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Scatter plot showing NFL teams' QB sneak success rate versus number of attempts on 1- and 2-yard plays on third and fourth down from 2001-15, with the New England Patriots highlighted as an outlier.

Charts 2017-02-01

The Patriots' QB sneaks stand out

From The Patriots Are Even Sneakier Than You Think by Noah Davis, Michael Lopez

Horizontal bar chart showing the percentage of people in 13 countries who say being Christian is very important for national identity, led by Greece at 54%.

Charts 2017-02-01

Relatively few say religion essential to national identity

From A Third Of The U.S. Says Being Christian Is A Key Part Of Being American by Kathryn Casteel

Stacked bar chart showing U.S. public opinion on what is important for being truly American, including speaking English, sharing customs, being born in the U.S., and being Christian.

Charts 2017-02-01

U.S. public: To be 'truly American,' speak English and share customs and traditions

From A Third Of The U.S. Says Being Christian Is A Key Part Of Being American by Kathryn Casteel

Ranked list of Best Actress Oscar nominees with points from awards and nominations, showing Emma Stone at 137, Isabelle Huppert and Natalie Portman tied at 96.

Tables 2017-02-01

Best Actress Oscar Nominees: Points from Awards and Nominations

From Emma Stone Could Lock Natalie Portman Out Of The Oscars Race by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing implied probability of an Oscar win for five actresses based on Paddy Power betting odds from January 8 to January 29, 2017.

Charts 2017-02-01

It's not looking good for Natalie Portman

From Emma Stone Could Lock Natalie Portman Out Of The Oscars Race by Walt Hickey

Diverging bar chart showing liberal versus conservative precedent-changing Supreme Court decisions by court era from Vinson Court 1946 to Roberts Court 2015.

Charts 2017-02-02

Precedent-changing Supreme Court decisions

From How Trump’s Supreme Court Could Overturn Roe v. Wade Without Overturning It by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Scatter plot showing NFL teams' receiving yards vs. league average against share of yards from top three targets, with Brady's Patriots seasons highlighted, 2001-16.

Charts 2017-02-02

Brady doesn't need star targets (but they help)

From Tom Brady Doesn’t Need Gronk — Or Moss, Or Welker — To Win by Reuben Fischer-Baum, Kyle Wagner

Scatter plot showing Tom Brady's Patriots teams 2001-16 plotted by share of receiving yards from wide receivers vs. team receiving yards above league average, with clusters labeled Peak Gronk, Moss, and Uh Troy Brown.

Charts 2017-02-02

Brady thrives with or without great WRs

From Tom Brady Doesn’t Need Gronk — Or Moss, Or Welker — To Win by Reuben Fischer-Baum, Kyle Wagner

Ranked list of animated film nominees by points from awards and nominations, showing Zootopia at 411, Kubo and the Two Strings at 199, and Moana at 125.

Tables 2017-02-02

Animated Film Nominees: Points from Awards and Nominations

From ‘Zootopia’ Is Probably Going To Win An Oscar by Walt Hickey

Grid of colored bar segments in blue, green, and yellow arranged in columns, likely representing categorical data distributions across multiple groups.

Other 2017-02-03

Colored segment bar grid infographic

From Can You Rule Riddler Nation? by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing probability of extinction (q) versus probability of multiplication (p) for a microorganism, with extinction certain below p=0.5 and declining to zero at p=1.0.

Charts 2017-02-03

Will the microorganism go extinct?

From Can You Rule Riddler Nation? by Oliver Roeder

Line chart comparing the official U.S. unemployment rate versus a broader definition of unemployment from roughly 1994 to 2016, both seasonally adjusted.

Charts 2017-02-03

Different definitions of 'unemployment'

From Strong Hiring Greets The Trump Era by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing year-over-year change in hourly earnings for all workers and non-managers from 2008 to 2017, seasonally adjusted and not adjusted for inflation.

Charts 2017-02-03

Hourly earnings, change from prior year

From Strong Hiring Greets The Trump Era by Ben Casselman

Two line charts showing the U.S. labor force participation rate for ages 16 and older, seasonally adjusted, from 1970 to present and zoomed in since 2010.

Charts 2017-02-03

Labor force participation rate

From Strong Hiring Greets The Trump Era by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted year-over-year change in non-agricultural jobs (total and private sector) from 2011 to 2017, peaking around 2015-2016.

Charts 2017-02-03

Non-agricultural jobs, change from prior year

From Strong Hiring Greets The Trump Era by Ben Casselman

Nested square area chart showing 8,243 doctors trained in Trump's travel ban countries out of 164,111 foreign-trained doctors and 778,781 total US doctors.

Charts 2017-02-03

Trump's ban could affect thousands of doctors

From Trump’s Immigration Order Could Make It Harder To Find A Psychiatrist Or Pediatrician by Anupam B. Jena, Andrew Olenski, Daniel M. Blumenthal, Dhruv Khullar

Line chart comparing Hartford Whalers revenue vs. NHL average by season from 1989-90 to 1996-97, showing the Whalers falling well below the league average.

Charts 2017-02-03

Fail whale: Hartford Whalers revenue vs. NHL average, 1989-97

From Is It Time To Bring Back The Hartford Whalers? by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the average duration of regular season NFL games from 1998 to 2016, illustrating an overall upward trend in game length.

Charts 2017-02-05

Games have been lasting longer recently

From What Makes NFL Games Take So Long? by Ty Schalter

Scatter plot comparing pass attempts vs largest point deficit in Super Bowls for Brady and non-Brady QBs since 2001, highlighting wins and losses.

Charts 2017-02-06

How do the Patriots win Super Bowls?

From Tom Brady Beats The World, Again by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot comparing pass attempts vs largest point deficit for Brady and non-Brady QBs in NFL playoff games since 2001, showing wins and losses.

Charts 2017-02-06

How do the Patriots win playoff games?

From Tom Brady Beats The World, Again by Benjamin Morris

Table showing Oscar Best Picture nominees ranked by points from awards and nominations, with La La Land leading at 282, Moonlight at 114, and Manchester by the Sea at 104.

Tables 2017-02-06

Oscar Best Picture Nominees: Points from Awards and Nominations

From ‘La La Land’ Is Probably Gonna Win Best Picture by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing tipping-point probabilities for Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin from July to November 2016, based on FiveThirtyEight's polls-only model.

Charts 2017-02-06

States' tipping-point odds were mostly steady

From Donald Trump Had A Superior Electoral College Strategy by Nate Silver

Ranking of Best Director Oscar nominees by points from awards and nominations, showing Damien Chazelle at 226, Barry Jenkins at 86, and Kenneth Lonergan at 59.

Tables 2017-02-07

Best Director Oscar Nominees Ranked by Awards Points

From ‘La La Land’ Director Damien Chazelle Is A Lock For An Oscar by Walt Hickey

Diverging bar chart showing Senate confirmation vote counts (Yea and Nay) for Cabinet-level nominees of new presidents from Carter through Trump, as of Feb. 7, 2017.

Charts 2017-02-07

Trump's nominees are the most contested ever

From It’s Not Just DeVos: Trump’s Cabinet Is Facing Unprecedented Opposition by Ella Koeze

Dot plot comparing tipping minimum wage versus general minimum wage by US state, showing the gap between the two rates for each state.

Charts 2017-02-07

Don't forget to tip! Minimum wage for tipped workers vs. general minimum wage

From The Minimum Wage Movement Is Leaving Tipped Workers Behind by Kathryn Casteel

Dark satellite-style map of the contiguous United States showing light pollution or population density, with Gerlach, NV marked by a blue pin in a notably dark region.

Maps 2017-02-08

Gerlach, NV — U.S. Light Pollution Map

From The Darkest Town In America by Oliver Roeder

Grayscale night-lights map of North America showing population density and urban light distribution across the United States and Canada.

Maps 2017-02-08

North America Night Lights Map

From The Darkest Town In America by Oliver Roeder

Horizontal bar chart showing the share of executive orders revoked during each presidency that were issued by the immediate predecessor versus other presidents, from Truman to Obama.

Charts 2017-02-08

Obama targeted Bush, who targeted Clinton ...

From Trump Hasn’t Rolled Back Obama’s Executive Orders (So Far) by Meredith Conroy

Horizontal bar chart showing the number of executive orders revoked by each U.S. president since FDR, with Reagan far exceeding all others.

Charts 2017-02-08

Scrapping past presidents' executive orders

From Trump Hasn’t Rolled Back Obama’s Executive Orders (So Far) by Meredith Conroy

Color-coded matrix table showing the number of executive orders revoked by each U.S. president versus the president who originally issued them, since 1937.

Tables 2017-02-08

Who revokes whom: Executive orders revoked by president since 1937

From Trump Hasn’t Rolled Back Obama’s Executive Orders (So Far) by Meredith Conroy

Table showing Republican senators ranked by Trump Plus-Minus score, with columns for Trump margin, predicted score, Trump score, and Trump plus-minus.

Tables 2017-02-08

Republican Senators Trump Support Scores and Plus-Minus

From What Really Matters From Trump’s First 3 Weeks?

Line chart showing Detroit Red Wings even-strength score-adjusted Corsi percentage rankings by season from 1990 to 2017, highlighting their playoff streak and Stanley Cup wins.

Charts 2017-02-09

Possession drove the Red Wings' playoff streak

From The Red Wings’ Empire Is Crumbling by Neil Paine

Line chart showing how often House members from the president's party and opposition party voted with the president from 1950 to the 2010s, illustrating growing polarization.

Charts 2017-02-09

The House is more polarized than ever

From So Far, No One Is Crossing The Aisle In The Trump Era by Harry Enten

Slope chart comparing Healthcare.gov enrollment numbers one month before deadline versus Feb. 1 deadline for 2016 and 2017, showing both years rose to about 9.2–9.6 million.

Charts 2017-02-10

Number of people who chose a plan on Healthcare.gov during final month of enrollment

From TrumpBeat: Maybe This Is What A Normal Week Looks Like by Ben Casselman, Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kathryn Casteel, Ella Koeze

Diverging bar chart showing Senate confirmation vote counts (Yea and Nay) for Trump's Cabinet-level nominees as of Feb. 10, 2017, split by Democrat and GOP votes.

Charts 2017-02-10

Trump's nominees are facing stiff opposition

From TrumpBeat: Maybe This Is What A Normal Week Looks Like by Ben Casselman, Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kathryn Casteel, Ella Koeze

$Scatter plot with loess smoothing line showing the fraction of Supreme Court decisions in favor of the President by term from 1932 to 2015, with win rate on the y-axis.$

Charts 2017-02-10

Fraction of Decisions in Favor of the President, by Term, 1932-2015

From ‘See You In Court,’ Trump Says. OK, Now What? by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot showing NFL teams' points scored per drive vs points allowed per drive during the regular season from 2001 to present, with the Patriots highlighted as excelling on both offense and defense.

Charts 2017-02-10

Patriots excel on offense and defense

From Brady vs. Belichick: Who’s To Blame For The Patriots’ Insufferable Success? by Benjamin Morris

Dot plot comparing rankings of NFL coaches and quarterbacks by impact on likelihood of winning under two models in the salary-cap era, from FiveThirtyEight.

Charts 2017-02-10

Who benefits from whom? Rankings of QBs' and coaches' impact on winning

From Brady vs. Belichick: Who’s To Blame For The Patriots’ Insufferable Success? by Benjamin Morris

FiveThirtyEight scorecard for Rep. Henry Cuellar showing his Trump score, Trump margin, predicted score, plus-minus, and individual House votes with likelihood of agreement statistics.

Tables 2017-02-10

Henry Cuellar Trump Score Tracker

From A Q&A With The House Democrat Who’s Voted With Trump 75 Percent Of The Time by Clare Malone

Scatter plot showing net change in U.S. House seats for the president's party after first midterm elections versus the president's net approval rating at midterm.

Charts 2017-02-13

Unpopular presidents drag their parties down

From Will Trump’s Approval Rating Be A Problem For Republicans In 2018? by Nathaniel Rakich

Choropleth map of the US showing Republican 2016 vote margin relative to 2012 by state, highlighting that the Midwest became much redder.

Maps 2017-02-13

The Midwest became much redder: 2016 vs. 2012 election results by state

From Clinton’s Ground Game Didn’t Cost Her The Election by Nate Silver

Ranking of animated film Oscar nominees by points from awards and nominations, showing Zootopia at 482 and Kubo and the Two Strings at 329.

Tables 2017-02-13

Animated Film Oscar Nominees Ranked by Awards Points

From The British Shake Up The Acting Oscar Races by Walt Hickey

Table showing Oscar Best Actor nominees Casey Affleck and Denzel Washington with points from awards and nominations, listing their wins.

Tables 2017-02-13

Best Actor Oscar Nominees Points from Awards and Nominations

From The British Shake Up The Acting Oscar Races by Walt Hickey

A ranked table showing Oscar Best Picture nominees scored by points from awards and nominations, with La La Land leading at 319 points.

Tables 2017-02-13

Oscar Best Picture Nominees: Points from Awards and Nominations

From The British Shake Up The Acting Oscar Races by Walt Hickey

Table showing Oscar Best Actress nominees ranked by points from awards and nominations, featuring Emma Stone, Isabelle Huppert, and Natalie Portman with their scores and awards won.

Tables 2017-02-13

Points from Awards and Nominations — Best Actress Nominees

From The British Shake Up The Acting Oscar Races by Walt Hickey

Table showing Oscar nominee points from awards and nominations, listing Mahershala Ali with 157 points and Dev Patel with 68 points.

Tables 2017-02-13

Points from Awards and Nominations: Supporting Actor Nominees

From The British Shake Up The Acting Oscar Races by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the New York Knicks' Elo rating from the 2010-11 to 2016 NBA seasons, highlighting key moments including Carmelo Anthony's arrival, a peak of 54 wins, and a franchise-worst 65 losses.

Charts 2017-02-14

The rise and fall of the Knicks

From The Knicks Did This To Themselves by Chris Herring

Scatter plot showing points allowed per possession on defense vs. points scored per possession on offense for college basketball teams from 2012-13 through Feb. 13, 2017, highlighting UConn's trajectory.

Charts 2017-02-14

Huskies are regressing (a little)!

From What The NCAA’s Longest Win Streak Looks Like by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot showing UConn women's basketball game point margins by date from 2000-01 season to present, highlighting three record-setting win streaks of 70, 90, and 100 games.

Charts 2017-02-14

UConn's record-setting streaks

From What The NCAA’s Longest Win Streak Looks Like by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing implied probability of winning the Academy Award for Best Actor based on Paddy Power betting odds from January to February 2017, tracking Casey Affleck, Denzel Washington, and others.

Charts 2017-02-14

Who's going to win best actor this year?

From Casey Affleck And Denzel Washington Are Neck And Neck In The Oscar Race by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot showing net House seat change for the president's party vs. approval rating before midterm elections since 1946, with a regression line and margin of error band.

Charts 2017-02-15

House Republicans could weather Trump

From A Very Early Look At The Battle For The House In 2018 by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing the change in House popular vote margin for the president's party versus presidential approval rating before midterm elections since 1946, with a regression line and margin of error band.

Charts 2017-02-15

National House vote vs. presidential approval

From A Very Early Look At The Battle For The House In 2018 by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing share of corner 3-pointers contested by NBA teams' defenses vs. share made by opponents in the 2016-17 season, with the Spurs highlighted in orange.

Charts 2017-02-15

The Spurs defense: Better lucky than good?

From The Spurs’ Defense Against Corner Threes Is Stellar. It’s Also Invisible. by Chris Herring

Ranked list of Best Actress Oscar nominees with points from awards and nominations, showing Emma Stone leading with 187 points.

Tables 2017-02-15

Best Actress Oscar Nominees: Points from Awards and Nominations

From Emma Stone Is Way Ahead In The Best Actress Race by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing implied probability of winning the Academy Award for best actress based on Paddy Power betting odds from January to February 2017 for five nominees.

Charts 2017-02-15

Who's going to win best actress this year?

From Emma Stone Is Way Ahead In The Best Actress Race by Walt Hickey

Line chart comparing Google search frequency of 'Build the Wall' and 'Lock Her Up' from mid-2015 through late 2016, showing spikes around key campaign events.

Charts 2017-02-16

Build the Wall vs. Lock Her Up — Google Search Trends 2015–2016

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart showing the frequency of the word YUGE over time from mid-2015 through late 2016, with peaks around April and November 2016.

Charts 2017-02-16

Google Trends-style frequency chart for the word "YUGE"

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart showing Google search interest in the term 'fake news' over time, spiking sharply in October 2016.

Charts 2017-02-16

Google Trends: 'Fake News' Search Interest Over Time

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart comparing Google search frequency of 'Nasty Woman' and 'Bad Hombres' from mid-2015 through late 2016, showing a sharp spike in October 2016.

Charts 2017-02-16

Nasty Woman vs. Bad Hombres Google search trends

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart screenshot showing frequency trends for the terms PEPE and DEPLORABLE over time from mid-2015 to late 2016, with both spiking sharply in October 2016.

Charts 2017-02-16

PEPE vs DEPLORABLE term frequency over time, 2015–2016

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart showing Google search frequency over time for Trump nicknames Lyin' Ted, Crooked Hillary, and Low Energy from mid-2015 through late 2016.

Charts 2017-02-16

Search Trends for Trump Nicknames: Lyin' Ted, Crooked Hillary, Low Energy

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart comparing Google search frequency of 'I'm With Her' and 'Stronger Together' from mid-2015 through late 2016, showing a spike in October 2016.

Charts 2017-02-16

Search Trends: I'm With Her vs. Stronger Together (2015-2016)

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart comparing usage frequency of the terms Shillary and Killary over time from mid-2015 through late 2016, showing sharp spikes near the 2016 election.

Charts 2017-02-16

Shillary vs. Killary Term Frequency Over Time

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart comparing Twitter usage frequency of the terms 'Drumpf' and 'Cheeto Jesus' over time from mid-2015 through late 2016, showing a sharp spike for Drumpf around April 2016.

Charts 2017-02-16

Twitter Term Frequency: Drumpf vs. Cheeto Jesus (2015–2016)

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Line chart showing frequency of the terms 'cuck' and 'centipede' over time from mid-2015 through late 2016, with both spiking sharply in October 2016.

Charts 2017-02-16

Usage frequency of 'Cuck' vs 'Centipede' over time (2015–2016)

From How Reddit Talked About The 2016 Presidential Campaign, From ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ To ‘Yuge’ by Ritchie King

Area chart showing Player A's optimal poker strategy (Call vs Raise) as a function of raise size k and Player A's number.

Charts 2017-02-17

Player A's optimal strategy

From A Riddle: How Many Crooked Politicians Are There? by Oliver Roeder

Area chart showing Player B's optimal poker strategy, with regions indicating when to Fold or Call based on Player B's number and the size of the raise k.

Charts 2017-02-17

Player B's optimal strategy

From A Riddle: How Many Crooked Politicians Are There? by Oliver Roeder

Side-by-side NBA shot charts for DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis for the 2016-17 season, showing shot frequency and field goal percentage vs. league average using hexagonal bins.

Charts 2017-02-20

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Anthony Davis Shot Charts 2016-17

From The Kings Got Fleeced In The Cousins Trade by Kyle Wagner

Scatter plot showing House special election Democratic margins versus district Democratic lean in prior presidential election, 2009-16, with a trend line.

Charts 2017-02-21

Special elections aren't that special

From What’s Going On In The First House Elections Of The Trump Era by Harry Enten

Small multiples area charts showing the share of shootings that are fatal by city and year (2011-2016) for Baltimore, New Orleans, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Cincinnati.

Charts 2017-02-21

Deadliness of shootings is mostly stable

From Why Are Shootings Deadlier In Some Cities Than Others? by Jeff Asher

Table ranking Oscar Best Picture nominees by points from awards and nominations, listing La La Land, Moonlight, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, and Hidden Figures.

Tables 2017-02-21

Oscar Best Picture Nominees Ranked by Awards Points

From Oscar Voting Is Engineered To Favor Movies Like ‘La La Land’ by Walt Hickey

Line/area chart showing faxes received by Sen. Pat Toomey via FaxZero in 2017, with spikes around Feb. 1 and Feb. 7 tied to DeVos nomination events.

Charts 2017-02-21

Faxes received by Sen. Pat Toomey via FaxZero, 2017

From People Are Faxing Their Senators Up To 300 Times An Hour by David Goldenberg

Line chart showing the number of law enforcement officer deaths per year from 1970 to 2016, with a notable spike around 2001 due to 9/11 and an overall declining trend.

Charts 2017-02-22

Fewer police officers are dying on the job

From Would Trump’s ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Effort Really Help Protect Police? by Kathryn Casteel

A dot plot showing distributions of colored data points across a horizontal axis ranging from 0 to 6, with multiple colored series stacked vertically.

Charts 2017-02-24

Dot plot with multiple colored series on 0–6 scale

From The Two Mysteries Of The Gold Coins by Oliver Roeder

Line chart comparing how often Senator Collins voted with her party versus the average senator on party-line votes from 1997 to 2015 across the 105th to 114th Congress.

Charts 2017-02-24

How often senators voted with their party on party-line votes, 1997 to 2015

From The Real Republican Maverick: Maine Sen. Susan Collins by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing the age gap between Meryl Streep and her on-screen love interests in Oscar-nominated performances over time, with a downward trend line.

Charts 2017-02-24

Meet Streep's consorts

From The Three Types Of Meryl Streep Movies by Walt Hickey

Scatter plot comparing domestic box office gross vs. Rotten Tomatoes scores for Meryl Streep's Oscar-nominated films, grouped into Overrated, Correctly Rated, and Underrated zones.

Charts 2017-02-24

When is Meryl Streep overrated?

From The Three Types Of Meryl Streep Movies by Walt Hickey

Ranked list of Best Actress Oscar nominees with points from awards and nominations, showing Emma Stone leading with 187 points, followed by Isabelle Huppert and Natalie Portman at 96.

Tables 2017-02-27

Best Actress Oscar Nominees Points from Awards and Nominations

From It’s Oscar Night! by Walt Hickey

Ranking of Oscar Best Actor nominees by points from awards and nominations, showing Casey Affleck at 193 and Denzel Washington at 154.

Tables 2017-02-27

Oscar Best Actor Nominees: Points from Awards and Nominations

From It’s Oscar Night! by Walt Hickey

Ranked list of Oscar Best Picture nominees with points from awards and nominations, showing La La Land leading with 319 points followed by Moonlight, Arrival, and Manchester by the Sea.

Tables 2017-02-27

Oscar Best Picture Nominees: Points from Awards and Nominations

From It’s Oscar Night! by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing implied probability of winning the Academy Award for Best Picture based on Paddy Power betting odds from January to February 2017 for La La Land, Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, and Hidden Figures.

Charts 2017-02-27

Which movie will win best picture this year?

From It’s Oscar Night! by Walt Hickey

Two histogram charts showing how often senators voted with their party on party-line votes, comparing averages from 1987-96 and 1997-2015, with McCain's position highlighted in black.

Charts 2017-02-27

Congress has become more polarized, but McCain has stayed put

From Is John McCain A Maverick? by Harry Enten

Line chart comparing John McCain's American Conservative Union legislative ratings to the median Republican senator from 1987 to 2015, with a marker at 4/13/99 when McCain announced his first presidential run.

Charts 2017-02-27

McCain has become less reliably 'conservative'

From Is John McCain A Maverick? by Harry Enten

Line chart comparing McCain's share of party-line votes with Republicans versus the median senator from the 100th to 114th Congress, 1987 to 2016.

Charts 2017-02-27

McCain's wobble on the party line

From Is John McCain A Maverick? by Harry Enten

Scatter plot comparing Regional Instability (x-axis) versus Domestic Instability (y-axis) for numerous countries labeled with abbreviations.

Charts 2017-02-28

Domestic Instability vs. Regional Instability by Country

From How A Weakened Mexican Economy Could Threaten U.S. Security by Andrea Jones-Rooy

Scatter plot with connected points showing Mexican immigration to the U.S. versus Mexico's GDP per capita from 1991 to 2010, illustrating an inverse relationship.

Charts 2017-02-28

When the economy is up, immigration is down

From How A Weakened Mexican Economy Could Threaten U.S. Security by Andrea Jones-Rooy