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Scatter plot showing chess computer Elo ratings rising from about 1,650 in 1985 to over 3,300 by 2017, surpassing the all-time peak human rating of 2,882.

Charts 2018-01-03

Chess computers have been better than humans for years

From Chess’s New Best Player Is A Fearless, Swashbuckling Algorithm by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing generic congressional ballot polling from May 2017 to Election Day Nov. 6, 2018, with Democrats at 49.3% and Republicans at 37.7% as of Jan. 4, 2018.

Charts 2018-01-05

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats vs. Republicans 2017-2018

From Voters Used To See Moderation In Trump. Not Anymore. by Harry Enten

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January to November 2023, with disapprove at 55.3% and approve at 38.5% at day 350.

Charts 2018-01-05

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 350 (2023)

From Voters Used To See Moderation In Trump. Not Anymore. by Harry Enten

Forest plot showing meta-analysis of mindfulness meditation effects on anxiety, pain, depression, quality of life, negative affect, sleep, and positive affect compared to a control group, grouped by strength of evidence.

Charts 2018-01-05

Breathe in, breathe out, read this chart

From I Was A Skeptic Of Mindfulness … Until I Tried To Make My Case by Chadwick Matlin

Scatter plot showing average DVOA by NFL playoff seed since 2002, with seed 1 having the highest average near 26% and seeds 7-8 the lowest around 4%.

Charts 2018-01-05

Average DVOA by playoff seed, since 2002

From 12 NFL Playoff Teams Are Enough, Thank You by Scott Kacsmar

Log-scale line chart showing the length in digits of the longest known prime numbers by year discovered from 1588 to 2018, with M77232917 annotated as discovered Jan. 3, 2018.

Charts 2018-01-05

The longest known prime numbers over time

From We Have A New Prime Number, And It’s 23 Million Digits Long by Oliver Roeder

Three scatter plots comparing share of county home broadband internet by median household income for ASU/Iowa, ACS, and FCC data sources across 820 counties.

Charts 2018-01-09

ASU/Iowa data has a weaker relationship with income

From We Used Broadband Data We Shouldn’t Have — Here’s What Went Wrong by Clare Malone, Mai Nguyen

Dot plot comparing home broadband internet share across selected US counties using three data sources: FCC, ACS, and ASU/Iowa, showing inconsistent differences.

Charts 2018-01-09

ASU/Iowa data isn't consistent in its differences

From We Used Broadband Data We Shouldn’t Have — Here’s What Went Wrong by Clare Malone, Mai Nguyen

Three US county-level choropleth maps comparing share of households with home broadband internet from ASU/Iowa (2015-16), American Community Survey (2016), and FCC (2016) data sources.

Maps 2018-01-09

ASU/Iowa data set differs from other sources — broadband internet by county

From We Used Broadband Data We Shouldn’t Have — Here’s What Went Wrong by Clare Malone, Mai Nguyen

Three stacked histogram charts comparing distributions of home broadband subscription rates across 820 counties by data source: ASU/Iowa (2015-16), American Community Survey (2016), and FCC (2016).

Charts 2018-01-09

ASU/Iowa data set varies less than other sources

From We Used Broadband Data We Shouldn’t Have — Here’s What Went Wrong by Clare Malone, Mai Nguyen

Line chart with scatter points showing the share of Americans who trust the federal government always or most of the time, declining from about 75% in 1960 to around 20% in the 2010s.

Charts 2018-01-09

Trust in the government has plummeted

From Oprah 2020?

Dot plot showing Ohio counties by share of voters purged for inactivity between November 2014 and November 2016, highlighting Cuyahoga County at 6.2% and Lawrence County at 15.1%.

Charts 2018-01-10

Ohio's voter rolls have been purged inconsistently

From This Ohio Case Could Change Who Gets Purged From The Voter Rolls by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dotted line chart showing projected US health entitlement spending as share of GDP through 2047, distinguishing total projected growth from aging-only growth after 2027.

Charts 2018-01-11

Aging isn't the top culprit in rising health costs

From The GOP Plan To Overhaul Entitlements Misses The Real Problem by Evan Horowitz

Stacked area chart showing actual and projected U.S. entitlement spending as a percentage of GDP from 2000 to 2045, broken down by health care, Social Security, and other entitlements.

Charts 2018-01-11

U.S. debt is driven by health care spending

From The GOP Plan To Overhaul Entitlements Misses The Real Problem by Evan Horowitz

Four slope charts comparing Tom Brady's 2017 and Peyton Manning's 2014 quarterback statistics (passer rating, TD/INT ratio, yards per attempt, expected points added per game) for games 1-11 vs. games 12-16.

Charts 2018-01-11

Tom's 2017 is looking like Peyton's 2014

From Is Tom Brady Finally Getting Old? by Michael Salfino

Line chart showing generic congressional ballot polling from May 2017 to Election Day Nov. 6, 2018, with Democrats at 48.8% and Republicans at 37.4% as of Jan. 11, 2018.

Charts 2018-01-12

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats vs. Republicans 2017-2018

From Americans Don’t Trust Trump On North Korea by Harry Enten

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January to December 2023, with disapproval at 54.6% and approval at 39.1% on Day 357.

Charts 2018-01-12

Presidential Approval Ratings 2023 (Day 357)

From Americans Don’t Trust Trump On North Korea by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing the Steelers' pass distribution in Week 5 vs. Jacksonville, plotting where receivers were targeted by distance and side, with markers for complete, incomplete, and interception passes.

Charts 2018-01-12

Roethlisberger leaned on short passes vs. Jacksonville

From Jacksonville Humiliated Pittsburgh The Last Time They Met. Can The Jags Do It Again? by Ty Schalter

Scatter plot showing 2017 NFL draft classes by total draft picks vs total approximate value, with Saints highlighted as most valuable rookie class.

Charts 2018-01-12

2017 NFL Draft Classes

From The Saints Have The Best Rookie Class This Century by Jeff Asher

Dot plot showing NFL draft classes' Approximate Value per draft pick from 2000 to 2017, highlighting the 2017 Saints as the highest at about 6.2.

Charts 2018-01-12

NFL draft classes since 2000

From The Saints Have The Best Rookie Class This Century by Jeff Asher

Ranked table of the 10 US states with the highest opioid overdose death rates in 2016, showing total and per-100k figures for all drug deaths and opioid-related deaths.

Tables 2018-01-17

States with the highest opioid overdose death rates, 2016

From There Is More Than One Opioid Crisis by Kathryn Casteel

Ranked table of the 10 US states with the highest opioid overdose death rates in 2016, showing total and age-adjusted drug deaths and opioid-related deaths per 100k people.

Tables 2018-01-17

States with the highest opioid overdose death rates, 2016

From There Is More Than One Opioid Crisis by Kathryn Casteel

Three-panel table showing the most common individual drugs, two-drug combinations, and three-drug combinations found in Kentucky's 1,471 overdose deaths in 2016, with percentage shares.

Tables 2018-01-17

The most common drugs found in Kentucky's overdose victims

From There Is More Than One Opioid Crisis by Kathryn Casteel

Table showing the most common drugs found in Kentucky overdose victims in 2016, listing individual drugs, two-drug combinations, and three-drug combinations with their share percentages.

Tables 2018-01-17

The most common drugs found in Kentucky's overdose victims

From There Is More Than One Opioid Crisis by Kathryn Casteel

Bubble chart comparing Alexander Zverev to other active male Grand Slam winners by ATP win percentage vs Grand Slam win percentage through each player's age-20 season, with bubble size representing number of titles.

Charts 2018-01-18

On pace with the greats — except in the Slams

From Is Alexander Zverev The Next Tennis Superstar? by Tom Perrotta

Line chart showing generic congressional ballot polling from May 2017 to Election Day Nov. 6, 2018, with Democrats at 47.5% and Republicans at 39.3% as of Jan. 18, 2018.

Charts 2018-01-19

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats vs. Republicans 2017-2018

From How Trump Ranks In Popularity vs. Past Presidents by Harry Enten

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January through late 2023, with disapproval at 54.9% and approval at 39.7% on day 364.

Charts 2018-01-19

Presidential Approval Ratings 2023 (Day 364)

From How Trump Ranks In Popularity vs. Past Presidents by Harry Enten

Line chart showing Trump's approval rating among Republican men and women from February 2017 to January 2018, illustrating a persistent gender gap.

Charts 2018-01-22

A small but persistent GOP gender gap

From What Women Thought Of Trump Through Year One by Harry Enten, Kathryn Casteel

Line chart showing the percentage of women who approve of Trump by party affiliation from February 2017 to January 2018, with Republican women around 85%, Independents around 30%, and Democrats near 8%.

Charts 2018-01-22

Partisanship influences Trump's standing among women

From What Women Thought Of Trump Through Year One by Harry Enten, Kathryn Casteel

Small multiples line chart showing Trump's approval rating among men and women across four age groups from February to December 2017.

Charts 2018-01-22

The gender gap on Trump shows up in all age groups

From What Women Thought Of Trump Through Year One by Harry Enten, Kathryn Casteel

Line chart showing Trump's weekly approval rating among men and women from February 2017 to January 2018, illustrating a persistent gender gap.

Charts 2018-01-22

Trump faces a continuing gender gap

From What Women Thought Of Trump Through Year One by Harry Enten, Kathryn Casteel

Cumulative line chart comparing the share of ESPN's top 40 MLB free agents signed by days after the World Series, contrasting the 2006-16 average with the slow 2017 free agency market.

Charts 2018-01-22

The hot stove is ice-cold

From This MLB Offseason Has Been Eerily Quiet by Neil Paine

Horizontal bar chart showing FiveThirtyEight model points awarded to 2018 Oscar Best Actor nominees based on nominations and wins as of Jan. 23, with Gary Oldman leading at 220 points.

Charts 2018-01-23

The race for best actor

From Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing FiveThirtyEight model points awarded to 2018 Oscar Best Actress nominees based on nominations and wins as of Jan. 23, with Frances McDormand leading at 199 points.

Charts 2018-01-23

The race for best actress

From Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing FiveThirtyEight model points for 2018 Oscar Best Animated Feature nominees, with Coco leading at 371 points far ahead of Loving Vincent, The Breadwinner, The Boss Baby, and Ferdinand.

Charts 2018-01-23

The race for best animated feature

From Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing FiveThirtyEight model points awarded to 2018 Oscar Best Director nominees based on nominations and wins as of Jan. 23, with previous winners shown below.

Charts 2018-01-23

The race for best director

From Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing FiveThirtyEight model points for 2018 Oscar Best Documentary nominees based on nominations and wins as of Jan. 23, with previous winners shown as dots below.

Charts 2018-01-23

The race for best documentary

From Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing FiveThirtyEight model points awarded to 2018 Oscar Best Picture nominees based on nominations and wins as of Jan. 23, with The Shape of Water leading at 165 points.

Charts 2018-01-23

The race for best picture

From Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing FiveThirtyEight model points awarded to 2018 Oscar Best Supporting Actor nominees based on nominations and wins as of Jan. 23, with Sam Rockwell leading at 157 points.

Charts 2018-01-23

The race for best supporting actor

From Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions by Walt Hickey

Horizontal bar chart showing FiveThirtyEight model points awarded to 2018 Oscar Best Supporting Actress nominees based on nominations and wins as of Jan. 23, with Allison Janney leading at 178 pts.

Charts 2018-01-23

The race for best supporting actress

From Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing Americans' ideological views (conservative, moderate, liberal) by year from 1992 to 2017, based on Gallup annual averages.

Charts 2018-01-24

Americans' Ideological Views, by Year

From Is The Democratic Party Becoming More Like The GOP?

Stacked bar chart showing the percentage of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters describing their political views as liberal, moderate, or conservative from 2000 to 2017.

Charts 2018-01-24

In 2017, nearly half of Democratic voters call themselves liberal

From Is The Democratic Party Becoming More Like The GOP?

Stacked bar chart comparing the age distribution of white evangelical Protestants in 1987 vs 2016, showing the group has aged with fewer young members and more older ones.

Charts 2018-01-24

White evangelical Protestants have aged

From Are White Evangelicals Sacrificing The Future In Search Of The Past? by Daniel Cox

A horizontal grid of 435 congressional districts colored from blue to red, highlighting 104 highly competitive districts in purple, with 151 usually Democratic and 180 usually Republican districts on each side.

Other 2018-01-25

435 Congressional Districts: Democratic, Competitive, and Republican

From Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder. by David Wasserman

Waffle-style chart showing 435 US congressional districts divided into 263 usually Democratic, 27 highly competitive, and 145 usually Republican districts with an even-split marker.

Other 2018-01-25

Congressional Districts: Democratic, Competitive, and Republican

From Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder. by David Wasserman

Waffle-style infographic showing 435 US congressional districts divided into 139 usually Democratic, 21 highly competitive, and 275 usually Republican districts with an even split marker.

Other 2018-01-25

Congressional Districts: Democratic, Competitive, and Republican

From Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder. by David Wasserman

Icon grid showing 435 congressional districts divided into 94 usually Democratic, 242 highly competitive, and 99 usually Republican districts with an even split marker.

Other 2018-01-25

Congressional Districts: Democratic, Competitive, and Republican

From Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder. by David Wasserman

Horizontal waffle-style infographic showing 435 congressional districts divided into 174 usually Democratic, 82 highly competitive, and 179 usually Republican districts with an even split marker.

Other 2018-01-25

Congressional Districts: Democratic, Competitive, and Republican

From Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder. by David Wasserman

Icon grid showing 435 US House districts colored from blue to red, with 155 usually Democratic, 99 highly competitive, and 181 usually Republican districts marked.

Other 2018-01-25

House Districts: 155 Democratic, 99 Competitive, 181 Republican

From Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder. by David Wasserman

Waffle-style infographic showing 435 US House districts divided into 169 usually Democratic, 82 highly competitive, and 184 usually Republican districts with an even-split marker.

Other 2018-01-25

House Districts: Democratic, Competitive, and Republican

From Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder. by David Wasserman

Four small multiples comparing Tom Brady's fourth-quarter comeback stats (win percentage, passer rating, yards per pass attempt, raw QB rating) from 2001-13 to 2014-18 versus league averages.

Charts 2018-01-25

Brady developed his comeback ability late

From How Tom Brady Became The King Of Comebacks by Michael Salfino

Seven US county-level maps from 1992 to 2016 showing counties where presidential candidates won the two-party popular vote by more than 20 percentage points, colored red or blue by party margin.

Maps 2018-01-26

More and more counties are uncompetitive

From Ending Gerrymandering Won’t Fix What Ails America by Harry Enten

Line chart showing the number of extreme Republican and Democrat U.S. House representatives by party at the start of each Congress from 1997 to 2017, with census year markers.

Charts 2018-01-26

Redistricting didn't make the U.S. House extreme

From Ending Gerrymandering Won’t Fix What Ails America by Harry Enten

Line chart showing the number of U.S. House districts leaning Republican, leaning Democratic, or competitive from 1997 to 2017, illustrating declining competitiveness over time.

Charts 2018-01-26

The U.S. House has steadily become less competitive

From Ending Gerrymandering Won’t Fix What Ails America by Harry Enten

Line chart showing generic congressional ballot polling averages for Democrats and Republicans from May 2017 to Election Day Nov. 6, 2018, with Democrats at 46.4% and Republicans at 39.1%.

Charts 2018-01-26

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats vs. Republicans (2017-2018)

From The Media Is Misreading How The Shutdown Blame Game Shook Out by Harry Enten

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2023 to January 2024 (Day 371), with disapproval at 56.0% and approval at 39.0%.

Charts 2018-01-26

Presidential Approval Ratings: 56.0% Disapprove, 39.0% Approve

From The Media Is Misreading How The Shutdown Blame Game Shook Out by Harry Enten

Line chart showing the position of the Doomsday Clock since 1947, with annotated key historical events affecting its setting.

Charts 2018-01-26

The clock strikes at midnight — Doomsday Clock position since 1947

From The Doomsday Clock Would Like You To Be Concerned by Oliver Roeder

Stacked horizontal bar chart showing the number of U.S. congressional resignations by session and public reason from 1901 to 2018, with annotations for World War II, pension law changes, Abscam, Abramoff, and MeToo.

Charts 2018-01-29

Congressional Resignations Through Time

From We’ve Never Seen Congressional Resignations Like This Before by Nathaniel Rakich

Stacked bar chart showing number of U.S. congressional resignations by session and reason from 1901 to 2018, with annotations for World War II, pension law changes, Abscam, Abramoff, and #MeToo.

Charts 2018-01-29

Congressional resignations over time

From We’ve Never Seen Congressional Resignations Like This Before by Nathaniel Rakich

Small multiples bar chart comparing police response times for 911 property crime calls in Cincinnati, Detroit, and New Orleans in 2016, showing Cincinnati responds fastest.

Charts 2018-01-29

Police respond faster in Cincinnati

From Fewer Crimes Get Counted When Police Are Slow To Respond by Jeff Asher

Line chart showing how longer police response times to 911 property crime calls correlate with higher shares of calls finding no evidence of a crime, for Detroit, New Orleans, and Cincinnati.

Charts 2018-01-29

Property crime reports and police response times

From Fewer Crimes Get Counted When Police Are Slow To Respond by Jeff Asher

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted coal mining employment in thousands from January to October 2017, rising from 50k to a peak near 51.7k before falling back to 50.5k.

Charts 2018-01-30

Coal jobs under Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted coal mining employment in thousands from January 2017 through October 2017, rising from 50k to a peak near 51.8k before declining.

Charts 2018-01-30

Coal jobs under Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the historical decline of U.S. coal jobs from about 175k in 1985 to around 50k by the Trump era, with the Trump presidency highlighted in orange.

Charts 2018-01-30

Coal jobs, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the historical decline of US coal jobs from about 175k in 1985 to about 50k during the Trump era, with presidential administrations labeled.

Charts 2018-01-30

Coal jobs, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted manufacturing employment in millions under Trump from January to October 2017, rising from about 12.35m to 12.55m jobs.

Charts 2018-01-30

Manufacturing jobs under Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted manufacturing sector employment in millions under Trump from January 2017 through October 2017, rising from about 12.35m to 12.55m jobs.

Charts 2018-01-30

Manufacturing jobs under Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing U.S. manufacturing jobs from 1940 to 2020, peaking near 19 million around 1980 and declining to about 12 million, with Trump's presidency highlighted.

Charts 2018-01-30

Manufacturing jobs, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing U.S. manufacturing jobs from 1940 to 2020, with each presidential administration labeled, peaking around 1979 and declining sharply after 2000.

Charts 2018-01-30

Manufacturing jobs, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the share of U.S. population age 25-54 that is employed, seasonally adjusted, rising from about 78.2% in January 2017 to nearly 79% by October 2017.

Charts 2018-01-30

Prime-age employment rose in Trump's first year

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the share of U.S. population age 25-54 that is employed, seasonally adjusted, rising from about 78.2% in January 2017 to nearly 78.9% in October 2017.

Charts 2018-01-30

Prime-age employment rose in Trump's first year

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the US prime-age employment rate from 1975 to around 2017, with presidential terms labeled from Carter through Trump.

Charts 2018-01-30

The prime-age employment rate, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the historical prime-age employment rate from the late 1970s to the Trump era, with the Trump presidency highlighted in orange.

Charts 2018-01-30

The prime-age employment rate, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the U.S. trade deficit as a share of GDP under Trump across four quarters of 2017, hovering around -3.0%.

Charts 2018-01-30

The trade deficit under Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the U.S. trade deficit as a share of GDP under Trump from Q1 to Q4 2017, hovering around -3.0%.

Charts 2018-01-30

The trade deficit under Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the U.S. trade gap as a percentage of GDP from 1945 to the Trump era, with presidential terms labeled and a shift from surplus to growing deficit over time.

Charts 2018-01-30

The trade gap, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the U.S. trade gap as a percentage from 1940s to the Trump era, illustrating a long-term shift from surplus to deficit.

Charts 2018-01-30

The trade gap, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the share of U.S. adults without primary health insurance from 2008 to 2017, highlighting rises under Obama and a recent increase under Trump.

Charts 2018-01-30

The uninsured rate under Obama and Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Line chart showing the share of U.S. adults without primary health insurance from 2008 to 2017, with Obama era in black and Trump era highlighted in orange.

Charts 2018-01-30

The uninsured rate under Obama and Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Two line charts showing U.S. crude oil field production in thousands of barrels per day and natural gas gross withdrawals in millions of cubic feet per day under Trump from January to October 2017.

Charts 2018-01-30

U.S. oil and gas production under Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Two line charts showing U.S. crude oil field production in thousands of barrels per day and natural gas gross withdrawals in millions of cubic feet per day under Trump from January to October 2017.

Charts 2018-01-30

U.S. oil and gas production under Trump

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Two line charts showing U.S. crude oil field production from 1920 to 2020 and natural gas gross withdrawals from 2006 to 2018, with presidential terms labeled.

Charts 2018-01-30

U.S. oil and gas production, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Two line charts showing U.S. oil and gas production historically: crude oil field production from 1920 to 2020 and natural gas gross withdrawals from 2008 to 2020, with Trump era highlighted in orange.

Charts 2018-01-30

U.S. oil and gas production, historically

From We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle

Area and line chart showing the share of legislative requests totally fulfilled within one year from State of the Union addresses, 1965-2015, by presidential era.

Charts 2018-01-31

Congressional calls to action have an uneven track record

From Not Much From A State Of The Union Usually Becomes Law by Andrea Jones-Rooy

Bar chart showing legislative requests made in each State of the Union address from 1965 to 2015, grouped by presidential administration.

Charts 2018-01-31

Presidents love calling on Congress to do stuff

From Not Much From A State Of The Union Usually Becomes Law by Andrea Jones-Rooy

Table showing Americans' perceptions of which political party handles issues better, with Democratic and Republican Party percentages and advantage in percentage points for 15 issues.

Tables 2018-02-01

Americans' Perceptions of Which Political Party Can Better Handle Issues

From What Happened To The Democratic Wave?

Line chart tracking generic congressional ballot polling from May 2017 to Election Day Nov. 6, 2018, showing Democrats at 46.4% and Republicans at 40.7% as of Jan. 31, 2018.

Charts 2018-02-01

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats vs. Republicans 2017-2018

From What Happened To The Democratic Wave?

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to January 2024 (Day 378), with disapproval at 54.8% and approval at 39.7%.

Charts 2018-02-01

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 378

From What Happened To The Democratic Wave?

Bubble scatter chart showing all Pareto-optimal NBA games since 1946-47 by points, assists, and rebounds, highlighting Wilt Chamberlain and James Harden.

Charts 2018-02-01

Wilt Chamberlain is the king of Pareto games

From James Harden’s 60-Point Triple-Double Pushed The Boxscore To Its Limit by Neil Paine, Andrea Jones-Rooy

Line chart showing generic congressional ballot polling from May 2017 to Election Day Nov. 6, 2018, with Democrats at 46.1% and Republicans at 40.7%.

Charts 2018-02-02

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats vs. Republicans 2017-2018

From Texas Dislikes Trump, But That Doesn’t Mean It Will Go Blue In 2018 by Harry Enten

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to January 2024 (Day 378), with disapproval at 54.7% and approval at 39.8%.

Charts 2018-02-02

Presidential Approval Ratings: 54.7% Disapprove, 39.8% Approve at Day 378

From Texas Dislikes Trump, But That Doesn’t Mean It Will Go Blue In 2018 by Harry Enten

Scatter plot showing NFL teams' air yards per pass attempt versus quarterback rating while under pressure in 2017, with New England and Philadelphia highlighted in orange.

Charts 2018-02-02

Both teams pass the pressure test

From Sneaky Stats That Could Decide The Super Bowl by Scott Kacsmar

Scatter plot of offensive and defensive DVOA rankings for Super Bowl teams from 1986 to present, highlighting New England and Philadelphia 2017.

Charts 2018-02-02

The Patriots are an unusual Super Bowl team

From Sneaky Stats That Could Decide The Super Bowl by Scott Kacsmar

Line chart comparing actual vs. natural rate of unemployment by quarter from 2000 to 2017 Q4, showing actual unemployment peaked near 10% around 2010 and fell below the natural rate by 2017.

Charts 2018-02-05

Unemployment this low might not be sustainable

From America May Finally Be Ready To Fix Its Infrastructure. Too Bad The Timing Stinks. by Evan Horowitz

Line chart showing daily Dow Jones Industrial Average closing prices from January 2017 through February 5, 2018, illustrating a sharp drop after reaching a peak near 26,600.

Charts 2018-02-05

The Dow has given up one-third of its gains under Trump

From Could A Stock Market Downturn Tank Trump’s Approval Rating? by Nate Silver

Dot plot showing the number of abortion providers in the U.S. from the mid-1970s to 2014, peaking around 1980 at nearly 3,000 and declining to about 1,700 by 2014.

Charts 2018-02-06

Number of abortion providers in the U.S.

From Americans Haven’t Changed Their Mind Much On Abortion, But They Have On Other ‘Cultural’ Issues by Clare Malone

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