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Line chart showing Democratic vs Republican generic ballot polling averages from April 2019 to Election Day Nov. 3, 2020, with Democrats at 46.4% and Republicans at 40.9% as of Oct. 31, 2019.

Charts 2019-11-01

Generic Ballot Polling: Democrats 46.4% vs Republicans 40.9%

From GOP Voters Are More Split On The Substance Of The Ukraine Scandal Than On Penalizing Trump For It by Perry Bacon Jr

Line chart showing Trump approval and disapproval ratings from January 2017 through Day 1,015, with disapproval at 54.1% and approval at 41.1%.

Charts 2019-11-01

Trump Approval Ratings Over Time

From GOP Voters Are More Split On The Substance Of The Ukraine Scandal Than On Penalizing Trump For It by Perry Bacon Jr

Bar chart showing offensive expected points added per play by number of pass rushers on third-down passing plays from 2016 through Week 8 of 2019, with 8 or more rushers yielding a strongly positive EPA.

Charts 2019-11-01

Rushing eight on third down is not advised

From The Dolphins Threw Eight Players Into A Blitz. Were They Trying To Lose? by Josh Hermsmeyer

Scatter plot showing missed-call rate vs. years of experience for MLB umpires, highlighting those assigned to call balls and strikes in 2019 playoff games in orange.

Charts 2019-11-01

Not all of the best MLB umpires are calling playoff games

From Were The Best Umpires Behind The Plate During The Playoffs? by Travis Sawchik

Scatter plot showing Beto O'Rourke's vote share in national polls from January to October 2019, with a dotted line marking his March 14 campaign announcement.

Charts 2019-11-01

O'Rourke couldn't top his early polls

From Why Beto O’Rourke’s Campaign Failed by Geoffrey Skelley

Editorial infographic showing the number 15% in large red text against a cream background with a navy blue band at the bottom.

Other 2019-11-04

15% Statistic Infographic

From How The 15 Percent Threshold For Primary Delegates Could Winnow The Field by Josh Putnam

Scatter plot of career Manager Points vs. career JAWS player value for MLB managers who also played, 1901-2019, with Beltran's position highlighted.

Charts 2019-11-04

Few great players are great managers (or vice versa)

From Does A Great Player Make A Great Manager? The Mets Sure Hope So. by Neil Paine

Fantasy football QB comparison showing K. Cousins (21.3 points) vs M. Trubisky (6.5 points) with game stats for each player.

Other 2019-11-04

Fantasy Football QB Matchup: K. Cousins vs M. Trubisky

From Happy Week 9 To The Ravens, The Chargers … And No One Else

Ranked #2 card for Glass Joe from the video game Punch-Out!!, showing his pixelated portrait and record of 1-99 with 1 KO.

Other 2019-11-04

Ranked #2: Glass Joe — Punch-Out!! Fighter Card

From Happy Week 9 To The Ravens, The Chargers … And No One Else

Line chart showing end-of-season Elo ratings for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1980 to 2019, with a horizontal average line at 1500 and a notable rise to ~1820 in 2019.

Charts 2019-11-05

Minnesota is making a comeback from the cellar

From Minnesota Is Finally A Program To Reckon With by Josh Planos

Table showing 2020 Democratic presidential candidates ranked by campaign burn rate, with columns for total raised, total spent, cash on hand, and burn rate percentage.

Tables 2019-11-06

2020 Democratic Candidates Campaign Finance Burn Rate

From A 2020 Dropout Draft: Who Will Leave Before The December Debate?

A small two-column table showing ranked list with Castro at rank 1 and Booker at rank 2.

Tables 2019-11-06

Ranked List: Castro and Booker

From A 2020 Dropout Draft: Who Will Leave Before The December Debate?

Scatter plot with 5-year average trend line showing correlation between MLB team wins and payroll by season from 1985 to 2019, highlighting a strong relationship in 2019.

Charts 2019-11-06

Spending and wins enjoyed a strong relationship in 2019

From The Nationals Went All In On Just A Few Great Pitchers. Will Others Do The Same? by Travis Sawchik

Dot plot comparing share of team innings pitched by top five pitchers in regular season and postseason for playoff teams from 2000 to 2019, highlighting the 2019 Washington Nationals.

Charts 2019-11-06

The Nats really leaned on their top pitchers in the playoffs

From The Nationals Went All In On Just A Few Great Pitchers. Will Others Do The Same? by Travis Sawchik

Step line chart showing polling averages for Biden, Warren, Sanders, Harris, and Buttigieg between Democratic debates from June 1 to Oct. 31, 2019.

Charts 2019-11-07

Warren has risen amid an otherwise static field

From Warren’s Polls Have Leveled Off — At Least For Now by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing share of Democrats who say same-sex relations are not wrong at all, broken down by race and education from the late 1970s to 2020.

Charts 2019-11-07

Democrats' acceptance of gay relationships isn't universal

From Are Some Democratic Voters Reluctant To Support A Gay Candidate? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing rising support for gay candidates across Democrats, Independents, and Republicans in Gallup polls from 1978 to 2020.

Charts 2019-11-07

Support for gay candidates has risen across parties

From Are Some Democratic Voters Reluctant To Support A Gay Candidate? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing Democratic and Republican polling averages from April 2019 through Election Day Nov. 3, 2020, with Democrats at 46.7% and Republicans at 41.3% as of Nov. 7, 2019.

Charts 2019-11-08

Democrats vs. Republicans Polling Average Through Election Day 2020

From Post-Debate Polls Show Sanders Solidly In Third by Maddie Sach

Line chart showing Trump approval and disapproval ratings from January 2017 through Day 1022, with disapproval at 54.3% and approval at 41.4%.

Charts 2019-11-08

Trump Approval Ratings Over Time

From Post-Debate Polls Show Sanders Solidly In Third by Maddie Sach

Dot plot showing the average rank of the sultan's selected partner versus the number of candidates presented, illustrating the sultan consistently picks a top-ranked partner.

Charts 2019-11-08

The sultan always gets her pick of the litter

From How Many Ways Can You Raid The Candy Shop? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Dot plot showing offensive touchdown rates on fourth-down plays from the 1-yard line (2000-2018) comparing defense timeout, no timeout, and offense timeout scenarios.

Charts 2019-11-08

Icing the play-caller doesn't help goal-line stands

From Icing The Play-Caller Really Doesn’t Work by Josh Hermsmeyer

Stacked bar chart showing count of Paper Champions by season and sport from 1965 to 2020, covering MLB, NFL, NBA, college basketball, and college football, with the 2019 Astros annotated.

Charts 2019-11-08

Most years have a Paper Champion

From Championships Aren’t Won On Paper. But What If They Were? by Neil Paine

Scatter chart showing Michael Bloomberg's vote share in national polls from late 2018 through November 2019, with annotations for key dates and a photo illustration of Bloomberg.

Charts 2019-11-08

Bloomberg's polls peaked in the high single digits in Jan.

From How Seriously Should We Take Michael Bloomberg’s Potential 2020 Run? by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing 2019 Democratic candidates' net favorability rating vs. share of Democrats with an opinion, with candidate face photos as data points and Bloomberg notably below the trend line.

Charts 2019-11-08

Early in 2019, Democrats had a poor opinion of Bloomberg

From How Seriously Should We Take Michael Bloomberg’s Potential 2020 Run? by Nathaniel Rakich

Dot plot showing the change in Cory Booker's net approval rating in New Jersey from before his presidential campaign announcement to the most recent poll, per Monmouth University and Morning Consult.

Charts 2019-11-11

Booker has gotten less popular in New Jersey

From Running For President May Make You More Unpopular In Your Home State by Nathaniel Rakich

Dot plot showing the decline in Kirsten Gillibrand's net popularity in New York from before her presidential campaign announcement to the most recent poll, per Morning Consult and Siena College Research Institute.

Charts 2019-11-11

Gillibrand has gotten less popular in New York

From Running For President May Make You More Unpopular In Your Home State by Nathaniel Rakich

Dot plot showing the decline in Kamala Harris's net approval rating in California across three pollsters, comparing polls before and after her presidential campaign announcement.

Charts 2019-11-11

Harris has gotten less popular in California

From Running For President May Make You More Unpopular In Your Home State by Nathaniel Rakich

Dot plot showing change in net approval ratings of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in their home jurisdictions, from before campaign announcement to most recent poll.

Charts 2019-11-11

Some 2020 candidates are still popular at home

From Running For President May Make You More Unpopular In Your Home State by Nathaniel Rakich

Dot plot showing the decline in Elizabeth Warren's net popularity in Massachusetts from before her presidential campaign announcement to the most recent poll, per WBUR/MassINC and Morning Consult.

Charts 2019-11-11

Warren's getting less popular in Massachusetts

From Running For President May Make You More Unpopular In Your Home State by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing polling averages for support vs. non-support of Trump impeachment from March to November 2019, with key events marked by dashed vertical lines.

Charts 2019-11-12

Impeachment Support vs. Don't Support Polling Averages (Mar–Nov 2019)

From Can Public Impeachment Hearings Drag Down Trump’s Approval Ratings? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing a president's simulated approval rating declining as congressional hearing days per month increase, with uncertainty band, from about 55% at 1 day to ~48% at 60+ days.

Charts 2019-11-12

More days of hearings drag down approval ratings

From Can Public Impeachment Hearings Drag Down Trump’s Approval Ratings? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot plot comparing Tulsi Gabbard's position among male and female politicians on a numeric scale from 0 to 40, broken down by sex.

Charts 2019-11-12

Sex breakdown dot plot featuring Tulsi Gabbard

From What We Know About Tulsi Gabbard’s Base by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing the share of Republican respondents supporting impeachment inquiry, impeachment, and impeachment and removal from September to November 2019, ending at 13.6%, 11.1%, and 9.3% respectively.

Charts 2019-11-12

Few Republicans support impeachment

From What The Polls Say About Impeachment Before The First Public Hearing by Laura Bronner, Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing share of respondents supporting impeachment inquiry, impeachment, and impeachment and removal from Sep. 19 to Nov. 11, with inquiry support highest at 51.0%.

Charts 2019-11-12

Holding an impeachment inquiry gets the most support

From What The Polls Say About Impeachment Before The First Public Hearing by Laura Bronner, Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing independents' support for impeachment inquiry, impeachment, and impeachment and removal from September to November 2019, with values leveling off at 49.5%, 44.3%, and 41.1%.

Charts 2019-11-12

Independents' support for impeachment has leveled off

From What The Polls Say About Impeachment Before The First Public Hearing by Laura Bronner, Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing share of Democratic respondents supporting impeachment inquiry, impeachment, and impeachment and removal from September to November 2019, ending at 85.6%, 84.6%, and 80.8% respectively.

Charts 2019-11-12

More Democrats support removal than just impeachment

From What The Polls Say About Impeachment Before The First Public Hearing by Laura Bronner, Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing the share of NBA pick and rolls involving a guard-set ball screen in the regular season rising from about 4% in 2014-15 to about 9.4% in 2019-20.

Charts 2019-11-12

Share of NBA pick and rolls involving a guard-set ball screen (2014–2020)

From Want To Confuse An NBA Defense? Have A Guard Set A Ball Screen. by Jared Dubin

Line chart showing NFL kicker success rates from 1970 to recent years, tracking extra-point percentage and field-goal percentage over time.

Charts 2019-11-13

Kickers are having a tougher time this year

From We Thought NFL Kickers Would Keep Getting Better. But This Year, They’re Struggling. by Michael Salfino

Line chart showing week-by-week QB Elo ratings relative to NFL average for Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson since the start of the 2017 season, with both lines converging upward by week 42.

Charts 2019-11-13

Watson and Jackson have been on a collision course

From Deshaun Watson And Lamar Jackson Were College Rivals. Now They’re Taking It To The Pros. by Neil Paine

Line chart showing Democratic support at 46.8% and Republican support at 41.1% in generic congressional ballot polling from April 2019 through Election Day Nov. 3, 2020.

Charts 2019-11-15

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 46.8% vs Republicans 41.1%

From We’ve Got Some New Polls For Bloomberg’s Potential Campaign. They Aren’t Great. by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing Trump approval and disapproval ratings from January 2017 through late 2019, with disapproval at 54.5% and approval at 41.2%.

Charts 2019-11-15

Trump Approval Rating: 54.5% Disapprove, 41.2% Approve

From We’ve Got Some New Polls For Bloomberg’s Potential Campaign. They Aren’t Great. by Nathaniel Rakich

Side-by-side basketball shot heat maps showing field goal attempts for Andrew Wiggins during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 NBA regular seasons.

Charts 2019-11-15

FGA for Wiggins, Andrew: 2018-19 vs 2019-20 Regular Season Shot Charts

From We’ve Been Waiting For This Andrew Wiggins by Neil Paine

Line chart showing Andrew Wiggins's five-game rolling RAPTOR Game Score averages across his NBA career from 2014 to 2019, plotted by career game number.

Charts 2019-11-15

This is the best we've seen from Wiggins in a long time

From We’ve Been Waiting For This Andrew Wiggins by Neil Paine

Line chart showing graduate transfers by season from 2013 to 2018 for men's and women's college basketball, with men's teams rising sharply to about 120 and women's teams reaching about 47.

Charts 2019-11-18

More basketball players already have their degrees

From The NCAA’s Graduate Transfer Trend Isn’t Slowing Down by Daniel Levitt

Area chart showing the 2019 Chicago Bears' playoff odds and NFC North division odds by week, both declining sharply from preseason through Week 11.

Charts 2019-11-19

The Bears' season has rapidly deteriorated

From The Bears Are Stumbling After a Playoff Run. Yes, Again. by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing change in isolated power vs. change in strikeout rate for MLB teams in road games from 2016 to 2017, with the Astros highlighted as an outlier.

Charts 2019-11-19

But they were also outliers on the road

From If The Astros Stole Signs, How Much Did It Help Them? by Travis Sawchik

Diverging stacked bar chart showing share of Americans by party following the impeachment process, from a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll of 2,088 respondents Nov. 13-18.

Charts 2019-11-19

More Democrats are closely following the investigation

From Most Americans Think Trump Committed An Impeachable Offense by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Line chart comparing unsportsmanlike penalties per game in NFL vs college football from 2008 through around 2018, showing college surpassing NFL in recent years.

Charts 2019-11-20

Did the NFL just get more sportsmanlike than college?

From Unsportsmanlike Penalties Are Still College Football’s Calling Card by Josh Planos

Scatter plot showing words spoken vs. polling average for each candidate in the fifth Democratic debate, with Warren highest in words spoken.

Charts 2019-11-21

Warren spoke more than any other candidate

From The Fifth Democratic Debate In 6 Charts by Maddie Sach, Laura Bronner, Ryan Best

Scatter plot comparing pre-debate favorability vs. debate performance for 2019 Democratic primary candidates, based on a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll.

Charts 2019-11-21

Which candidates made an outsized impression?

From The Fifth Democratic Debate In 6 Charts by Maddie Sach, Laura Bronner, Ryan Best

Line chart showing Democratic vs Republican polling averages from April 2019 through Election Day Nov. 3, 2020, with Democrats at 46.8% and Republicans at 41.0% as of Nov. 20, 2019.

Charts 2019-11-22

Democrats 46.8% vs Republicans 41.0% — Generic Ballot Polling Average

From The 2020 Front-Runners Aren’t As Well-Liked As Past Contenders by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing Trump approval and disapproval ratings from January 2017 through late 2019, with disapproval at 53.6% and approval at 41.9%.

Charts 2019-11-22

Trump Approval Rating: 53.6% Disapprove, 41.9% Approve

From The 2020 Front-Runners Aren’t As Well-Liked As Past Contenders by Geoffrey Skelley

Stacked bar chart showing certainty of opinion on Trump impeachment versus how closely respondents followed the process, from a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll.

Charts 2019-11-25

Those who haven't made up their minds aren't tuning in

From Plenty Of People Are Persuadable On Impeachment by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Heat maps showing field locations where opposing offenses targeted each AFC team's pass defense through Week 8, grouped by division.

Charts 2019-11-25

How each AFC passing defense is attacked

From How Do You Find Good NFL Defenders? By Measuring What’s Not There. by Michael Chiang

Heat map grid showing where opposing offenses attempted passes against each AFC team's defense through Week 8, organized by division with red indicating most passes and blue fewest.

Charts 2019-11-25

How each AFC passing defense is attacked

From How Do You Find Good NFL Defenders? By Measuring What’s Not There. by Michael Chiang

Heat map grid showing locations of all pass attempts against each NFC team's defense through Week 8, with red indicating most passes and blue indicating fewest.

Charts 2019-11-25

How each NFC passing defense is attacked

From How Do You Find Good NFL Defenders? By Measuring What’s Not There. by Michael Chiang

Heat maps showing locations on the field where opposing offenses threw passes against each NFC team's defense through Week 8, grouped by division.

Charts 2019-11-25

How each NFC passing defense is attacked

From How Do You Find Good NFL Defenders? By Measuring What’s Not There. by Michael Chiang

Heat map showing locations of all Seattle Seahawks pass attempts through Week 8, with red indicating most passes concentrated on the left side of the field around the line of scrimmage.

Charts 2019-11-25

Seattle's passing attack is skewed left

From How Do You Find Good NFL Defenders? By Measuring What’s Not There. by Michael Chiang

Heat map showing locations on the football field where passing offenses targeted the Buffalo Bills defense through Week 8, with red indicating most passes and blue indicating fewest.

Charts 2019-11-25

Where do passing offenses attack the Bills?

From How Do You Find Good NFL Defenders? By Measuring What’s Not There. by Michael Chiang

Dot plot showing change in share of respondents considering voting for each Democratic candidate before and after the fifth debate, with arrows indicating gains or losses.

Charts 2019-11-26

Who gained (and lost) support after the fifth debate

From Our Poll Shows That Buttigieg’s Post-Debate Bump Is Still Just His Base by Laura Bronner, Maddie Sach

Dual line charts comparing completion percentage of play-action vs all other passes against man and zone coverage by depth of target in yards, through Week 12 of the 2019 NFL season.

Charts 2019-11-26

Play-action passes are beating zone and man coverage

From Daniel Jones Hasn’t Figured Out Zone Coverage Yet by Josh Hermsmeyer

Line chart showing QB completion percentage by depth of target in yards for zone vs man coverage through Week 12 of the 2019 NFL regular season.

Charts 2019-11-26

QBs have more successfully exploited zone coverage

From Daniel Jones Hasn’t Figured Out Zone Coverage Yet by Josh Hermsmeyer