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May 2019 graphics

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Stacked bar chart from Washington Post-ABC News poll showing support for impeachment proceedings against Trump by party ID, April 2019.

Charts 2019-05-02

Should Congress Begin Impeachment Proceedings? By Party ID (April 2019)

From Silver Bulletpoints: The Union Vote Could Swing The Election by Nate Silver

Heat map of NBA field goal percentage by court zone from 2013-14 to 2017-18, showing shooting accuracy ranges from under 30% at corners to over 60% near the basket.

Charts 2019-05-02

Field Goal Percentage 2013-14 to 2017-18

From How Mapping Shots In The NBA Changed It Forever by Kirk Goldsberry

Heat map of NBA shot locations for the 2014-15 season plotted on a basketball half-court, with dot color indicating shot distance from 0 to 30 feet.

Charts 2019-05-02

NBA Shot Locations 2014-15

From How Mapping Shots In The NBA Changed It Forever by Kirk Goldsberry

Heat map of NBA points per shot by court location from 2013-14 to 2017-18, showing mid-range shots yield under 0.85 points while near the basket yields over 1.20 points.

Charts 2019-05-02

Points Per Shot 2013-14 to 2017-18

From How Mapping Shots In The NBA Changed It Forever by Kirk Goldsberry

NBA shot chart showing points per field goal attempt and most common shot locations from 2013-14 to 2017-18, with hexagons marking top 200 shot locations overlaid on a color-coded half-court.

Charts 2019-05-02

Points Per Shot and Most Common Shot Locations 2013-14 to 2017-18

From How Mapping Shots In The NBA Changed It Forever by Kirk Goldsberry

NBA playoff probability table showing CARMELO ratings and chances of advancing to Conference Semis, Finals, and winning the championship for 8 teams.

Tables 2019-05-02

NBA Playoff Chances of Making ... (CARMELO Ratings)

From The Warriors And Raptors Are Finals Favorites. But Should They Be?

Scatter plot showing the share of Democrats and Republicans who approve of Robert Mueller's job performance over time, with markers for Barr's summary and full report release dates.

Charts 2019-05-03

A lot more Republicans approve of Mueller now

From Both Parties Think The Mueller Report Was Fair. They Just Completely Disagree On What It Says. by Dhrumil Mehta

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to March 2024 (Day 833), with disapproval at 53.1% and approval at 41.8%.

Charts 2019-05-03

Presidential Approval Ratings: 53.1% Disapprove, 41.8% Approve

From Both Parties Think The Mueller Report Was Fair. They Just Completely Disagree On What It Says. by Dhrumil Mehta

Scatter plot showing change in polling average vs. change in cable news clips for Democratic presidential candidates after campaign launch, with candidate face illustrations as data points.

Charts 2019-05-03

Media coverage and polling bumps usually go together

From How Cable News And The Polls Reacted To 2020 Campaign Announcements by Laura Bronner

Log-scale line chart showing expected global survival rate declining as the number of Thanoses sequentially snapping their fingers increases from 0 to 250.

Charts 2019-05-03

Expected global survival rate if N Thanoses sequentially snap their fingers

From Are You The Best Warlord? by Oliver Roeder

Dot chart showing the Kentucky Derby finishing position of winners of four major prep races (Arkansas Derby, Wood Memorial, Florida Derby, Santa Anita Derby) by year from 2000 to 2018.

Charts 2019-05-03

The races that pick Derby favorites

From Which Numbers Will Help You Find The Kentucky Derby Winner? by Josh Planos

Basketball shot chart showing Kawhi Leonard's field goal attempts by court zone during the 2018-19 NBA Playoffs Conference Semi-Finals, with FG% compared to league average.

Other 2019-05-06

FGA for Conference Semi-Finals: Kawhi Leonard, 2018-19 Playoffs

From Kawhi Leonard Is The Terminator by Chris Herring

Dot plot showing Joel Embiid's points per 100 possessions by defensive player faced among players who guarded him at least 100 times from 2017-2019, with Marc Gasol allowing the fewest.

Charts 2019-05-08

Marc Gasol is guarding Joel Embiid like none other

From Marc Gasol Is Joel Embiid’s Kryptonite by Owen Phillips

Heat map of the western US showing infrasonic hotspot event density detected by USArray stations in 2007 and 2008, with infrasonic arrays and a 2008 Oregon bolide marked.

Maps 2019-05-09

Infrasonic Hotspots Detected by USArray (2007–2008)

From The Loudest Places You Can’t Hear by Maggie Koerth

Map of dominant HTN (horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio peak) frequencies across US seismic network stations, shown as colored circles sized by amplitude.

Maps 2019-05-09

Map of dominant HTN in the USNSN

From The Loudest Places You Can’t Hear by Maggie Koerth

Scatter plot showing improvement to FiveThirtyEight's rotation rating with Dallas Keuchel vs. each MLB team's No. 5 starter, plotted against current Elo rating for 2019 teams.

Charts 2019-05-09

Keuchel could give the Cardinals a real boost

From Dallas Keuchel Needs A Job. Here’s Who Should Hire Him. by Neil Paine, Jay Boice

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to May 9 (Day 840), with disapproval at 52.7% and approval at 42.4%.

Charts 2019-05-10

Presidential Approval Ratings: 52.7% Disapprove, 42.4% Approve (Day 840)

From Sick Of 2020 Already? Most Voters Aren’t. by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart comparing share of registered voters rating presidential election interest 9 or 10 across 2008, 2012, and 2016 cycles, with a 2019 data point for the 2020 election.

Charts 2019-05-10

Voters are already enthusiastic about the 2020 election

From Sick Of 2020 Already? Most Voters Aren’t. by Nathaniel Rakich

Bar chart showing the number of FiveThirtyEight readers who submitted a given number, grouped in increments of 10 million, with most submissions clustered near zero.

Charts 2019-05-10

Say a number, any number

From Can The Riddler Bros. Beat Joe DiMaggio’s Hitting Streak? by Oliver Roeder

Basketball reference stats table showing 2019 NBA Playoffs game-by-game performance with columns for date, opponent, minutes played, field goals, rebounds, assists, points, and plus/minus.

Tables 2019-05-10

2019 Playoffs Game Log Stats Table

From Did The Rockets Miss Their Chance?

NBA statistics table showing seasonal and career stats for a Milwaukee Bucks player, sorted by 3P% with seasons from 2013-14 to 2018-19.

Tables 2019-05-10

NBA Player Seasonal Stats Sorted by 3-Point Percentage

From Did The Rockets Miss Their Chance?

NBA playoff teams table showing full-strength and current Carmelo ratings, playoff expectation adjustments, and chances of making conference semis, finals, NBA Finals, and winning the championship.

Tables 2019-05-10

NBA Playoff Teams: Chance of Making Conference Finals and Winning

From Did The Rockets Miss Their Chance?

Line chart showing the share of MLB pitches on the inside third of the strike zone or off the plate to the inside from 2008 to 2019, rising from about 29% to over 32%.

Charts 2019-05-10

The number of inside pitches is up

From Batters Are Getting Plunked At Historic Rates. But Why? by Michael Salfino

Line chart showing the average number of MLB players hit by a pitch per team game from the 1880s to the 2010s, titled 'This is the beanball boom'.

Charts 2019-05-10

This is the beanball boom

From Batters Are Getting Plunked At Historic Rates. But Why? by Michael Salfino

Line chart showing the share of Americans who say health care coverage is or is not the federal government's responsibility, from 2000 to around 2018.

Charts 2019-05-13

More Americans see health care as the government's job

From Democrats Have No Safe Options On Health Care by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing regression lines of the share of Democrats who have an opinion of 2020 presidential candidates from January to May 2019, with Buttigieg highlighted in pink rising sharply.

Charts 2019-05-14

Buttigieg is no longer obscure

From The Buttigieg Bump Is Fading, But He Could Surge Again by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing daily itemized contributions to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign spiking after his March 10 CNN town hall appearance, rising to over $250K by April.

Charts 2019-05-14

Buttigieg's fundraising boom began after a CNN town hall

From The Buttigieg Bump Is Fading, But He Could Surge Again by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing regression lines of average national poll support for Democratic presidential candidates from January to May 2019, highlighting Pete Buttigieg's rise in pink.

Charts 2019-05-14

The Buttigieg bump

From The Buttigieg Bump Is Fading, But He Could Surge Again by Geoffrey Skelley

Dual line charts comparing regular-season drives and drive points per game for Lillard, McCollum, Curry, and Thompson from 2015-16 to 2018-19.

Charts 2019-05-14

Portland's duo likes to attack the rim

From Portland Has Its Own Splash Brothers by Jared Dubin

NBA 2019 draft lottery probabilities table showing each team's 2018-19 record, lottery chances, and probability of receiving each draft pick position from 1st to 14th, with actual lottery results highlighted in yellow.

Tables 2019-05-15

2019 NBA Draft Lottery Probabilities by Team

From How The Draft Lottery Reshaped The NBA Landscape

Per game basketball statistics table for Murray State showing two seasons (2017-18 and 2018-19) and career totals including shooting percentages, rebounds, assists, and points.

Tables 2019-05-15

Murray State Per Game Stats – 2017-18 to 2018-19

From How The Draft Lottery Reshaped The NBA Landscape

Line chart showing the average total length of major golf championship courses from 1980 to 2019, rising from about 6,900 to over 7,400 yards.

Charts 2019-05-16

Average total length of major championship courses, 1980-2019

From Tiger Woods Used To Be One Of Golf’s Longest Hitters — Until The Sport Caught Up by Neil Paine

Line chart showing yards per drive from 1980 to 2019 for Tiger Woods, the PGA Tour average, and the season leader, illustrating how driving distance increased during Tiger's career.

Charts 2019-05-16

The PGA Tour started bombing it during Tiger's career

From Tiger Woods Used To Be One Of Golf’s Longest Hitters — Until The Sport Caught Up by Neil Paine

S-curve chart showing probability of breaking a streak versus batting average, rising steeply from near 0 at .350 to near 1.0 at .500.

Charts 2019-05-17

Chances of Breaking Streak vs. Batting Average

From How Many Soldiers Do You Need To Beat The Night King? by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to March 2023 day 847, with disapprove at 53.1% and approve at 42.0%.

Charts 2019-05-17

Presidential Approval Ratings Over Time (Day 847)

From A Lot Of Americans Say They Don’t Want A President Who Is Over 70. Really? by Perry Bacon Jr

Table listing the first and last day of Ramadan for each year from 2013 to 2032.

Tables 2019-05-17

First and Last Day of Ramadan by Year (2013–2032)

From It Turns Out The Vintage Warriors Are Still Pretty Good At Basketball

Step-line chart comparing cumulative Jeopardy winnings by game number for James Holzhauer (April–May 2019) and Ken Jennings (June–Nov 2004), with a dotted projection showing Holzhauer breaking Jennings's record at game 33.

Charts 2019-05-20

Holzhauer is outpacing Jennings

From James Holzhauer Could Be Two Weeks Away From ‘Jeopardy!’ Immortality by Oliver Roeder

Grouped bar chart showing quarterly approval and disapproval ratings for Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin from Q1 2017 to Q1 2019, with disapproval exceeding approval in later quarters.

Charts 2019-05-21

Gov. Matt Bevin is unpopular

From Can A Republican Governor Lose In Kentucky? by Geoffrey Skelley

Six small bar charts showing the annual share of six types of abortion restrictions enacted by state legislatures between 2011 and 2019, color-coded by restriction type.

Charts 2019-05-21

Abortion restrictions are diverse and extensive

From Here’s Why The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Escalating by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot matrix chart showing abortion restrictions enacted by state legislatures between 2011 and 2019, organized by state in a geographic grid layout with color-coded dots by restriction type.

Charts 2019-05-21

How are states restricting abortion access?

From Here’s Why The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Escalating by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot-based infographic showing abortion restrictions enacted by state legislatures between 2011 and 2019, categorized by type and displayed by state.

Other 2019-05-21

How are states restricting abortion access?

From Here’s Why The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Escalating by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot plot showing difference in likelihood of white female Democrats supporting various candidate types after reading vs. not reading a fabricated identity politics news story, with 95% confidence intervals.

Charts 2019-05-22

Hearing about identity politics can affect candidate choice

From Who White Democrats Vote For In 2020 Could Be Shaped By Why They Think Clinton Lost by Pavielle Haines, Seth Masket

Slope chart showing share of white Democrats who blamed identity politics for Clinton's 2016 defeat, by gender, before and after reading a fabricated news story.

Charts 2019-05-22

More women were persuaded identity politics hurt Clinton

From Who White Democrats Vote For In 2020 Could Be Shaped By Why They Think Clinton Lost by Pavielle Haines, Seth Masket

Horizontal bar chart showing number of events Democratic presidential candidates held in Iowa and New Hampshire from Jan. 1 through May 19, 2019, with John Delaney leading.

Charts 2019-05-23

Candidates are all over Iowa and New Hampshire

From The Candidates Who Are Going All In On Iowa Or New Hampshire by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing vertical movement of MLB curveballs adjusted for gravity from 2008 to 2019, with a sharp increase in downward bend after 2016.

Charts 2019-05-23

Curveballs are bending more than ever

From MLB Curves And Sliders Have Gotten Alarmingly Nasty by Travis Sawchik

Line chart showing horizontal and vertical breaks for MLB sliders adjusted for gravity from 2008 to 2019, with horizontal break rising and vertical break declining in recent years.

Charts 2019-05-23

Sliders are breaking more efficiently

From MLB Curves And Sliders Have Gotten Alarmingly Nasty by Travis Sawchik

Bar chart showing total Wins Created absent from each WNBA season due to missing players from 1998 to 2019 projected, with 2019 showing the largest deficit near -30.

Charts 2019-05-23

The 2019 WNBA will be missing a ton of star power

From The WNBA Is Uniquely Suited To Survive Its Many Star Absences by Neil Paine

Line chart showing share of Republicans, Democrats, and overall respondents rating the US economy as excellent or good in Quinnipiac polls from mid-2017 to mid-2019.

Charts 2019-05-24

Americans, especially Republicans, see a strong economy

From Is The Economy Protecting Trump From A Trade War Backlash? by Dhrumil Mehta

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to May 2023 (Day 854), with disapproval at 53.9% and approval at 41.2%.

Charts 2019-05-24

Presidential Approval Rating: 53.9% Disapprove, 41.2% Approve

From Is The Economy Protecting Trump From A Trade War Backlash? by Dhrumil Mehta

Heatmap chart showing the probability that the Army of the Living wins a battle, plotted against the sizes of both armies on logarithmic axes, with blue indicating high probability and red indicating low.

Charts 2019-05-24

Probability that the Army of the Living wins the battle

From One Small Step For Man, One Giant Coin Flip For Mankind by Oliver Roeder

Heatmap showing probability of humans winning vs Night King army, with number of living at start on Y-axis and number of dead at start on X-axis.

Charts 2019-05-24

Probability(%) of humans winning vs Night King army

From One Small Step For Man, One Giant Coin Flip For Mankind by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing win percentages for various army size combinations, with dead army size on the y-axis and living army size on the x-axis, highlighting the 50% win threshold in red.

Charts 2019-05-24

Win percentages for various army size combinations

From One Small Step For Man, One Giant Coin Flip For Mankind by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot comparing NHL goaltenders' pre-finals playoff save percentage vs. Stanley Cup Final save percentage from 1995-2019, with a diagonal reference line.

Charts 2019-05-24

Hot playoff goalies don't always stay that way in the finals

From Can Tuukka Rask Sustain His MVP-Caliber Postseason? by Terrence Doyle

Scatter plot comparing save percentage vs. shots faced per game for Stanley Cup Final goalies through conference finals, 1995-2019, highlighting Rask and Binnington.

Charts 2019-05-24

Rask is one of the hottest playoff goalies in recent history

From Can Tuukka Rask Sustain His MVP-Caliber Postseason? by Terrence Doyle

Table showing Toronto Raptors players with expected minutes per game by position and player offensive and defensive ratings.

Tables 2019-05-24

Raptors Player Expected Minutes Per Game and Player Ratings

From Our Model Loves The Raptors. (Maybe A Little Too Much?)

Map of US blue-trifecta states showing major Democratic policy initiatives including conversion therapy bans, minimum wage increases, free college, Electoral College reform, and marijuana legalization by state.

Maps 2019-05-28

The policies being adopted in blue-trifecta states

From What Republicans And Democrats Are Doing In The States Where They Have Total Power by Perry Bacon Jr

US map showing major policy initiatives adopted in Republican trifecta states, with colored dots indicating types of legislation like right-to-work, Medicaid work requirements, and sanctuary city bans.

Maps 2019-05-28

The policies being adopted in red-trifecta states

From What Republicans And Democrats Are Doing In The States Where They Have Total Power by Perry Bacon Jr

Scatter plot with trend line showing average fastball velocity of qualified MLB starting pitchers from 2002 to 2019, illustrating a steady increase over time.

Charts 2019-05-28

Few pitchers are taking it slow anymore

From Where Have All The Crafty Pitchers Gone? by Neil Paine

Line and scatter chart showing share of leaguewide WAR for power vs finesse MLB starting pitchers from 1950 to 2019, with power pitchers trending up and finesse pitchers trending down.

Charts 2019-05-28

Finesse pitching is an increasingly lost art

From Where Have All The Crafty Pitchers Gone? by Neil Paine

Dot plot showing the national popular vote margin between Democratic and Republican presidential nominees from 1868 to 2016, with highlighted years when the popular vote winner lost the election.

Charts 2019-05-28

Smaller margins, more competitive elections

From Are Blowout Presidential Elections A Thing Of The Past? by Geoffrey Skelley

Slope chart showing change in number of NBA starters wearing headbands from 2017-18 to 2018-19 seasons, with the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics highlighted.

Charts 2019-05-28

Most teams saw an increase in headbands

From NBA Headbands Are A Thing Again by Josh Planos

Horizontal bar chart showing the number of NBA playoff starters wearing headbands each year from 2008 to 2019, with 2008 and 2009 highest at 15 and 2019 rebounding to about 13.

Charts 2019-05-28

Playoff headbands are back

From NBA Headbands Are A Thing Again by Josh Planos

Step chart and bubble map showing when states joined the National Popular Vote interstate compact and their Electoral College vote counts, with a cartogram of all US states.

Charts 2019-05-29

The National Popular Vote initiative is picking up steam

From The Movement To Skip The Electoral College Is Picking Up Steam by Nathaniel Rakich

Stacked bar chart comparing 2016 Republican and Democratic primary voters by religious affiliation and, among Christians, by race, showing Democrats are less religious and more diverse.

Charts 2019-05-29

Democratic voters are less religious and more diverse

From Why Democrats Struggle To Mobilize A ‘Religious Left’ by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Line chart showing the share of Democrats by religious affiliation from 1972 to 2018, with Christian declining from ~88% to ~67%, Unaffiliated rising to ~29%, and Other remaining low.

Charts 2019-05-29

Democrats are a lot less religious than they used to be

From Why Democrats Struggle To Mobilize A ‘Religious Left’ by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Stacked bar chart showing share of Democratic primary voters by importance of religion, broken down by race: Black, Hispanic, White, and Other.

Charts 2019-05-29

Democrats of color are the most religiously engaged

From Why Democrats Struggle To Mobilize A ‘Religious Left’ by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Editorial graphic showing Robert Mueller overlaid on a grid of numbered document page thumbnails representing the Mueller Report's 400+ pages.

Other 2019-05-29

The Mueller Report Pages Infographic

From How To Think About Mueller’s Statement by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Four dot strip plots showing Cody Bellinger's change in strikeout rate, isolated power, ground-ball rate, and pop-up rate between the 2018 and 2019 MLB regular seasons compared to other batters.

Charts 2019-05-30

Cody Bellinger has become a standout hitter

From Cody Bellinger Was Already Good. Then He Changed His Swing. by Travis Sawchik

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to May 30 (Day 861), with disapprove at 54.2% and approve at 41.2%.

Charts 2019-05-31

Presidential Approval Ratings: 54.2% Disapprove, 41.2% Approve (Day 861)

From Is Biden’s Bounce Over? by Geoffrey Skelley

US map showing trifecta policies adopted in non-trifecta states, with colored dots indicating Democratic and Republican legislation enacted in states with divided government.

Maps 2019-05-31

The trifecta policies adopted in non-trifecta states

From What Bills Get Passed In States Where Parties Share Power? by Perry Bacon Jr

A colored grid matrix showing coin flip sequence combinations, with first 4 flips on the x-axis and last 4 flips on the y-axis, colored by outcome category.

Charts 2019-05-31

Coin Flip Sequences: First 4 vs Last 4 Flips Matrix

From Can You Win The Lotería? by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing cumulative net transfer spending by the big six Premier League teams from 2008 to 2018, with Tottenham near zero and Man City spending the most.

Charts 2019-05-31

Spurs balance their books

From How Tottenham Could Shock Us One More Time by Michael Caley

Scatter plot showing Premier League teams' open-play expected goals versus penalty area passes completed, highlighting Tottenham as an outlier below the trend line.

Charts 2019-05-31

Tottenham scores without passing into the box

From How Tottenham Could Shock Us One More Time by Michael Caley