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September 2016 graphics

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Line chart showing projected remaining career Approximate Value for Minnesota Vikings starting quarterbacks by season from 1979 to 2015, with notable QBs labeled.

Charts 2016-09-01

Bridgewater had the Vikings' future looking up

From Teddy Bridgewater’s Injury Puts The Vikings Back In QB Hell by Neil Paine

Horizontal stacked bar chart showing the percentage of Hispanic adults who mainly use English, Spanish, or both, broken down by nativity, age, and Hispanic origin.

Charts 2016-09-01

Half of 2nd Generation Latinos Are Bilingual

From The Consequences: A Look Behind The Claims On Immigration

Line chart showing new U.S. immigrants by region of birth from 2000 to 2012, comparing Latin America and Asia among foreign-born residents in the U.S. less than one year.

Charts 2016-09-01

New U.S. Immigrants by Region of Birth

From The Consequences: A Look Behind The Claims On Immigration

Bar chart showing the number of U.S. residents born in Mexico from 1980 to 2012, rising from about 2 million in 1980 to over 12 million by 2010.

Charts 2016-09-01

U.S. Residents Born in Mexico

From The Consequences: A Look Behind The Claims On Immigration

$Scatter plot showing the fraction of cone volume filled as the number of layers increases from 1 to 30, with values rising steeply then leveling near 0.96.$

Charts 2016-09-02

Fraction of Cone Volume Filled vs. Number of Layers

From How Many Bananas Does It Take To Lead A Camel To Market? by Oliver Roeder

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

Charts 2016-09-02

Hourly earnings, change from prior year

From Trump and Clinton Can Both Spin The Latest Jobs Report by Ben Casselman

Two line charts showing the U.S. labor force participation rate for ages 16 and older, seasonally adjusted: one since 1970 and a zoomed-in view since 2010.

Charts 2016-09-02

Labor Force Participation Rate

From Trump and Clinton Can Both Spin The Latest Jobs Report by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted change in non-agricultural jobs from prior year for total and private-sector employment from 2010 to 2016.

Charts 2016-09-02

Non-agricultural jobs, change from prior year

From Trump and Clinton Can Both Spin The Latest Jobs Report by Ben Casselman

Choropleth map of Florida's 27 congressional districts for the 114th Congress shaded by share of adult population with veteran status in 2014, ranging from 0% to 14%.

Maps 2016-09-06

Florida Congressional Districts: Share of Adult Population with Veteran Status, 2014

From This Election Is Testing The Republican Loyalties Of Military Voters by Farai Chideya

Two line charts comparing likelihood of identifying as Republican and voting Republican in 2008 between veterans and non-veterans across age groups 20s through 70s.

Charts 2016-09-06

Likelihood of Identifying as / Voting Republican in 2008: Veterans vs. Non-veterans

From This Election Is Testing The Republican Loyalties Of Military Voters by Farai Chideya

Two line charts comparing likelihood of identifying as Republican and voting Republican in 2012 by age group for veterans versus non-veterans.

Charts 2016-09-06

Likelihood of Identifying as and Voting Republican in 2012: Veterans vs. Non-Veterans

From This Election Is Testing The Republican Loyalties Of Military Voters by Farai Chideya

Choropleth map of Florida showing the share of population with veteran status by congressional district for the 114th Congress in 2014, with darker red indicating higher veteran share.

Maps 2016-09-06

Share of population with veteran status by Florida's congressional districts, 114th Congress 2014

From This Election Is Testing The Republican Loyalties Of Military Voters by Farai Chideya

Two line charts comparing likelihood of identifying as Republican and voting Republican in 2008 for veterans vs non-veterans across age groups 20s through 70s.

Charts 2016-09-06

Veterans vs. Non-Veterans: Likelihood of Identifying and Voting Republican in 2008

From This Election Is Testing The Republican Loyalties Of Military Voters by Farai Chideya

Two line charts comparing likelihood of identifying as Republican and voting Republican in 2012 for veterans vs non-veterans across male age groups from 20s to 70s.

Charts 2016-09-06

Veterans vs. Non-Veterans: Likelihood of Identifying as and Voting Republican in 2012

From This Election Is Testing The Republican Loyalties Of Military Voters by Farai Chideya

Scatter plot showing confirmed exoplanets by year of discovery since 1989, with planet radius relative to Earth's on the y-axis, highlighting the surge in small planet discoveries after the 2009 Kepler spacecraft launch.

Charts 2016-09-06

Kepler allowed us to find more small planets

From Why It’s So Hard To Find The Next Earth, Even If You’re Looking Right At It by Maggie Koerth

Bar chart showing the number of confirmed exoplanets with radius up to 1.25 times Earth's radius discovered each year since 1989, with a sharp spike in the 2010s.

Charts 2016-09-06

Small-radius planets were all found this decade

From Why It’s So Hard To Find The Next Earth, Even If You’re Looking Right At It by Maggie Koerth

Bar chart showing the number of confirmed exoplanets with mass less than or equal to 3 times Earth's mass discovered each year since 1989, peaking around 2014.

Charts 2016-09-06

We've recently found many small-mass planets

From Why It’s So Hard To Find The Next Earth, Even If You’re Looking Right At It by Maggie Koerth

2016 NFC South Elo preview table comparing Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Tampa Bay across rankings, simulated season stats, and playoff chances.

Tables 2016-09-07

Carolina leads the NFC South — 2016 NFC South Elo Preview

From The Panthers Are Alone Atop The NFC South by Neil Paine

Line chart showing FiveThirtyEight's economic index projection of projected vote share for Clinton and Trump from June 8 through Election Day Nov. 8.

Charts 2016-09-07

FiveThirtyEight's economic index projection

From The More ‘Normal’ Trump Can Make This Race, The Better His Chances by Harry Enten

Table showing 2016 AFC East Elo preview with rankings, simulated season stats, and playoff chances for New England, Buffalo, N.Y. Jets, and Miami.

Tables 2016-09-07

New England leads the AFC East — 2016 AFC East Elo Preview

From Can Anyone In The AFC East Challenge The Patriots (For Once)? by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Line chart comparing average change in wins from previous season for AFC East teams versus all NFL teams from 2003 to 2015, showing AFC East was more volatile early but less volatile in recent years.

Charts 2016-09-07

The AFC East used to be a lot more fun

From Can Anyone In The AFC East Challenge The Patriots (For Once)? by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Stacked bar chart showing share of speaking characters by gender in top 100 grossing films from 2007 to 2015, with women consistently around 30% and men around 70%.

Charts 2016-09-07

Hollywood's gender problem is not improving

From Men Outnumbered Women 2-To-1 In 2015 Movies. What Gives? by Walt Hickey

Table of 2016 US presidential polls showing Clinton, Trump, and Johnson percentages by state and pollster, with raw and adjusted leader margins.

Tables 2016-09-07

2016 Presidential Polls: Clinton vs. Trump by State and Pollster

From Election Update: Trump’s Best Chance To Win In Obama Territory Is In Maine by Harry Enten

FiveThirtyEight Election Update graphic for 51 Elections showing Maine voted Democratic in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012, with a stylized American flag overlaid on Maine's outline.

Other 2016-09-07

51 Elections: Election Update — Maine

From Election Update: Trump’s Best Chance To Win In Obama Territory Is In Maine by Harry Enten

Line chart showing manufacturing job openings rising over 250% since June 2009 while hires increased only about 35%, illustrating a growing gap between postings and fills.

Charts 2016-09-08

Manufacturers are posting jobs, not filling them

From Don’t Blame A ‘Skills Gap’ For Lack Of Hiring In Manufacturing by Ben Casselman

Area chart showing voluntary quits in the US manufacturing sector from roughly 2001 to 2016, with a sharp decline around 2008 and gradual recovery.

Charts 2016-09-08

Voluntary Quits in the Manufacturing Sector

From Don’t Blame A ‘Skills Gap’ For Lack Of Hiring In Manufacturing by Ben Casselman

2016 NFC West Elo preview table comparing Seattle, Arizona, Los Angeles, and San Francisco across rankings, simulated season stats, and playoff chances.

Tables 2016-09-08

Seattle leads the NFC West — 2016 NFC West Elo Preview

From The Seahawks Are The NFC’s Best Team, But They Can’t Shake The Cardinals by Neil Paine

Table comparing 2016 AFC South NFL teams Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, and Tennessee on Elo rankings, simulated season results, and playoff chances.

Tables 2016-09-08

Houston leads the AFC South — 2016 AFC South Elo Preview

From The AFC South May Get Good Again — But Not This Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Table ranking NFL divisions by total wins from 2002 to 2015, highlighting AFC South's position each year, showing a decline from top rankings in the 2000s to bottom rankings in the 2010s.

Tables 2016-09-08

The 2010s have been rough for the AFC South

From The AFC South May Get Good Again — But Not This Year by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Line chart showing Black support for GOP presidential nominees from 1948 to 2016, based on American National Election Studies pre-election polling, with a dotted line indicating average of non-ANES polls for 2016.

Charts 2016-09-09

Black support for GOP presidential nominees

From Black Voters Are So Loyal That Their Issues Get Ignored by Farai Chideya

FiveThirtyEight Riddler extension graphic explaining a banana-transport puzzle with a line chart of miles vs number of farmers and camel-rider icon arrays showing answers of 9 and 42 hired farmers.

Charts 2016-09-09

Riddler Extension: Camel and Banana Farmers Puzzle

From Who Keeps The Money You Found On The Floor? by Oliver Roeder

Contour/heatmap chart showing the total number of bananas that can be transported as a function of number of bananas to transport (x-axis) and distance to the market (y-axis).

Charts 2016-09-09

Total number of bananas that can be transported

From Who Keeps The Money You Found On The Floor? by Oliver Roeder

Three maps of Oklahoma showing fault lines, active water-disposal wells, and earthquakes of intensity 3 or greater in 2015, illustrating their geographic overlap.

Maps 2016-09-09

Oklahoma is full of fault lines, wells and quakes

From How The Oil And Gas Industry Awakened Oklahoma’s Sleeping Fault Lines by Maggie Koerth

Table comparing 2016 NFC East teams Washington, Philadelphia, NY Giants, and Dallas across Elo rankings, simulated season results, and playoff chances.

Tables 2016-09-09

Washington leads the NFC East — 2016 NFC East Elo Preview

From The NFC East Will Be An Ugly, Magnificent Bloodbath, As Usual by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing Green Bay Packers final Elo rank vs Aaron Rodgers DYAR rank for seasons 2008-15, with a pre-2015 trend line and 2015 as an outlier.

Charts 2016-09-09

As Rodgers goes, so too do the Packers (usually)

From Can The Vikings Surprise The Packers Again? by Neil Paine

Table showing 2016 NFC North Elo preview rankings, simulated season stats, and playoff chances for Green Bay, Minnesota, Detroit, and Chicago as of Sept. 8.

Tables 2016-09-09

Green Bay leads the NFC North — 2016 NFC North Elo Preview

From Can The Vikings Surprise The Packers Again? by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing Serena Williams's win probability for Grand Slam matches by tournament start date from 1998 to 2016, with losses highlighted in red.

Charts 2016-09-09

Serena Williams's Grand Slam career

From Serena Williams Only Loses In Big Upsets Because She’s Always A Big Favorite by Carl Bialik

Table showing 2016 AFC North Elo preview projections for Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Cleveland including rankings, simulated season stats, and playoff chances.

Tables 2016-09-09

Pittsburgh leads the AFC North — 2016 AFC North Elo Preview

From Anyone Could Win The AFC North — Except The Browns by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Table showing 4th-place finishers in each NFL division from 2002 to 2015, with streaks of three or more consecutive last-place finishes highlighted in teal.

Tables 2016-09-09

The AFC North has had a very consistent loser

From Anyone Could Win The AFC North — Except The Browns by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Table showing NFL division winners from 2002 to 2015 with streaks of three or more consecutive titles highlighted in teal, noting the AFC North has had no three-peats.

Tables 2016-09-09

The AFC North hasn't had any three-peats

From Anyone Could Win The AFC North — Except The Browns by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Table comparing 2016 AFC West NFL teams Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, and San Diego on Elo rankings, simulated season stats, and playoff chances as of Sept. 9.

Tables 2016-09-10

Denver leads the AFC West — 2016 AFC West Elo Preview

From The Broncos And Chiefs Are Still Running The AFC West by Kyle Wagner

Line chart comparing the share of businesses less than one year old in St. Louis vs. the U.S. from 1980 to 2014, showing St. Louis rebounding above the U.S. rate by 2014.

Charts 2016-09-12

St. Louis is bucking the startup slump

From St. Louis Is The New Startup Frontier by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing Clinton's projected Electoral College votes from Aug. 14 to Sept. 11 via FiveThirtyEight polls-only and polls-plus models, both declining over time.

Charts 2016-09-12

Clinton's Electoral College count has flattened

From Polls Show Trump’s Momentum Has Stalled — For Now by Harry Enten

Line chart showing Clinton's chance of winning the 2016 election from Aug. 14 to Sept. 11, comparing FiveThirtyEight polls-only and polls-plus models, both declining from ~89% and ~79% to ~70%.

Charts 2016-09-12

Clinton's chances stabilized in the past week

From Polls Show Trump’s Momentum Has Stalled — For Now by Harry Enten

Line chart showing Clinton's projected popular vote margin over Trump from Aug. 14 to Sept. 11, comparing FiveThirtyEight polls-only and polls-plus models.

Charts 2016-09-12

Clinton's margin is steady

From Polls Show Trump’s Momentum Has Stalled — For Now by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing average NFL margin of victory by week for 1993-2016 seasons, highlighting 2016 Week 1 as an outlier with a notably low value near +5.

Charts 2016-09-12

2016 Week 1 is an outlier

From The NFL’s Week 1 Games Have Never Been So Close by Chase Stuart

Line chart showing average NFL Week 1 margin of victory from 1993 to 2016, with 2016 reaching a historic low of about +5 points.

Charts 2016-09-12

2016 Week 1 wins were narrower than usual

From The NFL’s Week 1 Games Have Never Been So Close by Chase Stuart

Scatter plot showing the age of ATP and WTA Grand Slam champions through their first 3 titles from 1980 to 2015, with trend lines indicating winners are getting older.

Charts 2016-09-12

Breakthrough champions are getting older

From In Tennis, Even The Breakout Stars Are Veterans by Benjamin Morris

Three small maps of Ohio each highlighting a different county with a percentage: Trumbull County 19.9%, Mahoning County 26.7%, and Jefferson County 26.2%.

Maps 2016-09-13

Ohio Counties: Trumbull, Mahoning, and Jefferson County Percentages

From Trump’s Blue Collar Base Wants More Jobs And An America Like The Past by Farai Chideya

Choropleth map of Ohio counties showing the share of 2016 GOP primary voters who switched from Democratic registration, with Mahoning County highest at 26.7%.

Maps 2016-09-13

Share of 2016 GOP Primary Voters Who Changed Registration from Democratic by Ohio County

From Trump’s Blue Collar Base Wants More Jobs And An America Like The Past by Farai Chideya

Choropleth map of Ohio counties showing the share of 2016 GOP primary voters who changed their registration from Democratic in 2016, shaded in green from 0% to 12%.

Maps 2016-09-13

Share of 2016 GOP Primary Voters Who Changed Registration from Democratic in Ohio

From Trump’s Blue Collar Base Wants More Jobs And An America Like The Past by Farai Chideya

FiveThirtyEight table of 2016 presidential polls showing pollster grades, Clinton/Trump/Johnson percentages, raw leader margins, and adjusted leader margins by state.

Tables 2016-09-13

2016 Presidential Polls: Pollster Grades and Adjusted Leaders

From Election Update: Where Polls And Demographics Disagree by Harry Enten

Line chart showing inflation-adjusted median U.S. household income from the late 1960s to mid-2010s, with a break in the line indicating a 2013 methodology change.

Charts 2016-09-13

Median U.S. household income

From The Recovery Finally Reached Most Americans In 2015 by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing median earnings by sex for full-time year-round workers adjusted for inflation from the late 1950s to mid-2010s, with men consistently earning more than women.

Charts 2016-09-13

Median earnings by sex

From The Recovery Finally Reached Most Americans In 2015 by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing median household income change since 2000, comparing total household income and earned income, both adjusted for inflation, from 2000 to 2015.

Charts 2016-09-13

Median household income change since 2000

From The Recovery Finally Reached Most Americans In 2015 by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the Index of Negative Racial Attitudes for White Republicans and White Democrats from 1990 to 2012, based on General Social Survey data.

Charts 2016-09-14

Index of Negative Racial Attitudes

From How Many Of Trump’s Supporters Really Are ‘Deplorable’?

Grouped bar chart comparing feeling thermometer ratings toward various groups among Trump supporters, other Republican supporters, and all respondents.

Charts 2016-09-14

Trump Supporters Have Cooler Feelings Towards Most Groups Compared to Other Republican Candidates

From How Many Of Trump’s Supporters Really Are ‘Deplorable’?

Line chart from the General Social Survey 1977-2012 showing the percentage of White Republicans and White Democrats who say Blacks lack the motivation to pull themselves out of poverty.

Charts 2016-09-14

Whites Who Say Blacks 'Lack the Motivation to Pull Themselves Out of Poverty'

From How Many Of Trump’s Supporters Really Are ‘Deplorable’?

Line chart showing the percentage of White Democrats and White Republicans who rated Blacks as more unintelligent than intelligent, from 1990 to 2012, with a marker for Obama's first year in office.

Charts 2016-09-14

Whites Who Say Blacks Are More 'Unintelligent' Than 'Intelligent'

From How Many Of Trump’s Supporters Really Are ‘Deplorable’?

Line chart comparing average leverage index for proven closers vs. all other pitchers from 1989 to 2016, showing closers' index declining over time.

Charts 2016-09-14

Closer doesn't mean what it used to

From Baseball Managers Are Getting Smarter About Handling Their Bullpens by Rob Arthur, Rian Watt

Line chart showing correlations between average leverage index and three pitcher performance stats (ERA, FIP, DRA) from 1988 to 2015, illustrating that managers increasingly use better pitchers in high-leverage moments.

Charts 2016-09-14

Managers are getting smarter

From Baseball Managers Are Getting Smarter About Handling Their Bullpens by Rob Arthur, Rian Watt

Choropleth map of the US showing estimated Latino share of the likely 2016 electorate by state, with southwestern states like New Mexico, Texas, and California showing the highest percentages.

Maps 2016-09-15

Latinos are most influential in non-swing states

From How Trump Could Win The White House While Losing The Popular Vote by David Wasserman

Choropleth map of the US showing share of adults identifying as Mormon by state in 2014, with western states like Utah and Idaho darkest.

Maps 2016-09-15

Mormon exodus from GOP may not shift states

From How Trump Could Win The White House While Losing The Popular Vote by David Wasserman

Choropleth map of the US showing estimated white college-educated share of the likely 2016 electorate by state, shaded in purple from 15% to 40%.

Maps 2016-09-15

Well-educated whites are mostly in safe states

From How Trump Could Win The White House While Losing The Popular Vote by David Wasserman

S-curve chart showing modeled probability of making MLB playoffs by regular-season wins in the one- and two-wild-card eras from 1998 to 2015, with 96 wins marked as guaranteeing a playoff spot.

Charts 2016-09-15

Predicting playoff appearance

From The Seattle Mariners Can’t Catch A Postseason Break by Rob Arthur

Line chart showing the Democratic minus Republican party identification gap among presidential voters from 1952 to 2012, comparing American National Election Studies and exit poll data.

Charts 2016-09-15

Democrats usually lead in party identification

From Independent Voters Are Overrated by Harry Enten

Color-coded grid chart showing average NFL season wins for teams with a given win-loss record at any point in the season since 1995, with wins on the y-axis and losses on the x-axis.

Charts 2016-09-15

Average wins by record

From Crunch Time Of The NFL Season Is Right Now by Benjamin Morris

Color-coded grid chart showing NFL playoff chances by win-loss record since 1995, with wins on the Y-axis and losses on the X-axis, highlighting that 7-7 teams make playoffs 19% of the time.

Charts 2016-09-15

Playoff chances by record

From Crunch Time Of The NFL Season Is Right Now by Benjamin Morris

Heatmap showing playoff leverage by NFL record, displaying percentage point difference in playoff chances between winning and losing the next game since 1995, with pre-game wins on Y-axis and pre-game losses on X-axis.

Charts 2016-09-15

Playoff leverage by record

From Crunch Time Of The NFL Season Is Right Now by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot showing total change in playoff chances for all 32 NFL teams by game week, with weeks 1 and 2 having the highest playoff implications around 8.

Charts 2016-09-15

The week with the most playoff implications

From Crunch Time Of The NFL Season Is Right Now by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot showing total wins or losses indicated by NFL games played each week, declining from about 69 in week 1 to 31 in week 17.

Charts 2016-09-15

The week with the most winning implications

From Crunch Time Of The NFL Season Is Right Now by Benjamin Morris

Color-coded grid chart showing win leverage by NFL record, displaying the difference in season wins between winning and losing the next game since 1995, with pre-game wins on Y-axis and pre-game losses on X-axis.

Charts 2016-09-15

Win leverage by record

From Crunch Time Of The NFL Season Is Right Now by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing US federal housing aid budget outlays in 2009 dollars from 2006 to 2021, with a spike around 2010-2011 and a flatline near $39-40 billion thereafter.

Charts 2016-09-16

Federal funding for housing aid has flatlined

From Why So Many Poor Americans Don’t Get Help Paying For Housing by Andrew Flowers

Stacked horizontal bar chart showing share of renting households by income bracket that pay more than 50%, 30-50%, or less than 30% of income toward rent in 2013.

Charts 2016-09-16

More of poor families' money goes toward rent

From Why So Many Poor Americans Don’t Get Help Paying For Housing by Andrew Flowers

Scatter plot showing ENSO index vs global temperature variation from long-term trend for each December-January period, with trend line, confidence interval, and 2016 predicted range highlighted.

Charts 2016-09-16

ENSO impact on global temperature variation

From Why We Don’t Know If It Will Be Sunny Next Month But We Know It’ll Be Hot All Year by Gavin Schmidt

Line chart showing global temperature anomaly relative to 1880-99 from 1975 to 2016, with a 10-year smooth trend and prediction ranges for 2016 and 2017.

Charts 2016-09-16

Predicting 2016 global temperature

From Why We Don’t Know If It Will Be Sunny Next Month But We Know It’ll Be Hot All Year by Gavin Schmidt

Grouped bar charts comparing Christians' expectations vs. atheists/agnostics' actual comfort levels when asked to pray together or seeing someone pray with a physical object.

Charts 2016-09-16

"Can we pray?" is awkward for the nonreligious

From When Does Praying In Public Make Others Uncomfortable? by Leah Libresco

Horizontal bar chart comparing the share of Christians who expect others to be uncomfortable versus the share of agnostics and atheists who are uncomfortable with various public displays of faith.

Charts 2016-09-16

Which public displays of faith are off-putting?

From When Does Praying In Public Make Others Uncomfortable? by Leah Libresco

Scatter plot comparing NFL teams' winning percentages against playoff vs. non-playoff teams in 2014-15, highlighting Houston, New England, Kansas City, and Tennessee.

Charts 2016-09-16

Houston, we have a problem

From The Chiefs And Texans Are More Than AFC Afterthoughts by Chase Stuart

US electoral map showing 2016 presidential election forecast with states colored by Clinton (blue) or Trump (red) win probability and tipping point states outlined.

Maps 2016-09-16

2016 Presidential Election Forecast Map: Clinton vs. Trump

From Election Update: Democrats Should Panic … If The Polls Still Look Like This In A Week by Nate Silver

RCP Poll Average line chart showing General Election polling for Trump vs. Clinton from April through September, with Clinton at 45.7 and Trump at 44.2.

Charts 2016-09-16

General Election: Trump vs. Clinton — RCP Poll Average

From Election Update: Democrats Should Panic … If The Polls Still Look Like This In A Week by Nate Silver

Scatter plot of IMDb user scores for Julia Louis-Dreyfus appearances by air date, highlighting shows like Seinfeld, SNL, Veep, and Watching Ellie against a 7.3 TV average line.

Charts 2016-09-19

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is good at almost everything

From Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Unstoppable by Walt Hickey

Dot plot showing share of 18- to 30-year-olds by race who supported Clinton, Sanders, or no candidate in the 2016 primaries, based on GenForward data.

Charts 2016-09-20

Share of 18- to 30-Year-Olds by Candidate Supported in the 2016 Primaries

From Unlike Their Parents, Black Millennials Aren’t A Lock For Clinton by Farai Chideya

Dot plot showing share of 18- to 30-year-olds by race who supported Clinton, Sanders, or none in the 2016 primaries.

Charts 2016-09-20

Share of 18- to 30-year-olds by candidate they supported in the 2016 primaries

From Unlike Their Parents, Black Millennials Aren’t A Lock For Clinton by Farai Chideya

Dot plot comparing support for Hillary Clinton among 18-30 year olds versus all likely voters by race (African-American, Latino/a, White) in August/September 2016.

Charts 2016-09-20

Support for Hillary Clinton by Race: Young Voters vs. All Likely Voters

From Unlike Their Parents, Black Millennials Aren’t A Lock For Clinton by Farai Chideya

Dot plot comparing Hillary Clinton support in Aug./Sept. 2016 among 18-30 year olds versus all likely voters, broken down by African-American, Latino/a, and White racial groups.

Charts 2016-09-20

Support for Hillary Clinton in Aug./Sept. 2016

From Unlike Their Parents, Black Millennials Aren’t A Lock For Clinton by Farai Chideya

Dual line chart showing U.S. Defense Department energy usage in quadrillion Btu and as a share of federal government energy usage from 1975 to 2013 fiscal years.

Charts 2016-09-21

U.S. Defense Department Energy Usage, 1975–2013 Fiscal Years

From The Science Of Trump: Energy, Space And Military Tech

Horizontal bar chart comparing dollars donated by Jewish donors to presidential campaigns in 2012 and 2016, showing Obama and Clinton far outpacing Romney and Trump.

Charts 2016-09-21

Jewish donors are abandoning the GOP

From The GOP’s Jewish Donors Are Abandoning Trump by Eitan Hersh, Brian Schaffner

Line chart showing the share of population without health insurance by congressional district from 2013 to 2015, with Texas-33, California-34, Kentucky-5, and Massachusetts-8 highlighted.

Charts 2016-09-22

Uninsured rates fell in every district

From Obamacare Has Increased Insurance Coverage Everywhere by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ben Casselman

Stacked area chart showing the number of songs sampling The Winstons' 'Amen, Brother' track by year from 1988 to 2016, broken down by genre: Electronic/dance, Hip-hop/R&B, and Other genres.

Charts 2016-09-22

'Amen, Brother' peaked in the mid-'90s

From It Only Takes Six Seconds To Hear The World’s Most Sampled Song by David Goldenberg

Color-coded table showing Clinton's lead or deficit in 15 swing states across three FiveThirtyEight models as of Sept. 22, 2016.

Tables 2016-09-22

A big divide in swing states

From Clinton’s Leading In Exactly The States She Needs To Win by Nate Silver

Winding snake-style infographic showing US states ordered from biggest Clinton margins to biggest Trump margins, with each segment representing one electoral vote.

Other 2016-09-22

Electoral Vote Snake Chart: Clinton vs. Trump Margins

From Clinton’s Leading In Exactly The States She Needs To Win by Nate Silver

Diamond grid chart showing Hillary Clinton's two-party vote share among white voters by education level and religious attendance, with percentages ranging from 18% to 77%.

Charts 2016-09-23

The two traits that best explain the white vote

From Religion And Education Explain The White Vote by Milo Beckman

Scatter plot of Denzel Washington films by Rotten Tomatoes rating vs. domestic box office gross in 2015 dollars, with films grouped into four colored clusters.

Charts 2016-09-23

Denzel Washington is unstoppable

From The Four Types Of Denzel Washington Movies by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot with rolling average line showing Aaron Rodgers's average yards per dropback in every regular-season game since 2008, revealing a recent decline.

Charts 2016-09-23

Aaron Rodgers is having some struggles

From What’s Wrong With Aaron Rodgers? by Chase Stuart

Line chart showing polls-only win probability over time for Clinton (60.8%), Trump (39.2%), and Johnson (<0.1%) from June 8 to Election Day Nov. 8.

Charts 2016-09-24

How the odds have changed — polls-only

From Election Update: The Case For And Against Democratic Panic by Nate Silver

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