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Choropleth map of the US showing change in opioid prescriptions per capita by county from 2010 to 2015, measured in morphine milligram equivalents.

Maps 2017-08-01

Opioid prescriptions are still rising in many U.S. counties

From Opioid Prescriptions Across The U.S. by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ella Koeze

Choropleth map of the US showing change in opioid prescriptions per capita from 2010 to 2015 by county, colored from teal (decrease) to red (increase) in morphine milligram equivalents.

Maps 2017-08-01

Opioid prescriptions are still rising in many U.S. counties

From Opioid Prescriptions Across The U.S. by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ella Koeze

Choropleth map of the US showing opioid prescriptions per capita in morphine milligram equivalents by county in 2015, with darker blue indicating higher rates.

Maps 2017-08-01

Some U.S. counties are filling a lot of opioid prescriptions

From Opioid Prescriptions Across The U.S. by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ella Koeze

Choropleth map of the US showing opioid prescriptions per capita in morphine milligram equivalents by county in 2015, with darker blue indicating higher rates especially in Appalachia.

Maps 2017-08-01

Some U.S. counties are filling large numbers of opioid prescriptions

From Opioid Prescriptions Across The U.S. by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ella Koeze

Histogram showing number of US counties with population over 100,000 by share of adults with fast internet connections, with District of Columbia highlighted as an outlier at about 28%.

Charts 2017-08-02

D.C. has a lot of people, but many don't have fast internet

From Lots Of People In Cities Still Can’t Afford Broadband by Clare Malone

Two choropleth maps of Washington D.C. showing disparities in internet subscription rates by census tract (2013) and maximum advertised download speeds by census block (2016), with wards labeled.

Maps 2017-08-02

D.C. has disparities in internet subscription rates and internet connection speed

From Lots Of People In Cities Still Can’t Afford Broadband by Clare Malone

Dot plot comparing Powerball winnings for random numbers vs. fortune cookie lucky numbers, showing lucky numbers came out $2,711,621 ahead between 1997 and 2017.

Charts 2017-08-03

Lucky numbers came out ahead in Powerball

From We Analyzed 1,000 Fortune Cookies To Unlock Their Secrets by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing average share of Democrats supporting legal abortion from 1995 to 2017, broken out by White Democrats, Black Democrats, and Overall Democrats.

Charts 2017-08-03

Regardless of race, support for legal abortion has risen

From Democrats Aren’t In Lockstep Over Abortion — That’s Why They’re Fighting by Clare Malone, Harry Enten

Line chart showing average share of Democrats supporting legal abortion from 1995 to 2017, broken out by Liberal Democrats, Overall Democrats, and Moderate/conservative Democrats.

Charts 2017-08-03

Support for legal abortion is lower among moderates

From Democrats Aren’t In Lockstep Over Abortion — That’s Why They’re Fighting by Clare Malone, Harry Enten

Line chart showing mainstream online American media mentions for top-five NBA draft picks from May 1 to July 30, 2013-17, with Lonzo Ball highlighted in orange.

Charts 2017-08-03

Ball has reliably been in the news since May

From Lonzo Ball Is The NBA’s Most Talked About Rookie In Years by Chris Herring

Six small line charts showing Tom Brady's NFL stats (win percentage, completion rate, yards per attempt, touchdowns per interception, passer rating, total QBR) from 2013 to 2016.

Charts 2017-08-03

Brady appears to improve from 2013 season

From Tom Brady Will Be Bad Eventually by Ty Schalter

Six small line charts comparing Tom Brady's NFL stats in weeks 1-12 versus week 13 and beyond in the 2015 season, showing declines across most metrics.

Charts 2017-08-03

Brady's 2015 season was inconsistent

From Tom Brady Will Be Bad Eventually by Ty Schalter

Bar chart showing submission counts for each number submitted in a lowest unique number contest, with number 85 annotated as the winning number.

Charts 2017-08-04

The battle for the lowest unique number

From Is This Bathroom Occupied? by Oliver Roeder

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

Charts 2017-08-04

Average hourly earnings, change from prior year

From The Job Market Is Having A ‘Goldilocks’ Moment by Ben Casselman

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

Charts 2017-08-04

Labor force participation rate

From The Job Market Is Having A ‘Goldilocks’ Moment by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the U.S. prime-age employment rate for ages 25 to 54, seasonally adjusted, from 1994 to around 2018, peaking near 82% in 2000 and dropping to 75% around 2010.

Charts 2017-08-04

Prime-age employment rate

From The Job Market Is Having A ‘Goldilocks’ Moment by Ben Casselman

Two tile grid maps of US states colored red, blue, or gray showing which party outperformed national margin by 5+ points in 1980 Reagan vs Carter and 2016 Trump vs Clinton.

Charts 2017-08-07

More states are now firmly red

From The Congressional Map Has A Record-Setting Bias Against Democrats by David Wasserman

Line chart showing the GOP bias in congressional maps from 1920 to 2016, tracking the difference between Republican presidential margin nationally and in the median House district or Senate state.

Charts 2017-08-07

The congressional map's GOP bias is at a historic high

From The Congressional Map Has A Record-Setting Bias Against Democrats by David Wasserman

Horizontal bar chart and line graph showing date roses and eliminations by week for all contestants in Season 13 of The Bachelorette, with elimination rate by week below.

Charts 2017-08-07

A look back at all the good times — Bachelorette Season 13

From Rachel Lindsay’s ‘Bachelorette’ Season, In Three Charts by Ella Koeze, Gus Wezerek

Grid chart and line chart showing date roses and eliminations by week for all contestants in Season 13 of The Bachelorette, plus elimination rate by week.

Charts 2017-08-07

A look back at all the good times: Bachelorette Season 13 roses and eliminations

From Rachel Lindsay’s ‘Bachelorette’ Season, In Three Charts by Ella Koeze, Gus Wezerek

World map showing Rachel's travel route across Season 13 of The Bachelorette, connecting US cities and European countries with pink arrows.

Maps 2017-08-07

Rachel's (geographic) journey to love

From Rachel Lindsay’s ‘Bachelorette’ Season, In Three Charts by Ella Koeze, Gus Wezerek

A world map tracing Rachel's journey across locations in order of air date on Season 13 of The Bachelorette, with pink lines connecting dots from LA to Spain and back.

Maps 2017-08-07

Rachel's Journey to Love — Bachelorette Season 13 Locations

From Rachel Lindsay’s ‘Bachelorette’ Season, In Three Charts by Ella Koeze, Gus Wezerek

Stacked area chart using contestant photos showing share of cumulative date time each Bachelor contestant spent with Rachel Lindsay across weeks 2-8.

Charts 2017-08-07

Who spent the most time with Rachel Lindsay?

From Rachel Lindsay’s ‘Bachelorette’ Season, In Three Charts by Ella Koeze, Gus Wezerek

Stacked photo chart showing share of cumulative date time each Bachelor contestant spent with Rachel Lindsay across weeks 2-8, with eliminated contestants shown in grayscale and survivors in pink.

Other 2017-08-07

Who spent the most time with Rachel Lindsay?

From Rachel Lindsay’s ‘Bachelorette’ Season, In Three Charts by Ella Koeze, Gus Wezerek

Cover of Fact magazine Volume One Issue Five featuring the headline that 1,189 psychiatrists say Goldwater is psychologically unfit to be president.

Other 2017-08-08

Fact Magazine: 1,189 Psychiatrists Say Goldwater Is Psychologically Unfit

From ‘Diagnosing’ Trump Is More About Politics Than Mental Health by Christie Aschwanden

17th-century engraved map showing the shadow path of the great solar eclipse of August 2, 1654 as visible from the Moon, with Latin labels for continents and regions.

Maps 2017-08-08

Eclipsis Terrae Magna D. 2. Augusti, 1654 È Luna Visibilis

From We Asked Two Eclipse Chasers What Keeps Them Hooked by Gus Wezerek

Combined timeline and area chart showing career spans of lefty NFL quarterbacks from 1970 to 2016 and the percentage of NFL passing yards from left-handed QBs over the same period.

Charts 2017-08-08

Where have all the southpaw QBs gone?

From Are Lefty Quarterbacks Going Extinct? by Eric Edholm

Line chart showing historical FIDE ratings of top U.S. chess players Nakamura, So, and Caruana from 2000 through August 1, 2017.

Charts 2017-08-08

The rise of the trinity

From American Chess Is Great Again by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing historical FIDE ratings of top U.S. chess players Nakamura, Caruana, and So from 2000 through August 1, 2017.

Charts 2017-08-08

The rise of the trinity

From American Chess Is Great Again by Oliver Roeder

World map showing FIDE chess player transfers to the U.S. from 2000-17 with lines, plus a bar chart of countries with the highest number of transfers to the U.S.

Maps 2017-08-08

U.S. chess players come from all over the world — FIDE player transfers, 2000-17

From American Chess Is Great Again by Oliver Roeder

User-generated 270toWin electoral college map showing Republicans winning 532 electoral votes to Democrats' 6, with nearly all states colored red except Vermont and DC.

Maps 2017-08-09

User-Generated Electoral College Map: Republican 532, Democrat 6

From What Kind Of Republican Might Challenge Trump In 2020?

User-generated 270toWin electoral college map showing Republicans winning 535 electoral votes to Democrats' 3, with nearly all states colored red.

Maps 2017-08-09

User-Generated Electoral College Map: Republican 535, Democrat 3

From What Kind Of Republican Might Challenge Trump In 2020?

Map of the US showing utility-scale solar power installations as dots and contour lines indicating the percentage of sun obscured by the August 21 eclipse, with a legend showing eclipse phases from 50% to 100%.

Maps 2017-08-09

The effect of the eclipse on solar power

From The Solar Eclipse vs. Solar Electricity by Maggie Koerth

Map of the US showing utility-scale solar power installations as sized dots overlaid with diagonal bands indicating the percentage of sun obscured by the August 21 solar eclipse, including the path of totality.

Maps 2017-08-09

The effect of the eclipse on solar power

From The Solar Eclipse vs. Solar Electricity by Maggie Koerth

Scatter plot showing Total Quarterback Rating vs. length of free agency among quarterbacks 2012-17, highlighting Colin Kaepernick as unsigned as of 8/9/17.

Charts 2017-08-09

Kaepernick-caliber QBs are almost always signed by now

From Colin Kaepernick Is Not Supposed To Be Unemployed by Kyle Wagner

SPI ratings and probability percentages for top teams in Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, and Serie A for the 2017-18 season, showing chances to qualify for UCL and win the league.

Tables 2017-08-10

Soccer Power Index Ratings and Predictions by League 2017-18

From What’s New In Our 2017-18 Club Soccer Predictions by Jay Boice

Premier League team ratings and end-of-season probabilities table showing SPI, offensive/defensive ratings, simulated season stats, and chances of relegation, UCL qualification, and winning the league.

Tables 2017-08-11

Premier League Team Ratings and End-of-Season Probabilities

From The English Premier League Is Back And So Is Manchester City

Two heatmap contour charts showing probability of correct classification for Occupied and Vacant bathroom stalls as a function of correct users percentage and switch-to-occupied users percentage.

Charts 2017-08-11

Occupied|"Occupied" and Vacant|"Vacant" Probability Heatmaps

From Can You Plug The White House Leak? by Oliver Roeder

Two radar/polar charts showing win probability for each student across 2 million simulated games and a single simulated potato path over 120 steps.

Charts 2017-08-11

Win probability for each student — 2,000,000 simulated games

From Can You Plug The White House Leak? by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot of Danny Salazar's actual fastball velocity by game versus predicted streak temperature (cold to hot color scale) across the 2016 MLB regular season.

Charts 2017-08-11

Checking the hot streak model

From Baseball’s ‘Hot Hand’ Is Real by Rob Arthur, Greg Matthews

Scatter plot of Danny Salazar's actual fastball velocity by game versus predicted streak temperature (cold to hot color scale) during the 2016 MLB regular season.

Charts 2017-08-11

Checking the hot streak model

From Baseball’s ‘Hot Hand’ Is Real by Rob Arthur, Greg Matthews

Dot-and-arrow chart showing average change in fastball speed during cold and hot streaks for the top 50 MLB starting pitchers in the 2016 regular season.

Charts 2017-08-11

How streaks affect the top 50 starting pitchers

From Baseball’s ‘Hot Hand’ Is Real by Rob Arthur, Greg Matthews

Dot-and-arrow chart showing average change in fastball speed during cold and hot streaks for the top 50 MLB starting pitchers in the 2016 regular season.

Charts 2017-08-11

How streaks affect the top 50 starting pitchers

From Baseball’s ‘Hot Hand’ Is Real by Rob Arthur, Greg Matthews

Dot plot comparing percent of Republicans and Democrats who say there is a lot of discrimination against various groups in 2017, showing party differences across Muslims, Immigrants, Blacks, Gays & lesbians, Trans people, Christians, and Whites.

Charts 2017-08-14

Perceptions of bias differ across party lines

From Charlottesville And The Rise Of White Identity Politics by Perry Bacon Jr

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

Charts 2017-08-14

National House vote vs. presidential approval

From The Normal Rules Of Politics Still Apply To Trump — And To Republicans In Congress by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing average presidential approval rating vs. average shift in special congressional election results since 1994, with a trend line and Trump's 2017 data point highlighted.

Charts 2017-08-14

Presidential approval and special election results

From The Normal Rules Of Politics Still Apply To Trump — And To Republicans In Congress by Harry Enten

Dot plot comparing NFL team power ratings from 2002-16 using DVOA and Simple Rating System, highlighting the 2016 Jets alongside other historically bad teams.

Charts 2017-08-14

The '16 Jets were bad, but they're not the worst

From The Jets Are Bad, But Are They 0-16 Bad? by Ty Schalter

Area chart showing the share of MLB players with 35+ home runs through 116 team games who hit a given number of additional home runs by season's end, with 11.4% reaching 20 more.

Charts 2017-08-14

Giancarlo still has a chance

From Giancarlo Stanton Will Need To Slug Like Barry Bonds To Beat Roger Maris by Neil Paine

Area chart showing Hib invasive infection rates per 100,000 in children under 5 from 1980 to 2015, with annotations marking vaccine releases in 1985, 1987, and 1990 that correspond to a sharp decline.

Charts 2017-08-15

Hib vaccine is effective for small children

From The Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Might Start With Vaccines by Alice Callahan

Area chart showing invasive pneumococcal infections per 100,000 in children under 5 from 1998 to 2015, with annotations marking vaccine releases in 2000 and 2010.

Charts 2017-08-15

Pneumococcal vaccines have been incredibly effective

From The Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Might Start With Vaccines by Alice Callahan

Line chart showing the difference between 2017 MLB pitchers' WAR and historical average WAR by rank, highlighting Chris Sale, Yu Darvish, Gio Gonzalez, Ervin Santana, Chase Anderson, and Cody Allen.

Charts 2017-08-15

Elite (and OK) pitchers are up; good pitchers are down

From The Unlikely Resurgence Of Baseball’s Aces by Neil Paine

Grouped bar chart showing racial, ethnic, and class divisions in perceptions of the Confederate flag as a symbol of Southern pride vs. racism, by demographic group.

Charts 2017-08-15

Racial, Ethnic and Class Divisions in Perceptions of the Confederate Flag

From Is Trump’s Response To Charlottesville Really About Politics?

Line chart from FiveThirtyEight showing the percentage of White Republicans and White Democrats who say too much money is spent on improving conditions for Blacks, from 1973 to 2012.

Charts 2017-08-15

Whites Who Say 'Too Much' Money Is Spent on Improving Conditions For Blacks

From Is Trump’s Response To Charlottesville Really About Politics?

Line chart from FiveThirtyEight showing the percentage of White Republicans and White Democrats who say Blacks are more lazy than hard-working, based on the General Social Survey from 1990 to 2012.

Charts 2017-08-15

Whites Who Say Blacks Are More 'Lazy' Than 'Hard-working'

From Is Trump’s Response To Charlottesville Really About Politics?

Icon-based infographic showing the number of Trump tweets alleging racism toward white people (7) versus Black people (21), represented by blue speech bubble icons.

Other 2017-08-15

Who Trump Calls Racist

From Is Trump’s Response To Charlottesville Really About Politics?

US map showing locations of Confederate monuments and statues as of Aug. 16, 2017, with callouts for cities including Baltimore, Durham, Lexington, Birmingham, New Orleans, and Gainesville.

Maps 2017-08-16

Confederate monuments' uncertain futures

From There Are Still More Than 700 Confederate Monuments In The U.S. by Kathryn Casteel, Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Scatter plot with trend line showing change in Democratic House seats versus Democratic share of early House candidates who raised at least $5,000, labeled by election year 2004-2016.

Charts 2017-08-17

More candidates running is a good sign for a party

From The Sheer Number Of Democrats Running For Congress Is A Good Sign For The Party by Seth Masket

Four scatter/area charts comparing canvas dimensions (height vs width in feet) of artworks by Lee Krasner, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko, and Vincent Van Gogh, with overlapping rectangles representing artwork sizes.

Charts 2017-08-17

Different artists, different canvases

From One Art Lover’s Crusade To Catalog The World by Oliver Roeder

Logistic regression curve showing Hall-of-Fame probability for catchers by JAWS score, with annotations marking Buster Posey's current and projected JAWS scores.

Charts 2017-08-17

Buster Posey's Hall-of-Fame chances look good

From Buster Posey Has Quietly Become A Lock For Cooperstown by Rob Arthur

Line chart showing the share of poll respondents who view North Korea, ISIS, Iran, and China as very serious threats to the US from 2015 to August 2017.

Charts 2017-08-17

Americans are getting more worried about North Korea

From Americans Fear North Korea And Don’t Trust Trump To Defuse The Situation by Clare Malone, Dhrumil Mehta

Scatter plot comparing rush attempts vs yards for NFL players drafted since 2001 from Power Five college conferences, highlighting SEC vs other conferences.

Charts 2017-08-18

The SEC doesn't really have any standout running backs

From Few SEC Running Backs Have Found The NFL To Be ‘Really Easy’ by Kyle Wagner

Line chart showing win trajectories of undefeated boxers since 1940, highlighting Rocky Marciano, Ricardo Lopez, and Floyd Mayweather's records over time.

Charts 2017-08-18

Marciano's record on the line: Win trajectory of undefeated boxers since 1940

From Mayweather Is Defined By The Zero Next To His Name by Oliver Roeder, Brin-Jonathan Butler

Line chart showing win trajectories of undefeated boxers since 1940, highlighting Rocky Marciano and Floyd Mayweather's records over time.

Charts 2017-08-18

Marciano's record on the line: Win trajectory of undefeated boxers since 1940

From Mayweather Is Defined By The Zero Next To His Name by Oliver Roeder, Brin-Jonathan Butler

Line chart comparing planned vs actual U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2018, showing Trump's refusal to specify numbers or deadlines in August 2017.

Charts 2017-08-22

Trump doesn't give troop levels or deadlines in Afghanistan

From The Ever-Changing U.S. Plan In Afghanistan by Gus Wezerek

Line chart showing planned vs actual U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2017, with annotations for key policy moments under Obama and Trump.

Charts 2017-08-22

Trump doesn't specify troop levels or deadlines in Afghanistan

From The Ever-Changing U.S. Plan In Afghanistan by Gus Wezerek

Line chart showing PredictIt betting market shares traded for the 2018 Michigan Senate race from trading open through Aug. 18, 2017, with a spike on July 23 after a Kid Rock poll was published.

Charts 2017-08-22

A flurry of betting after Delphi Analytica's Kid Rock poll

From Fake Polls Are A Real Problem by Harry Enten

Annotated infographic comparing Delphi Analytica and Google Surveys poll data, highlighting consistencies and anomalies in a Kid Rock poll spreadsheet.

Other 2017-08-22

Delphi Analytica vs. Google Surveys

From Fake Polls Are A Real Problem by Harry Enten

Annotated comparison of Delphi Analytica vs. Google Surveys poll data, highlighting consistencies and anomalies in a spreadsheet of Kid Rock poll responses.

Other 2017-08-22

Delphi Analytica vs. Google Surveys

From Fake Polls Are A Real Problem by Harry Enten

FiveThirtyEight soccer power rankings table showing top 25 teams by SPI rating with offensive and defensive scores, country, and league.

Tables 2017-08-22

Soccer Team Power Rankings — Top 25 by SPI

From Real Madrid, Arsenal, LA Galaxy, Boca Juniors — In One Giant Power Ranking by Michael Caley

Scatter plot with exponential decay curve showing win shares produced by NBA first-round draft picks in their first five seasons from 1985 to 2014, by draft position 1st through 30th.

Charts 2017-08-23

Wins Produced by a First-Round Draft Pick

From The Celtics Didn’t Mortgage Their Future — They Insured It by Kyle Wagner

Bar chart showing the number of MLB players per season with at least 25 home runs, 70 walks, and 150 strikeouts per 162 games, from the 1960s through 2017.

Charts 2017-08-24

Adam Dunn clones are multiplying

From Baseball Is Overrun By Adam Dunns by Neil Paine

Scatter plot with trend line and weighted average showing Trump's approval rating declining from about 44% in February to 37% by August 23.

Charts 2017-08-24

Trump's approval rating has been trending downward

From 7 Rules For Reading Trump’s Approval Rating by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing Football Power Index rating vs. Team Talent Composite for FBS college football programs in 2015-16, with labeled outliers like Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas State.

Charts 2017-08-24

Talented recruits win games ... usually

From Which College Football Teams Do The Most With The Least Talent? (And Vice Versa) by Neil Paine

Four line charts showing the 3:2 ratio converging to 2.7321 as the number of 2s in a string increases, for first 100, 250, 500, and 1000 2s.

Charts 2017-08-25

3:2 Ratio Convergence for First 100, 250, 500, and 1000 2s

From Work A Shift In The Riddler Gift Shop by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot showing pay-per-view purchases for boxing, pro wrestling, and UFC fights from 1990 to 2017, highlighting Floyd Mayweather bouts as top draws.

Charts 2017-08-25

Floyd Mayweather is fighting's biggest draw

From Conor McGregor Is Not A Pioneer by Oliver Roeder, Brin-Jonathan Butler

Map showing Hurricane Harvey's predicted five-day path from the Caribbean to the Texas coastline, with projections as of Aug. 25, 7 a.m. CDT, sourced from NOAA.

Maps 2017-08-25

Harvey's Predicted Path: Five-Day Projections for Hurricane Harvey

From Believe The Meteorologists. Harvey Is Incredibly Dangerous. by Harry Enten, Ella Koeze, Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Map showing Hurricane Harvey's path from Aug. 17 across the Gulf of Mexico to the Texas coast near Corpus Christi on Aug. 25, with a dashed circle indicating it would hover over the coastline for five days.

Maps 2017-08-25

Hurricane Harvey's Path to the Texas Coastline

From Believe The Meteorologists. Harvey Is Incredibly Dangerous. by Harry Enten, Ella Koeze, Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Map showing five-day projected path cones for Hurricane Ike in 2008, tracking from Sept. 1 through Sept. 9 near Havana to Sept. 15 near the US Northeast, with color gradient indicating more recent projections.

Maps 2017-08-25

Ike's Predicted Path: Five-Day Projections for Hurricane Ike, 2008

From Believe The Meteorologists. Harvey Is Incredibly Dangerous. by Harry Enten, Ella Koeze, Anna Maria Barry-Jester

FiveThirtyEight table showing UEFA Champions League team ratings, group finishing chances, and round-by-round probabilities for top clubs including Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona.

Tables 2017-08-25

Champions League Team Ratings and Round-by-Round Probabilities

From Will The Champions League Finally Get A New Champion? by Michael Caley

Charts 2017-08-26

High-profile pardons are usually unpopular

From Will The Arpaio Pardon Make Trump More Unpopular? by Harry Enten

Line chart showing the number of offices, councils, and agencies in the White House and Executive Office of the President since 1924, with annotations for key historical events.

Charts 2017-08-28

The expansion of the executive office

From Trump Is A 19th-Century President Facing 21st-Century Problems by Julia Azari

Line chart showing number of short-term and long-term MLB disabled list stints per season from 2009 to 2017, with a projected value for 2017 after the 10-day DL was introduced.

Charts 2017-08-28

Injury crisis ... or roster-management trick?

From How The Dodgers Are Using Baseball’s New DL Rules To Get An Edge by Rob Arthur

Line chart showing preseason pass attempts from 2007 to 2017 for the top 10 quarterbacks by passing yardage, with a bold average line trending downward over time.

Charts 2017-08-29

Star QBs are throwing less in the preseason

From NFL Preseason Found A Way To Get Even Worse by Michael Salfino

Line chart showing four-minute rolling average of Irish pride vs Money Team emoji usage in tweets during the Mayweather-McGregor fight from 12:05AM to 1:10AM.

Charts 2017-08-30

Irish pride vs. The Money Team — Emoji Usage During Mayweather-McGregor Fight

From The Mayweather-McGregor Fight, As Told Through Emojis by Dhrumil Mehta, Oliver Roeder, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing four-minute rolling average of fire and sleepy emoji usage in tweets during the Mayweather-McGregor fight, from 12:05AM to 1:05AM.

Charts 2017-08-30

Much hype, some boredom — Emoji usage during Mayweather-McGregor fight

From The Mayweather-McGregor Fight, As Told Through Emojis by Dhrumil Mehta, Oliver Roeder, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing four-minute rolling average of crying and laughing emoji usage in tweets during the Mayweather-McGregor fight, from 12:05AM to past 1:05AM.

Charts 2017-08-30

Tears were shed — of joy and sorrow

From The Mayweather-McGregor Fight, As Told Through Emojis by Dhrumil Mehta, Oliver Roeder, Rachael Dottle

Icon-dot infographic showing the 631 members of the German Bundestag after the 2013 election, broken into CDU/CSU 311, SPD 193, The Left 64, and The Greens 63.

Other 2017-08-30

A grand coalition — German Bundestag after 2013 election

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Icon-dot infographic showing the 631 members of the German Bundestag after the 2013 election, divided into governing coalition (CDU/CSU 311, SPD 193) and opposition (The Left 64, The Greens 63).

Other 2017-08-30

A grand coalition — German Bundestag after the 2013 election

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Combined map of Germany showing AfD support by constituency and a dot plot showing AfD support by income level, illustrating that support is evenly distributed across income groups.

Charts 2017-08-30

AfD's base is widespread but small

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Choropleth map of Germany showing AfD support by constituency with a dot plot below showing AfD support is evenly distributed across low, medium, and high income levels.

Maps 2017-08-30

AfD's base is widespread but small

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Slope/dot chart comparing American and German political parties on a left-to-right RILE ideological scale across elections from 2002 to 2013.

Charts 2017-08-30

American and German parties on an ideological scale

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Slope/bump chart comparing American and German political parties on a left-to-right RILE ideological scale across elections from 2002 to 2013.

Charts 2017-08-30

American and German parties on an ideological scale

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Infographic table describing six German political parties including their short names, ideological leanings, defining stances, and notes.

Tables 2017-08-30

German Political Parties

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Table listing six major German political parties with their short names, ideological leanings, defining stances, and notes.

Tables 2017-08-30

German Political Parties: Ideological Leanings and Defining Stances

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Dot plot showing party preference among low-, medium-, and high-income German adults by party, based on a June 22, 2017 poll of 1,559 people.

Charts 2017-08-30

Income profiles vary widely from party to party

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

Dot plot showing party preference among low-, medium-, and high-income German adults across seven parties, based on a June 2017 poll of 1,559 people.

Charts 2017-08-30

Income profiles vary widely from party to party

From Six Charts To Help Americans Understand The Upcoming German Election by Anna Hazard

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