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January 2019 graphics

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Diamond-shaped scatter chart showing OnTheIssues ideological scores for Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Barack Obama on social and economic axes.

Charts 2019-01-02

How Elizabeth Warren rates ideologically

From How Elizabeth Warren Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing the difference between expected goals scored and allowed per match over the 2017-18 season for Manchester City and Liverpool, with City declining to 1.7 and Liverpool at 1.4 by Dec. 30.

Charts 2019-01-02

City has seen a slowdown in expected goals

From Sorry, Man City — The Premier League Title Is Liverpool’s To Lose by Michael Caley

Three small line charts showing Liverpool FC defensive statistics by year under manager Jurgen Klopp from 2015-16 to 2018-19, covering pressing rate, direct attacks conceded per match, and expected goals conceded per match.

Charts 2019-01-02

Liverpool is pressing less but defending better

From Sorry, Man City — The Premier League Title Is Liverpool’s To Lose by Michael Caley

Line chart showing Premier League title odds for Manchester City and Liverpool from August through January, with Liverpool surging to 78% and Manchester City dropping to 20% by Dec. 30.

Charts 2019-01-02

Liverpool's stock has risen suddenly

From Sorry, Man City — The Premier League Title Is Liverpool’s To Lose by Michael Caley

Bar chart showing the number of NFL playoff teams with Elo ratings of at least 1600 and at least 1700 from 1990 to 2018.

Charts 2019-01-03

This year's playoff teams are very good — but not great

From With No Runaway Favorites, The NFL Playoffs Should Be Wild by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing QB-neutral team Elo ratings vs QB adjustments for NFL wild-card weekend teams, with Bears and Ravens at high Elo but contrasting QB adjustments.

Charts 2019-01-03

Wild-card weekend is a study in contrasting QBs

From With No Runaway Favorites, The NFL Playoffs Should Be Wild by Neil Paine

Two scatter plots showing how often House and Senate members of the 115th Congress voted with Trump vs. Trump's 2016 vote margin in their district or state, colored by party.

Charts 2019-01-04

Republicans in Congress stuck with Trump

From Republicans In Congress Have Been Very Loyal To Trump. Will It Last? by Sarah Frostenson

Two scatter plots comparing how often senators voted with Trump (115th Congress) vs Obama (111th Congress) by the president's vote margin in their state, showing Trump got more party loyalty.

Charts 2019-01-04

Trump got more party loyalty than Obama

From Republicans In Congress Have Been Very Loyal To Trump. Will It Last? by Sarah Frostenson

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to November 2024, with disapproval at 53.4% and approval at 41.4% on day 714.

Charts 2019-01-04

Presidential Approval Ratings: 53.4% Disapprove, 41.4% Approve

From The Public Blamed Trump For The Shutdown — But That May Be Changing by Nathaniel Rakich

A pixel grid chart showing a random or near-random distribution of blue and dark red cells on a 100x100 grid with numeric axes from 0 to 90.

Charts 2019-01-04

100x100 Blue and Red Pixel Grid Chart

From What The Heck Are These Dang Bits? by Oliver Roeder

Bell curve chart showing probability distribution of average prep time at 22.0 plus or minus 4.04 minutes, with time in minutes on x-axis and probability percentage on y-axis.

Charts 2019-01-04

Average Prep Time = 22.0 +/- 4.04 minutes

From What The Heck Are These Dang Bits? by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing probability of repeating a song vs Santa's playlist length across 20,000 replications, with a dashed blue line at 0.5 probability.

Charts 2019-01-04

Riddler Classic: Santa Needs Some Help With Math

From What The Heck Are These Dang Bits? by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing average NFL and AFL passer rating rising from 52.9 in 1950 to 92.9 in 2018, illustrating grade inflation over time.

Charts 2019-01-04

Passer rating has a grade-inflation problem

From Kirk Cousins Is Not Better Than Joe Montana. So Let’s Fix Passer Rating. by Neil Paine

Scatter plot with numbered red and dark blue circular data points distributed around a central horizontal axis, with gridlines at intervals of 10 and 20.

Charts 2019-01-04

Numbered scatter plot with red and blue data points

From Can NFL Coaches Overuse Play-Action? They Haven’t Yet. by Josh Hermsmeyer

Line chart comparing completion percentage by depth of target for play-action passes versus all other passes in NFL football.

Charts 2019-01-04

Play-action passes get results

From Can NFL Coaches Overuse Play-Action? They Haven’t Yet. by Josh Hermsmeyer

Scatter plot with trend line showing Carly Fiorina's national poll results from early 2015 to March 2016, with key debate and candidacy milestones marked.

Charts 2019-01-07

Fiorina's early primary debates gave her a boost at first

From Presidential Primary Debates Can Make — And Break — A Campaign by Geoffrey Skelley

Scatter plot with trend line showing Rick Perry's national poll results from June 2011 to February 2012, annotating key campaign events including his candidacy declaration and 'Oops' gaffe.

Charts 2019-01-07

Perry's primary debate performances derailed his campaign

From Presidential Primary Debates Can Make — And Break — A Campaign by Geoffrey Skelley

Scatter plot showing every FBS school by defensive and offensive efficiency from 2015 to 2018, with Alabama and Clemson 2018 highlighted in the upper right.

Charts 2019-01-07

Alabama and Clemson are in rare form this year

From Someday, We’ll Appreciate Alabama And Clemson’s Historic Dominance by Josh Planos

NFL game matchup showing Indianapolis vs Kansas City with ELO point spread of -4.5 and win probabilities of 34% and 66% respectively.

Charts 2019-01-07

Indianapolis vs Kansas City: ELO Point Spread and Win Probability

From The Magic Of Nick Foles Is Real. Maybe.

Ranked list of NFL QBs with most consecutive playoff wins as underdog in Super Bowl Era, with Nick Foles photo.

Tables 2019-01-07

Most Consecutive Playoff Wins as Underdog — Starting QBs in Super Bowl Era

From The Magic Of Nick Foles Is Real. Maybe.

Grid chart showing Cabinet departures by year of administration for recent US presidents, with colored squares sized to represent the number of departures.

Charts 2019-01-08

Trump's second year was historic for Cabinet departures

From Two Years In, Turnover In Trump’s Cabinet Is Still Historically High by Nathaniel Rakich

Bar chart showing the declining number of NFL draw plays per team game from 2006 to 2018, dropping from about 1.5 to 0.6.

Charts 2019-01-08

The draw play is going extinct

From The Draw Play Is Dying In The NFL — But It Shouldn’t Be by Michael Salfino

Grouped horizontal bar chart showing share of voters by party who describe illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border as a crisis, problem, or not a problem.

Charts 2019-01-09

Plurality of Voters See Crisis on Southern Border

From How Will The Shutdown End? by Clare Malone, Perry Bacon Jr, Nathaniel Rakich, Sarah Frostenson

Radar charts showing estimated appeal of 2020 Democratic presidential contenders across five voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian.

Charts 2019-01-10

How 2020 contenders rate with 5 corners of the Democratic Party

From The 5 Corners Of The 2020 Democratic Primary by Nate Silver

Radar charts showing estimated appeal of 10 potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates across five voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian.

Charts 2019-01-10

How 2020 contenders rate with 5 corners of the Democratic Party

From The 5 Corners Of The 2020 Democratic Primary by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the share of MLB free agents signed by a given number of days after the World Series, comparing six offseasons from 2013-14 through 2018-19.

Charts 2019-01-10

Baseball's hot stove still isn't at full-blast

From During Slow Offseasons, The Brewers Keep Finding Deals by Travis Sawchik

Line chart showing self-identified political ideology of Americans age 18 and older from 1992 to 2018, with Moderate, Conservative, and Liberal trend lines.

Charts 2019-01-11

Americans increasingly identify as liberal

From Most Democrats Now Identify As ‘Liberal’ by Janie Velencia

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over 721 days from January 2023 to November 2024, with disapproval at 53.9% and approval at 41.0%.

Charts 2019-01-11

Presidential Approval Ratings Over 721 Days

From Most Democrats Now Identify As ‘Liberal’ by Janie Velencia

Line chart showing self-identified political ideology of Democrats age 18 and older from 1994 to 2018, with Liberal rising to 51%, Moderate declining to 35%, and Conservative falling to 13%.

Charts 2019-01-11

The share of Democrats who say they're liberal has grown

From Most Democrats Now Identify As ‘Liberal’ by Janie Velencia

A scatter or pixel plot showing a dense field of multicolored random-looking dots on a 500x500 grid with subtle color clustering patterns.

Charts 2019-01-11

500x500 Multicolored Pixel Plot

From In Space, No One Can Hear Your 3D Printer Die by Oliver Roeder

A scatter plot or pixel image showing random colored noise across a 500x500 grid with axis labels from 0 to 500 on both axes.

Charts 2019-01-11

Random Noise Pixel Grid 500x500

From In Space, No One Can Hear Your 3D Printer Die by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot comparing expected goals plus assists for players who transferred between the Bundesliga and Premier League, normalized by playing minutes.

Charts 2019-01-11

There's little drop-off between England and Germany

From Can Christian Pulisic Possibly Live Up To The Hype? by Michael Caley

Tree diagram showing the share of times each sequence of pass or run plays is called across three downs in regular-season NFL games from 2009 to 2018.

Charts 2019-01-11

Pass, then pass, then pass again

From You Called A Run On First Down. You’re Already Screwed. by Josh Hermsmeyer

Tree diagram showing success rates for all pass/run play sequences across 1st, 2nd, and 3rd downs in NFL regular-season games from 2009 to 2018.

Charts 2019-01-11

Pass-rush-rush is the most successful play sequence

From You Called A Run On First Down. You’re Already Screwed. by Josh Hermsmeyer

Choropleth map of San Antonio voting precincts showing Julian Castro's vote margin over Trish DeBerry-Mejia in the 2009 mayoral race, colored purple for Castro leads and orange for DeBerry-Mejia leads.

Maps 2019-01-12

How Castro became mayor of San Antonio

From How Julian Castro Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary by Geoffrey Skelley

Radar chart showing how much Julian Castro is likely to appeal to five Democratic base groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-12

How much Julian Castro is likely to appeal to 5 groups in the Democratic base

From How Julian Castro Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary by Geoffrey Skelley

Radar chart showing Amy Klobuchar's appeal across five voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters, with least to most appeal scale.

Charts 2019-01-14

Amy Klobuchar Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Amy Klobuchar's voter appeal across five groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Amy Klobuchar voter appeal radar chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Bernie Sanders's voter appeal across five groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters, with strongest appeal among Millennials and The Left.

Charts 2019-01-14

Bernie Sanders Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Bernie Sanders's appeal across five voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters, with an illustrated portrait of Sanders.

Other 2019-01-14

Bernie Sanders Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Beto O'Rourke's voter appeal across five demographic groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Beto O'Rourke Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Beto O'Rourke's voter appeal across five groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Beto O'Rourke Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Cory Booker's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Cory Booker voter appeal radar chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Cory Booker's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Cory Booker voter appeal radar chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Elizabeth Warren's voter appeal across five demographic groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Elizabeth Warren Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Elizabeth Warren's voter appeal across five Democratic demographic groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Elizabeth Warren Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Joe Biden's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Joe Biden Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Joe Biden's voter appeal across five Democratic groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Joe Biden Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Julián Castro's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Julián Castro voter appeal radar chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Julián Castro's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Julián Castro voter appeal radar chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Kirsten Gillibrand's voter appeal across five demographic groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Kirsten Gillibrand Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Kirsten Gillibrand's voter appeal across five groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Kirsten Gillibrand Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Sherrod Brown's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Sherrod Brown Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Radar chart showing Sherrod Brown's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-14

Sherrod Brown Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From Why Harris And O’Rourke May Have More Upside Than Sanders And Biden by Nate Silver

Line chart showing win probability over the course of a New England Patriots vs. LA Chargers NFL game, with NE reaching 100% win probability.

Charts 2019-01-14

100.0% Win Probability — NE vs. LAC

From What Did We Learn From The NFL Divisional Playoffs?

Table showing the largest age gaps between starting QBs in NFL Conference Championship history, listing older and younger quarterbacks with gap in years and days.

Tables 2019-01-14

Largest Age Gap Between Starting QBs – Conference Championship History

From What Did We Learn From The NFL Divisional Playoffs?

Scatter plot with trend lines showing Nick Foles' completion percentage by depth of target, compared to 2009-2016 league average, with a density chart of target distribution below.

Charts 2019-01-14

Nick Foles - Completion Percentage by Depth - airyards.com

From What Did We Learn From The NFL Divisional Playoffs?

Radar charts showing voter appeal of Alpha Male Moderate Governors Terry McAuliffe and Andrew Cuomo across five demographic groups.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Alpha Male, Moderate Governors

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts comparing voter group appeal for Terry McAuliffe and Andrew Cuomo across five demographic categories including Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Alpha Male, Moderate Governors

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts comparing the voter appeal of Jay Inslee, Steve Bullock, and John Hickenlooper across Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Great Western Hope

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts comparing the voter appeal of Jay Inslee, Steve Bullock, and John Hickenlooper across five Democratic voter groups including Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Great Western Hope

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar chart infographic comparing five potential 2020 presidential candidate mayors on appeal to voter groups including Black voters, Millennials, Hispanic/Asian, The Left, and Party Loyalists.

Other 2019-01-15

The Mayors Who Might Run

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts comparing five potential 2020 presidential candidate mayors on appeal to Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Mayors Who Might Run

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts comparing Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams appeal among voter groups including Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Media-Savvy Nonwhite Progressives

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts showing appeal of Media-Savvy Nonwhite Progressives cluster, with examples Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams, across five voter groups.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Media-Savvy Nonwhite Progressives

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts showing the voter appeal of Democratic 'oddball' candidates Tulsi Gabbard, Richard Ojeda, and John Delaney across five voter groups.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Oddballs

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts showing voter appeal of three Democratic presidential candidates — Tulsi Gabbard, Richard Ojeda, and John Delaney — across five voter groups, titled The Oddballs.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Oddballs: Radar Charts for Gabbard, Ojeda, and Delaney

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts comparing the appeal of super rich entrepreneurs Howard Schultz and Oprah Winfrey across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Super Rich Entrepreneurs

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Radar charts comparing voter appeal of Howard Schultz and Oprah Winfrey across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian.

Charts 2019-01-15

The Super-Duper Rich Entrepreneurs

From How 17 Long-Shot Presidential Contenders Could Build A Winning Coalition by Nate Silver

Line chart showing Trump's approval and disapproval ratings from January 2018 to January 2019, with a vertical dotted line marking the December 22 government shutdown.

Charts 2019-01-17

Opinion of Trump has changed since the shutdown

From Will The Shutdown Hurt Trump’s Re-election Chances? by Nate Silver

Scatter plot comparing NFL conference-championship fields since 1970 by Elo rating and win probability of the lowest-rated team, highlighting 2013-14 and 2018-19 seasons.

Charts 2019-01-17

The conference-championship crop is good this season

From Can The Rams And Chiefs Get Revenge In Their Championship Game Rematches? by Neil Paine

Line chart showing MLB share of balls put in play that are grounders when the shift is on versus no shift, from 2010 to 2018.

Charts 2019-01-17

Batters are going up when the shift is on

From Don’t Worry, MLB — Hitters Are Killing The Shift On Their Own by Travis Sawchik

Two line charts comparing the rising share of MLB balls in play hit against the defensive shift (2010-2018) versus the nearly flat batting average on all balls in play over the same period.

Charts 2019-01-17

Defensive shifts are everywhere ... but are they working?

From Don’t Worry, MLB — Hitters Are Killing The Shift On Their Own by Travis Sawchik

Line chart showing the top marginal US income tax rate from 1913 to 2018, highlighting that a 70 percent rate is historically not unusual, with a notable drop after Reagan took office in 1981.

Charts 2019-01-18

Historically, a 70 percent marginal tax rate is not unusual

From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants To Raise Taxes On The Rich — And Americans Agree by Janie Velencia

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over approximately 728 days, with disapproval at 55.0% and approval at 40.2%.

Charts 2019-01-18

Presidential Approval Ratings: 55.0% Disapprove, 40.2% Approve

From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants To Raise Taxes On The Rich — And Americans Agree by Janie Velencia

Shot chart for Ben Simmons during the 2018-19 NBA regular season showing 519 shots plotted on a half-court diagram with color indicating above or below average efficiency.

Charts 2019-01-18

Ben Simmons 2018-19 Regular Season Shot Chart

From Ben Simmons Has Old-School Range. In 2019, That’s A Problem. by Neil Paine

Line chart showing Trump's approval and disapproval ratings from January 2018 through the December 22 government shutdown, with disapproval around 54% and approval around 41%.

Charts 2019-01-19

Opinion of Trump has changed since the shutdown

From Will Trump’s Compromise Help End The Shutdown? And Was It Even A Compromise?

Line chart showing Trump approval and disapproval ratings alongside support and opposition for the border wall from 2017 to 2019, illustrating how wall views track Trump approval.

Charts 2019-01-19

Voters' Views of the Border Wall Track Their Approval of Trump

From Will Trump’s Compromise Help End The Shutdown? And Was It Even A Compromise?

Radar chart showing Kamala Harris's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-21

Kamala Harris Voter Appeal Radar Chart

From How Kamala Harris Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination by Perry Bacon Jr

Radar chart showing Kamala Harris's appeal across five Democratic voter groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-21

Kamala Harris voter appeal radar chart

From How Kamala Harris Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination by Perry Bacon Jr

Dot plot showing share of Democrats and Republicans with positive views of socialism vs capitalism from 2010 to 2018, based on Gallup data.

Charts 2019-01-22

More Democrats approve of socialism than capitalism

From The Young Left’s Anti-Capitalist Manifesto by Clare Malone

Slope chart comparing Novak Djokovic's 2018 serve statistics before and after Wimbledon, showing improvements across five metrics.

Charts 2019-01-22

Djokovic fixed his broken serve last year

From Novak Djokovic Went Back To His Old Serve — And Back To No. 1 by Tom Perrotta

Line chart showing the 2018 New England Patriots' pregame Elo ratings across the season and playoffs, annotating key moments like the loss to Lions and Miami Miracle loss.

Charts 2019-01-22

How the Patriots got to Super Bowl LIII

From The Rams And Patriots Have Reversed Roles Since Their First Super Bowl Meeting by Neil Paine

Line chart showing the 2018 Los Angeles Rams' pregame Elo ratings across the season and playoffs, annotating key moments on their path to Super Bowl LIII.

Charts 2019-01-22

How the Rams got to Super Bowl LIII

From The Rams And Patriots Have Reversed Roles Since Their First Super Bowl Meeting by Neil Paine

Line chart showing Baseball Hall of Fame vote percentages from 2013 to 2019 for Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and Larry Walker.

Charts 2019-01-23

Bonds and Clemens have stalled out

From Mariano Rivera’s Unanimous Induction Shows An Evolving Cooperstown by Travis Sawchik, Nathaniel Rakich

Radar chart showing how much Pete Buttigieg is likely to appeal to five Democratic base groups: Black voters, Millennials, The Left, Party Loyalists, and Hispanic/Asian voters.

Charts 2019-01-23

How much Pete Buttigieg is likely to appeal to 5 groups in the Democratic base

From How Pete Buttigieg Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination by Gus Wezerek

Diamond-shaped scatter plot showing OnTheIssues social and economic scores for Larry Hogan, Donald Trump, and Mitch McConnell, with Hogan plotted in the moderate center.

Charts 2019-01-23

Larry Hogan is a pretty moderate Republican

From How Much Trouble Could Larry Hogan Cause Trump In A 2020 GOP Primary? by Geoffrey Skelley

Histogram showing share of House Democrats in the 115th Congress by DW-Nominate ideology score, with Tulsi Gabbard's moderate position highlighted.

Charts 2019-01-24

Tulsi Gabbard has a moderate record

From How Tulsi Gabbard Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing running back touches per 100 snaps for NFL playoff teams since 2001, with Patriots seasons highlighted in red across a wide range of values.

Charts 2019-01-24

The Patriots are postseason chameleons

From Move Over, Brady. The Patriots’ Running Backs Are Stealing The Show. by Michael Salfino

Line chart comparing ideology scores of freshmen vs. non-freshmen House representatives from 1994 to 2018, showing freshmen lean slightly more conservative.

Charts 2019-01-24

Compared to the veterans, freshmen lean a bit to the right

From What Happens When Dozens Of Wave-Year Freshmen Join The House? by Oliver Roeder

Four scatter plots showing ideology scores of House members first elected in wave years tracking leftward over time, measured by Nokken-Poole ideology score across Congresses served.

Charts 2019-01-24

People elected in wave years tracked leftward over time

From What Happens When Dozens Of Wave-Year Freshmen Join The House? by Oliver Roeder

Four dot-histogram charts comparing the Nokken-Poole ideology scores of wave-year freshmen versus other House representatives for the 104th, 110th, 111th, and 112th Congresses.

Charts 2019-01-24

Wave-year freshmen aren't usually on the extremes

From What Happens When Dozens Of Wave-Year Freshmen Join The House? by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot with trend lines showing the share of Americans blaming Trump, congressional Democrats, or congressional Republicans for the partial government shutdown from Dec. 23, 2018 to Jan. 20, 2019.

Charts 2019-01-25

Americans increasingly blame Trump for the shutdown

From Americans Increasingly Blame Trump For The Government Shutdown by Dhrumil Mehta

Scatter plot with trend lines showing the share of all respondents and independents who blame President Trump for the partial government shutdown, from late December 2018 to late January 2019.

Charts 2019-01-25

Independents are increasingly blaming Trump

From Americans Increasingly Blame Trump For The Government Shutdown by Dhrumil Mehta

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over 735 days, with disapproval at 55.8% and approval at 39.5%.

Charts 2019-01-25

Presidential Approval Ratings: 55.8% Disapprove, 39.5% Approve

From Americans Increasingly Blame Trump For The Government Shutdown by Dhrumil Mehta

Two circles of different sizes labeled N and IT, with a smaller circle I nested inside the larger IT circle, illustrating a size or quantity comparison.

Other 2019-01-25

Circle size comparison: N vs IT

From Time For Some Abstract Math. Drink Up. by Oliver Roeder

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