 Million, And Other Tales Of The NBA’s New Salary Cap by Kyle Wagner

Basketball shot chart for Harrison Barnes in the 2015-16 season, showing shot locations on a half-court diagram with hexagons sized by frequency and colored by FG% vs. league average.

Charts 2016-07-04

Harrison Barnes Shot Chart 2015/16

From Even With Kevin Durant, The Warriors Probably Won’t Win 73 Games Again by Kyle Wagner, Nate Silver

Hexagonal shot chart for Kevin Durant's 2015-16 NBA season showing field goal percentage versus league average across court zones, with hexagon size indicating shot frequency.

Charts 2016-07-04

Kevin Durant Shot Chart 2015/16

From Even With Kevin Durant, The Warriors Probably Won’t Win 73 Games Again by Kyle Wagner, Nate Silver

Number-driven infographic breaking down Hillary Clinton emails by classification level as described by FBI Director James B. Comey.

Other 2016-07-05

Breakdown of Emails by F.B.I. Director James B. Comey

From Did The FBI End Clinton’s Email Problems Or Make Them Worse?

Scatter plot showing the difference between actual and projected team Box Plus/Minus vs. projected BPM for NBA teams 1980-2016, with a red trend line declining at high talent levels and the 2017 Warriors projection marked.

Charts 2016-07-05

More talent = more disappointment?

From Superteams Like The Warriors Usually Underperform — Will The Kevin Durant Era Be Different? by Neil Paine

Line chart showing Republican presidential nominee margin among white college graduates versus all voters in elections from 1956 to 2016, with both groups trending toward Democrats.

Charts 2016-07-06

White college graduates have voted Republican

From Trump May Become The First Republican In 60 Years To Lose White College Graduates by Harry Enten

Line chart showing the Cleveland Indians' Elo rating through the first 83 games of each season from 1994 to 2016, with peak values labeled.

Charts 2016-07-06

Fun times in Cleveland again! Cleveland Indians Elo Rating 1994-2016

From The Cleveland Indians Are Dominating Like It’s The ‘90s Again by Neil Paine

Line chart showing U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2017 compared to withdrawal goals announced by President Obama at key dates, as of July 6, 2016.

Charts 2016-07-06

Another change to Obama's plans in Afghanistan

From How Obama’s Plans For Leaving Afghanistan Have Changed (Again And Again) by Ritchie King, Andrew Flowers

Choropleth map of the US showing change in non-Hispanic white share of population by state from July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2015, with darker orange indicating larger declines.

Maps 2016-07-07

How the U.S. is becoming less white, by state

From Trump’s Uphill Fight: The States Where The White Population Has Declined The Most by David Wasserman

Line chart showing the change in Clinton's polling margin vs. Trump as a 10-day rolling average from early June to July 10, 2016, illustrating how third parties affect national polls.

Charts 2016-07-07

How third parties affect the national polls

From Election Update: Is Gary Johnson Taking More Support From Clinton Or Trump? by Harry Enten

Line chart showing number of people killed by police from 2013 to 2016 according to five tracking projects: Fatal Encounters, Gun Violence Archive, Mapping Police Violence, Killed By Police, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.

Charts 2016-07-07

Number of people killed by police isn't dropping

From The Police Are Killing People As Often As They Were Before Ferguson by Carl Bialik

Two line charts showing Americans entering and leaving the labor force from 2007 to 2016, tracking job-finding and job-search rates seasonally adjusted.

Charts 2016-07-08

Americans entering and leaving the labor force

From The Jobs Recovery May Not Be Flashy, But It’s Strong 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 2016-07-08

Hourly earnings, change from a year earlier

From The Jobs Recovery May Not Be Flashy, But It’s Strong by Ben Casselman

Two line charts showing U.S. labor force participation rate for ages 16 and up, seasonally adjusted: one since 1970 and a zoomed view since 2010 showing a declining red line.

Charts 2016-07-08

Labor force participation rate

From The Jobs Recovery May Not Be Flashy, But It’s Strong by Ben Casselman

Bar and line chart showing monthly non-agricultural job growth seasonally adjusted from 2010 to 2016, with a three-month trend line overlay.

Charts 2016-07-08

Monthly job growth

From The Jobs Recovery May Not Be Flashy, But It’s Strong by Ben Casselman

Histogram showing the distribution of errors between actual and CARMELO-predicted WAR for NBA players in the 2015-16 season, centered near zero.

Charts 2016-07-08

How accurate was CARMELO's debut season?

From What Our NBA Projections Got Right (And Wrong) Last Season by Neil Paine

Stacked area chart showing on-duty U.S. police officer deaths by cause from 1791 to present, with gunfire as the dominant cause and a spike noted for 9/11.

Charts 2016-07-08

On-duty police officer deaths in the U.S. by cause since 1791

From The Dallas Shooting Was Among The Deadliest For Police In U.S. History by Carl Bialik, Ritchie King, Andrew Flowers

Line chart showing U.S. police officer deaths per 10 million Americans from 1791 to 2015, peaking around 1930 and declining in recent decades.

Charts 2016-07-08

Police officer deaths were getting rarer

From The Dallas Shooting Was Among The Deadliest For Police In U.S. History by Carl Bialik, Ritchie King, Andrew Flowers

Line chart comparing Grand Slam titles won before each age for Serena Williams, Steffi Graf, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, and Martina Navratilova.

Charts 2016-07-09

Serena Williams caught up late

From Serena Williams Ties Graf’s Majors Record Thanks To A Remarkable Run In Her 30s by Carl Bialik

Four scatter plots comparing Bernie Sanders' vote share against four liberal Democratic candidates: Joe Sestak (PA 2010), Zephyr Teachout (NY 2014), Bill Halter (AR 2010), and Ned Lamont (CT 2006).

Charts 2016-07-11

How Sanders compares to liberal candidates

From Does Bernie Sanders Represent The Future Of The Democratic Party? by Dan Hopkins

Scatter plot showing correlation between Keith Judd's 2012 vote share and Bernie Sanders' 2016 vote share by West Virginia county, with a positive trend line.

Charts 2016-07-11

The anti-establishment Democratic vote in WV

From Does Bernie Sanders Represent The Future Of The Democratic Party? by Dan Hopkins

Scatter plot comparing total wins above replacement vs. winning percentage for actual MLB teams (red) and hypothetical All-Star teams (blue), 1933-2015.

Charts 2016-07-11

All-Star teams would dominate baseball

From Would Baseball’s All-Time All-Star Team Go 162-0? by Rob Arthur

Horizontal bar chart showing percentage of coverage by type: Competitive game 56%, Campaign process 33%, Substantive concerns 11%.

Charts 2016-07-11

Percentage of Coverage by Type

From Trump Never Stopped Dominating The Media by Farai Chideya

Line chart showing percentage of weekly news coverage for Trump, Cruz, Clinton, Sanders, Kasich, and Rubio over 24 weeks.

Charts 2016-07-11

Percentage of Weekly News Coverage by Candidate

From Trump Never Stopped Dominating The Media by Farai Chideya

Line chart showing poll results and weighted averages for Clinton and Sanders in the USA from July 2015 to July 2016, with Clinton at 55.4% and Sanders at 36.5%.

Charts 2016-07-12

Poll results and weighted averages in USA

From What Bernie Sanders Meant by Harry Enten

Bar chart showing the number of songs at each beats-per-minute value (rounded to nearest 10) in Spotify workout playlists, peaking sharply at 130 BPM near 400K songs.

Charts 2016-07-13

Gotta have that BPM

From The Ultimate Workout Playlist by Walt Hickey

Line chart comparing annual mass shooting deaths from 1982 to 2015 according to criminologist Grant Duwe and Mother Jones magazine, with notable events labeled.

Charts 2016-07-13

Annual mass shooting deaths according to Grant Duwe and Mother Jones, 1982-2015

From The Mass Shootings Fix by Leah Libresco, Carl Bialik

Line chart comparing annual U.S. mass shooting deaths from 1982 to 2015 according to Grant Duwe and Mother Jones magazine, with notable events labeled.

Charts 2016-07-13

Mass shootings in the U.S.

From The Mass Shootings Fix by Leah Libresco, Carl Bialik

Stacked area chart showing share of U.S. gun murders by number of victims killed per incident from 1998 to 2014, with categories for 1, 2, 3, and 4 or more deaths.

Charts 2016-07-13

Share of U.S. gun murders by number of victims killed per incident, 1998-2014

From The Mass Shootings Fix by Leah Libresco, Carl Bialik

Dot plot showing annual deaths of people killed in the U.S. by terrorists using firearms from 1970 to 2015, with notable events labeled.

Charts 2016-07-13

People killed in the U.S. by terrorists using firearms

From Instrument Of Terror by Carl Bialik

Dot chart showing people killed in the US by terrorists using firearms from 1970 to 2015, with notable events like Columbine, Fort Hood, and San Bernardino labeled.

Charts 2016-07-13

People killed in the U.S. by terrorists using firearms

From Instrument Of Terror by Carl Bialik

A grid of repeated watercolor-style handgun icons arranged in rows and columns, likely representing a quantity of guns as a unit chart.

Other 2016-07-13

Handgun Icon Grid Infographic

From How To Protect Women by Hayley Munguia

Table showing US state laws for taking firearms from domestic abusers, categorized by authorized or required gun removal at protective order or after a hearing.

Tables 2016-07-13

State laws for taking firearms from domestic abusers

From How To Protect Women by Hayley Munguia

Line chart showing suicide rates per 100,000 people from 2002 to 2013 for Army National Guard, all military, U.S. population adjusted to military demographics, and total U.S. population.

Charts 2016-07-13

Suicides per 100,000 people

From Always Ready, Always There by Maggie Koerth

Line chart comparing suicide rates per 100,000 people for Army National Guard, all military, total U.S. population, and U.S. population adjusted to military demographics from 2001 to 2013.

Charts 2016-07-13

U.S. military suicides are high because the military is mostly young white men

From Always Ready, Always There by Maggie Koerth

Table showing suicide rates per 100,000 by age group, ranging from 0.9 for ages 5-14 to 18.6 for ages 85+, sourced from the CDC.

Tables 2016-07-13

Suicides per 100,000 by Age Group

From Surviving Suicide In Wyoming by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Table showing suicide rates per 100,000 by gender: males at 20.4 and females at 5.5, age adjusted, sourced from the CDC.

Tables 2016-07-13

Suicides per 100,000 by Gender

From Surviving Suicide In Wyoming by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Table showing suicides per 100,000 by race and ethnicity, with rates ranging from 16.0 for White to 5.5 for Black or African-American.

Tables 2016-07-13

Suicides per 100,000 by Race and Ethnicity

From Surviving Suicide In Wyoming by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Two US choropleth maps showing suicides per 100,000 by state and share of suicides by firearm, with western states showing higher rates in both measures.

Maps 2016-07-13

The West has high rates of gun suicide

From Surviving Suicide In Wyoming by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Two US choropleth maps showing gun suicide rates per 100,000 and share of suicides by firearm by state, with western states showing higher rates.

Maps 2016-07-13

The West has high rates of gun suicide

From Surviving Suicide In Wyoming by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Editorial infographic showing a parking lot and a door with measurement arrows illustrating that carrying an illegal gun results in 5 years or 260 weeks in federal prison.

Other 2016-07-13

Carry an Illegal Gun. Do 5 Years in Federal Prison.

From In The Shadow Of Exile by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing gun murder rates per 100,000 people from 1990 to 2015 for Richmond VA, Rochester NY, and the U.S., with Project Exile start marked around 1997.

Charts 2016-07-13

Gun murder rates fell after Project Exile started

From In The Shadow Of Exile by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing gun murders per 100,000 people from 1990 to 2015 for Richmond Va., Rochester N.Y., and the U.S., with Project Exile start markers.

Charts 2016-07-13

Gun murders per 100,000 people

From In The Shadow Of Exile by Carl Bialik

Bar chart showing the number of people sentenced in Rochester under Project Exile by prison sentence length from Oct. 1, 1998 to May 11, 2016, with Juma Sampson's 25-year sentence annotated.

Charts 2016-07-13

Number of people sentenced in Rochester under Project Exile by length of prison sentence

From In The Shadow Of Exile by Carl Bialik

Bar chart showing the number of people sentenced by prison sentence length under Rochester's Project Exile from Oct. 1, 1998 to May 11, 2016, with Juma Sampson's 25-year sentence annotated.

Charts 2016-07-13

Sentences in Rochester under Project Exile

From In The Shadow Of Exile by Carl Bialik

Stacked horizontal bar chart showing share of gun homicides by demographic group in New Orleans vs. U.S. overall and total U.S. population, 2012-14.

Charts 2016-07-13

Most victims of gun homicide in New Orleans are young black men

From New Orleans Searches For The Truth by Ben Casselman

Stacked bar chart showing share of gun homicides by demographic group from 2012-14, comparing New Orleans, U.S. gun homicides, and total U.S. population.

Charts 2016-07-13

Share of gun homicides by demographic group, 2012-14

From New Orleans Searches For The Truth by Ben Casselman

Stacked area chart showing fatal and non-fatal shootings in New Orleans as a rolling 365-day total from 2011 to 2016.

Charts 2016-07-13

Shootings in New Orleans

From New Orleans Searches For The Truth by Ben Casselman

Stacked area chart showing total fatal and non-fatal shootings in New Orleans over the previous 365 days from 2011 to 2016.

Charts 2016-07-13

Total shootings in New Orleans over previous 365 days

From New Orleans Searches For The Truth by Ben Casselman

Dot plot comparing ideological scores of Republican vice-presidential nominees from 1976 to 2016, showing Mike Pence as the most conservative choice based on voting record, public statements, and fundraising.

Charts 2016-07-14

Pence would be a very conservative choice

From Mike Pence Is A Really Conservative And Mostly Unknown VP Pick by Harry Enten

Scatter plot of actual vs. predicted wins over the next five seasons for MLB teams from 1962-2011, highlighting the 1983 Mets, 1998 A's, 2000 Tigers, and 1962 Mets as most surprising runs.

Charts 2016-07-14

Most surprising 5-year runs in modern baseball

From The Mets’ Rise And Fall With Doc Gooden And Darryl Strawberry by Neil Paine

Line chart showing U.S. debt as a share of GDP from 1980 with CBO long-term projections including upper estimate, projected, and lower estimate lines extending to 2040s.

Charts 2016-07-15

Debt as a share of GDP — Long-term CBO Projections

From What Will We Be Worrying About In 2046? by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing U.S. labor force participation rate from 1980 with CBO long-term projections through 2040s, including upper, projected, and lower estimates.

Charts 2016-07-15

Labor force participation rate

From What Will We Be Worrying About In 2046? by Ben Casselman

Heat map comparing Daniel Murphy's isolated power by pitch location in 2015 vs 2016, showing significantly more high-power zones in 2016.

Charts 2016-07-15

Where Murphy's new power is coming from

From What The Hell’s Gotten Into Daniel Murphy? by Neil Paine

Two US county-level choropleth maps comparing Republican vote margin shift from 2000 to 2012 with the share of residents identifying ethnicity as American.

Maps 2016-07-18

Republican-shifting regions tend to identify as ethnically 'American'

From The End Of A Republican Party by Clare Malone

Bar chart showing deaths from terrorist attacks targeting police in the U.S. from 1970 to 2016, with a spike in the early 1970s and a resurgence in the 2010s reaching 8 deaths in 2016.

Charts 2016-07-18

Terrorists are attacking police officers again

From 2016 Could Be The Deadliest Year For Terror Attacks Targeting Police Since 1973 by Carl Bialik

Scatter plot showing Trump's GOP primary victory margin vs. seating row of state delegation's placard at the Republican National Convention, with a downward trend line.

Charts 2016-07-18

How to get a good seat at Trump's convention

From The States That Delivered Huge, Huge Numbers For Trump Got Tremendous Convention Seats by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot comparing per year projected value based on CARMELO rating vs. per year contract salary for 2015 and 2016 NBA free agents, with bubble size indicating contract length.

Charts 2016-07-19

Free agency paid off in 2016

From 2016 Is A Great Summer To Be A Mediocre NBA Free Agent by Setrige Crawford

Scatter plot showing relative odds of NYT terror attack coverage vs GDP per capita by country, with a positive trend line and labeled points for Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, France, and the U.S.

Charts 2016-07-19

GDP per capita predicts terror coverage

From Which Countries’ Terrorist Attacks Are Ignored By The U.S. Media? by Milo Beckman

Horizontal bar chart showing relative odds of NYT coverage of terrorist attacks by country from 1968-2009, with Saudi Arabia having the highest coverage odds near 25x.

Charts 2016-07-19

Terror attack coverage is skewed

From Which Countries’ Terrorist Attacks Are Ignored By The U.S. Media? by Milo Beckman

Scatter plot with trend lines showing home runs as a share of contact in MLB and AAA minor league from 1990 to 2016, illustrating that the recent home run rise is major league only.

Charts 2016-07-20

The recent home run rise is major league only

From Are Juiced Balls The New Steroids? by Ben Lindbergh, Rob Arthur

A horizontal bar or table row with a red-highlighted cell displaying 22.3 percent among several empty white cells outlined in red.

Tables 2016-07-20

22.3% Highlighted Cell Infographic

From The 7 Levels Of Trump Support In Congress by Ritchie King, Kshitij Aranke

A horizontal progress bar or proportion graphic showing 25.9% filled in red against a white background divided into segments.

Other 2016-07-20

25.9% Proportion Bar Graphic

From The 7 Levels Of Trump Support In Congress by Ritchie King, Kshitij Aranke

A horizontal bar graphic with a red highlighted segment displaying 26.9 percent among several outlined cells.

Other 2016-07-20

26.9% Highlighted Bar Infographic

From The 7 Levels Of Trump Support In Congress by Ritchie King, Kshitij Aranke

Infographic showing 4.3% of congressional Republicans, displayed as a large percentage with a partially filled red bar graphic.

Other 2016-07-20

4.3% of Congressional Republicans

From The 7 Levels Of Trump Support In Congress by Ritchie King, Kshitij Aranke

A horizontal bar or table row showing a value of 5.0% with a small red filled cell on the right end.

Tables 2016-07-20

5.0% Data Row

From The 7 Levels Of Trump Support In Congress by Ritchie King, Kshitij Aranke

A horizontal bar or progress graphic with a red filled segment and the value 7.0% displayed on the right.

Other 2016-07-20

7.0% Infographic Bar

From The 7 Levels Of Trump Support In Congress by Ritchie King, Kshitij Aranke

A horizontal bar or table row showing a value of 8.6% with a red filled segment on the right side.

Tables 2016-07-20

8.6% Data Row Infographic

From The 7 Levels Of Trump Support In Congress by Ritchie King, Kshitij Aranke

Table with bar charts showing Romney's 2012 vote share by demographic subsets of the U.S. electorate, broken down by both sexes, men, and women.

Charts 2016-07-21

'Real America' backed Romney, but he still lost

From Only 20 Percent Of Voters Are ‘Real Americans‘ by Nate Silver

Line chart showing weighted career WAR of Baseball Hall of Fame ballot non-inductees from 1936 to 2016, spiking when Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens became eligible.

Charts 2016-07-21

Baseball's Hall of Fame hasn't left out so much talent in 70 years

From Baseball’s Hall Of Fame Snubs Are Historically Great by Neil Paine

Line chart showing change in each NWSL team's championship probability from April 14 to July 20, 2016, with W. New York rising +32 ppt and Seattle falling -26 ppt.

Charts 2016-07-22

The fall of Seattle and Kansas City

From This NWSL Season Has Been Nuts. Here’s How We Forecast The Finish. by Allison McCann, Jay Boice

Dot plot comparing ideologies of Democratic vice presidential nominees from 1976 to 2016 using voting record, public statements, fundraising, and average scores on a liberal-conservative scale.

Charts 2016-07-23

Kaine is a mainstream Democrat

From Hillary Clinton Picks Tim Kaine, Betting She Can Beat Trump Without A Splashy VP by Harry Enten

Table showing the VP home-state effect with relative voting index data for vice presidential candidates from 1920 to 2012, comparing home state RVI to previous and subsequent elections.

Tables 2016-07-23

The VP Home-State Effect Is Overrated

From Hillary Clinton Picks Tim Kaine, Betting She Can Beat Trump Without A Splashy VP by Harry Enten

Line chart showing playoff odds and World Series odds based on wins of true talent as of baseball trade deadline, with playoff odds reaching near 100% at 100 wins.

Charts 2016-07-25

There's No Such Thing As 'Too Much' Talent

From Should Your Team Buy Or Sell At The MLB Trade Deadline? by Neil Paine

Area chart showing the number of women in Congress from 1917 to 2017, with a pie chart inset for the 114th Congress (2015-17) showing women as a small share of total seats.

Charts 2016-07-26

Number of Women in Congress, 1917-2017

From A Woman President Wouldn’t Erase Centuries Of Male-Dominated Politics by Christine Laskowski

Bar chart comparing the share of Democratic and Republican men and women candidates who won House elections from 1994 to 2010.

Charts 2016-07-26

Share of Candidates Who Won House Elections, 1994–2010

From A Woman President Wouldn’t Erase Centuries Of Male-Dominated Politics by Christine Laskowski

Dot plot showing share of votes for given positions on legislation in the 103rd Congress, broken down by Republican Women, Republican Men, Democratic Women, and Democratic Men.

Charts 2016-07-26

Share of Votes for a Given Position on Legislation in the 103rd Congress

From A Woman President Wouldn’t Erase Centuries Of Male-Dominated Politics by Christine Laskowski

Three line charts comparing Cleveland and Philadelphia economies from 1970-2010, showing per capita income, unemployment rate, and housing vacancy rate.

Charts 2016-07-26

The economies of Cleveland and Philadelphia

From Philadelphia Is Bouncing Back From Problems Still Plaguing Cleveland by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing population trends from 1800 to 2000s for the 25 most populous U.S. cities in 1950, highlighting Philadelphia and Cleveland's rise and fall.

Charts 2016-07-26

The rise and fall of Philadelphia and Cleveland

From Philadelphia Is Bouncing Back From Problems Still Plaguing Cleveland by Carl Bialik

Line chart showing Clinton's pledged delegate lead over Sanders from February to June 2016, with a sharp rise after Super Tuesday on March 1.

Charts 2016-07-27

Clinton held wide lead after Super Tuesday

From Was The Democratic Primary A Close Call Or A Landslide? by Nate Silver

Horizontal bar chart showing share of weekly churchgoing registered voters who would vote Democratic, split by voting for vs. against the candidate, for White Evangelicals and Catholics in 2012 and 2016.

Charts 2016-07-27

Churchgoers are voting to reject Trump

From Trump Is Driving Catholic Voters Toward Clinton by Leah Libresco

Line chart with two series (red and black) showing fluctuating values roughly between 42 and 55 over time, with the lines converging toward the right side.

Charts 2016-07-27

Two-line time series chart with red and black lines

From Why Obama Might Be Trump’s Biggest Challenge

Scatter plot showing the relief pitching heart-attack index, comparing per-play WPA before peak leverage vs. at and after peak leverage for MLB relievers.

Charts 2016-07-27

The relief pitching 'heart-attack index'

From The MLB Closers Best At Cleaning Up Their Own Messes by Neil Paine

Scatter plot with aggressive and conservative loess regression lines showing Clinton margin vs. Trump in 2016 national polls from March to August 2016.

Charts 2016-07-28

Is your model a trend-chaser?

From Election Update: Why Our Model Is Bullish On Trump, For Now by Nate Silver

Scatter plot with NFL average line showing adjusted net yards per attempt for New York Jets primary quarterbacks by season from 2005 to 2015, with Fitzpatrick topping the decade.

Charts 2016-07-28

Fitzpatrick was the Jets' best passer in a decade

From Ryan Fitzpatrick Is Only As Good As Brandon Marshall And Eric Decker Make Him by Chase Stuart

Line chart showing Clinton's lead over Trump in national polls from March to August with a 95 percent confidence interval shaded in gray.

Charts 2016-07-29

Clinton's lead over Trump in national polls

From Where The Election Goes From Here by Nate Silver

Line chart showing total narcotics offenses in Baton Rouge over rolling seven-day periods from January 2015 through July 16, 2016, with a sharp drop after Alton Sterling was shot on July 5, 2016.

Charts 2016-07-29

Drug-related policing dropped in Baton Rouge after Alton Sterling was killed

From Baton Rouge Drug Enforcement Has Plummeted Since Police Killed Alton Sterling by Jeff Asher

Charts 2016-07-29

Other cities have had declines in drug-related policing after high-profile deaths

From Baton Rouge Drug Enforcement Has Plummeted Since Police Killed Alton Sterling by Jeff Asher

Line chart showing year-over-year change in number of murders for Baltimore, Chicago, and St. Louis in the four months before and after a notable incident.

Charts 2016-07-29

Year-over-year change in number of murders

From Baton Rouge Drug Enforcement Has Plummeted Since Police Killed Alton Sterling by Jeff Asher

Dot plot comparing Nneka Ogwumike's percentile rank among WNBA players in 2015 vs. 2016 across five statistical categories.

Charts 2016-07-29

Nneka Ogwumike raised every part of her game

From The Rise — And Rise! — Of Nneka Ogwumike by Neil Paine