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Line chart showing net approval ratings of nine world leaders from January to late March 2020, with a marker at the WHO pandemic declaration on March 11.

Charts 2020-04-01

How Perceptions of World Leaders Have Shifted in the Wake of the Coronavirus Outbreak

From What Explains The Bump In Trump’s Approval Ratings? by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing Biden vs. Clinton vote share change by share of non-Hispanic white adults without a college degree in 2016 and 2020 Democratic primary counties, with a positive trend line.

Charts 2020-04-01

Biden overperformed with white non-college voters

From How Is Joe Biden Remaking The 2016 Primary Map? by Geoffrey Skelley

Color-coded US county map showing 2016 vs 2020 Democratic primary voting results, highlighting Biden's gains over Clinton and Sanders counties as of March 30, 2020.

Maps 2020-04-01

Biden's 2020 map is pretty impressive so far

From How Is Joe Biden Remaking The 2016 Primary Map? by Geoffrey Skelley

Scatter plot showing Sanders's change in vote share from 2016 to 2020 Democratic primaries versus share of non-Hispanic white adults with a college degree, with a downward trend line.

Charts 2020-04-01

Sanders didn't do well with college-educated white voters

From How Is Joe Biden Remaking The 2016 Primary Map? by Geoffrey Skelley

Four chord diagrams showing favorability rating correlations among 13 politicians and organizations for Democratic primary voters, highlighting neoliberal figures Wall Street, Facebook, Ivy League, and Joe Manchin.

Charts 2020-04-02

Neoliberals seem at odds with the progressive left

From Why The Progressive Left Fits So Uncomfortably Within The Democratic Party by Shom Mazumder

Chord diagrams showing favorability rating correlations among 13 politicians and organizations associated with neoliberals, establishment, and progressive left, from a poll of 2,900 likely Democratic primary voters.

Charts 2020-04-02

Neoliberals seem at odds with the progressive left

From Why The Progressive Left Fits So Uncomfortably Within The Democratic Party by Shom Mazumder

Chord diagrams showing favorability rating correlations among 13 politicians and organizations for likely Democratic primary voters, highlighting establishment wing connections.

Charts 2020-04-02

The establishment wing really likes party figures

From Why The Progressive Left Fits So Uncomfortably Within The Democratic Party by Shom Mazumder

Four chord diagrams showing favorability rating correlations among 13 Democratic politicians and organizations, highlighting establishment figures Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and the DNC.

Charts 2020-04-02

The establishment wing really likes party figures

From Why The Progressive Left Fits So Uncomfortably Within The Democratic Party by Shom Mazumder

Chord diagrams showing favorability correlations among 13 politicians and organizations for the progressive left, based on a poll of 2,900 likely Democratic primary voters.

Charts 2020-04-02

The progressive left isn't a big fan of Wall Street

From Why The Progressive Left Fits So Uncomfortably Within The Democratic Party by Shom Mazumder

Five chord diagrams showing favorability rating correlations among 13 politicians and organizations for Democratic primary voters, highlighting progressive left figures vs Wall Street.

Charts 2020-04-02

The progressive left isn't a big fan of Wall Street

From Why The Progressive Left Fits So Uncomfortably Within The Democratic Party by Shom Mazumder

Dot plot showing percentage point increase in likelihood of identifying as a socialist by individual, political, and education characteristics among 2,900 likely Democratic primary voters.

Charts 2020-04-02

White men are more likely to identify as socialists

From Why The Progressive Left Fits So Uncomfortably Within The Democratic Party by Shom Mazumder

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike in March 2020 due to coronavirus shutdowns.

Charts 2020-04-02

Coronavirus shutdowns bring new records in unemployment claims

From Unemployment Filings Hit 6.6 Million, Doubling Last Week’s Record High by Neil Paine

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike in March 2020 reaching over 6 million claims.

Charts 2020-04-02

Millions file for unemployment

From Unemployment Filings Hit 6.6 Million, Doubling Last Week’s Record High by Neil Paine

Horizontal bar chart showing expert estimates of total COVID-19 cases in the U.S. on April 5, with low-end, best, and high-end estimates per expert, compared to 141,000 reported cases as of March 30.

Charts 2020-04-02

Best estimates are still below 500,000 cases by Sunday

From Best-Case And Worst-Case Coronavirus Forecasts Are Very Far Apart by Jay Boice

Horizontal bar chart showing expert estimates of total COVID-19 infections in the U.S. on March 30, with low-end, best, and high-end estimates per expert.

Charts 2020-04-02

Experts think there are many unreported infections

From Best-Case And Worst-Case Coronavirus Forecasts Are Very Far Apart by Jay Boice

Horizontal bar chart showing expert estimates of when New York state's daily COVID-19 cases will drop below 1,000, ranging from April to August.

Charts 2020-04-02

New York state may have a long road ahead

From Best-Case And Worst-Case Coronavirus Forecasts Are Very Far Apart by Jay Boice

Horizontal bar chart showing expert estimates of total COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. in 2020, with low-end, best, and high-end estimates per expert.

Charts 2020-04-02

Still a lot of uncertainty around the coronavirus death toll

From Best-Case And Worst-Case Coronavirus Forecasts Are Very Far Apart by Jay Boice

Line chart showing Democratic and Republican generic ballot polling averages from April 2019 to Election Day Nov. 3, 2020, with Democrats at 48.9% and Republicans at 41.2% as of April 2, 2020.

Charts 2020-04-03

Generic Ballot Polling: Democrats 48.9% vs Republicans 41.2%

From Are Democrats And Republicans Reacting Differently To Coronavirus? It Depends What You’re Asking Them. by Perry Bacon Jr

Line chart showing Trump approval and disapproval ratings from January 2017 through early 2020, with disapproval at 50.0% and approval at 45.7% on day 1,169.

Charts 2020-04-03

Trump Approval Rating Over Time (Day 1,169)

From Are Democrats And Republicans Reacting Differently To Coronavirus? It Depends What You’re Asking Them. by Perry Bacon Jr

Bar chart showing monthly change in nonfarm payroll employment seasonally adjusted from 2000 to 2020, highlighting that March 2020 was the first negative jobs number since 2010.

Charts 2020-04-03

This month was the first negative jobs number since 2010

From This Jobs Report Was Bad. The Next One Will Be Worse. by Julia Wolfe

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims spiking dramatically in late March and April 2020, with a shaded region marking when the monthly unemployment survey was in the field.

Charts 2020-04-03

This report doesn't capture the latest unemployment

From This Jobs Report Was Bad. The Next One Will Be Worse. by Julia Wolfe

Log-scale line chart showing projected actual vs detected COVID cases under Covidia Scenario 1 robust testing from January to July, peaking around March-April.

Charts 2020-04-04

Covidia Scenario 1: Robust Testing

From Coronavirus Case Counts Are Meaningless* by Nate Silver

Log-scale line chart showing Covidia Scenario 2 projected actual vs detected COVID cases from January to July under a rapid one-time testing increase to 100,000 tests.

Charts 2020-04-04

Covidia Scenario 2: Rapid, one-time testing increase

From Coronavirus Case Counts Are Meaningless* by Nate Silver

Log-scale line chart showing Covidia Scenario 3 projected actual vs detected COVID cases from January to July when testing capacity doesn't scale up beyond 20,000 tests.

Charts 2020-04-04

Covidia Scenario 3: Testing capacity doesn't scale up

From Coronavirus Case Counts Are Meaningless* by Nate Silver

Log-scale line chart showing Covidia Scenario 4 projected actual vs detected COVID cases from January to July, where testing declines during the outbreak to conceal its true scale.

Charts 2020-04-04

Covidia Scenario 4: Testing declines to conceal outbreak

From Coronavirus Case Counts Are Meaningless* by Nate Silver

Box-and-whisker style chart showing median approval rating and range for US presidents since World War II, with Trump having the steadiest (narrowest) range.

Charts 2020-04-06

Trump's approval rating is the steadiest

From Is The Economy Still The Most Important Thing For Trump’s Reelection? by Geoffrey Skelley

Bar chart showing total gold medals won in women's artistic gymnastics by athlete age at time of Olympics from 1952-2016, with age 16 peaking at 30 medals and a callout for Simone Biles at age 24.

Charts 2020-04-07

Most gymnasts get their winning out of the way early on

From The Olympics Timeline Has Been Cruel To Simone Biles by Neil Paine

Small multiples chart showing the percentage of jobless workers who received unemployment insurance benefits from 2007 to 2019 for all US states, with highlighted comparisons for the US total and Florida.

Charts 2020-04-08

Not all states are equally generous with their unemployment benefits

From America’s Social Safety Net Wasn’t Ready For The Coronavirus Crisis by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Small multiples area charts showing the percentage of jobless workers receiving unemployment insurance benefits from 2007 to 2019 for the US total and all 50 states plus DC and PR.

Charts 2020-04-08

Not all states are equally generous with their unemployment benefits

From America’s Social Safety Net Wasn’t Ready For The Coronavirus Crisis by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart comparing general public economic sentiment index vs. New York Times media coverage tone from 1980 to 2013, showing they don't always move together.

Charts 2020-04-08

Economic media coverage doesn't dictate public opinion

From Media Coverage Doesn’t Actually Determine Public Opinion On The Economy by Dan Hopkins

Dot plot showing the number of days between the first detected COVID-19 case and a governor's stay-at-home order, colored by party affiliation, with eight Republican-led states yet to issue orders.

Charts 2020-04-09

Timing of social distancing guidelines isn't partisan

From Democratic And GOP Governors Enacted Stay-At-Home Orders On The Same Timeline. But All Holdouts Are Republicans. by Seth Masket

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike in early 2020 due to COVID-19.

Charts 2020-04-09

Coronavirus has led to historic unemployment numbers

From More Than 16 Million Americans Have Lost Their Jobs In The Past Three Weeks by Neil Paine

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike in early 2020 exceeding 6 million claims.

Charts 2020-04-09

Millions file for unemployment

From More Than 16 Million Americans Have Lost Their Jobs In The Past Three Weeks by Neil Paine

Log-scale chart showing expert consensus forecasts vs actual U.S. COVID-19 case counts for four weeks from March 22 to April 12, 2020, with actual numbers falling within forecasted ranges.

Charts 2020-04-09

Actual case numbers have fallen within forecasted ranges

From Experts Think We’re Flattening The Coronavirus Curve, But Hospitalizations Haven’t Peaked Yet by Jay Boice

Horizontal bar chart showing expert estimates of total U.S. COVID-19 cases on April 12, with individual expert ranges and a consensus estimate of 660,000 at 90% confidence.

Charts 2020-04-09

Case counts are expected to top a half-million by April 12

From Experts Think We’re Flattening The Coronavirus Curve, But Hospitalizations Haven’t Peaked Yet by Jay Boice

Bar chart showing expert probability estimates that new COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York City will drop below 200 at different time periods from before April 15 through June 1 or later.

Charts 2020-04-09

New York hospitals could see some relief by end of May

From Experts Think We’re Flattening The Coronavirus Curve, But Hospitalizations Haven’t Peaked Yet by Jay Boice

Bar chart showing expert estimates of the probability that peak COVID-19 hospitalizations will occur in April, May, June, July, or August, with April and May highest near 25%.

Charts 2020-04-09

Will May be the peak of hospitalizations nationally?

From Experts Think We’re Flattening The Coronavirus Curve, But Hospitalizations Haven’t Peaked Yet by Jay Boice

Bar chart showing the share of each age group vulnerable to serious illness or death from COVID-19, ranging from 32.4% for ages 18-24 to 100% for ages 65 and older.

Charts 2020-04-09

It's not just older Americans who are vulnerable

From The Young Americans Most Vulnerable To COVID-19 Are People Of Color And The Working Class by Likhitha Butchireddygari, Anna Wiederkehr

Bar chart showing share of each income group at higher risk from COVID-19, with lower income groups showing higher risk: 65.2% for under $25k, 55.4% for $25k-$75k, and 39.1% for over $75k.

Charts 2020-04-09

Lower income means higher risk

From The Young Americans Most Vulnerable To COVID-19 Are People Of Color And The Working Class by Likhitha Butchireddygari, Anna Wiederkehr

Stacked bar chart showing the share of each racial group at higher risk from COVID-19 due to age or health conditions, broken down by under-65 at-risk and 65-or-older categories.

Charts 2020-04-09

More multiracial and black people under 65 are at risk

From The Young Americans Most Vulnerable To COVID-19 Are People Of Color And The Working Class by Likhitha Butchireddygari, Anna Wiederkehr

Bar chart showing share of people at higher COVID-19 risk by education level: 63.4% less than high school, 55.3% high school/some college, 40.6% college degree.

Charts 2020-04-09

People with less education are more likely to be vulnerable

From The Young Americans Most Vulnerable To COVID-19 Are People Of Color And The Working Class by Likhitha Butchireddygari, Anna Wiederkehr

Line chart showing Democratic vs Republican polling averages from April 2019 to Election Day Nov. 3, 2020, with Democrats at 48.9% and Republicans at 41.1% as of April 9, 2020.

Charts 2020-04-10

Democrats vs. Republicans Generic Ballot Polling Average 2019-2020

From Most Americans Like How Their Governor Is Handling The Coronavirus Outbreak by Dhrumil Mehta

Horizontal bar chart comparing public vs private school teens on three remote learning activities during COVID-19 school closures, showing private school students consistently higher.

Charts 2020-04-10

Public and private school teens are having very different experiences during the coronavirus outbreak

From Most Americans Like How Their Governor Is Handling The Coronavirus Outbreak by Dhrumil Mehta

Line chart showing Trump approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2017 to early 2020, with disapproval at 50.3% and approval at 44.6% on Day 1,176.

Charts 2020-04-10

Trump Approval Rating: 50.3% Disapprove, 44.6% Approve

From Most Americans Like How Their Governor Is Handling The Coronavirus Outbreak by Dhrumil Mehta

Choropleth map of Wisconsin counties showing 2020 presidential primary voter turnout as a share of 2016 turnout, with Sheboygan at 37% and Milwaukee at 59% highlighted.

Maps 2020-04-14

Voter turnout in Wisconsin is down

From What Went Down In The Wisconsin Primary by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing the relationship between state urbanization index and 2016 presidential margin, with blue dots for Democratic states and red for Republican, highlighting Vermont and Florida as outliers.

Charts 2020-04-14

More densely populated states are more Democratic

From How Urban Or Rural Is Your State? And What Does That Mean For The 2020 Election? by Nathaniel Rakich

Bar chart showing Kenny Lofton's wins above replacement for each MLB season from 1991 to 2007, highlighting his 20.1 total WAR between 2000 and 2007.

Charts 2020-04-14

After stardom, Lofton's game aged well

From Kenny Lofton, Welcome To Our Hall Of Pretty Damn Good Players by Neil Paine

Line chart showing the share of New York State COVID-19 tests that were positive from mid-March to mid-April 2020, with a polynomial trend line peaking near 48% around March 29.

Charts 2020-04-14

A smaller share of New York's COVID-19 tests are positive

From Has New York Bent The Curve? by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the share of positive COVID-19 tests by NYC borough from mid-March to mid-April 2020, with Queens peaking highest and Manhattan declining most sharply.

Charts 2020-04-14

NYC's boroughs have followed different trajectories

From Has New York Bent The Curve? by Nate Silver

Bar chart showing daily new positive COVID-19 tests in New York state from mid-March to mid-April 2020, peaking around 10,000+ cases near April 5.

Charts 2020-04-14

New COVID-19 positives have fluctuated in New York

From Has New York Bent The Curve? by Nate Silver

Line chart showing the share of positive COVID-19 tests dropping across New York State for NYC, NYC suburbs, and Upstate from mid-March to mid-April 2020.

Charts 2020-04-14

The share of positive tests is dropping across the state

From Has New York Bent The Curve? by Nate Silver

Dot plot showing ages of major-party US presidential nominees on Election Day from 1796 to 2020, highlighting Biden and Trump as the oldest nominees.

Charts 2020-04-15

Biden and Trump will be the oldest presidential nominees

From What Happens If A Presidential Nominee Can No Longer Run For Office? by Geoffrey Skelley

Bar chart showing NFL teams by number of offensive first-round starters in a season since 2015, highlighting the 2020 Atlanta Falcons projected to start 10 first-rounders on offense.

Charts 2020-04-15

Teams rarely load up on this much draft talent

From The Atlanta Falcons Are Hoarding First-Round Talent by Michael Salfino

Scatter plot showing poll results from March to April 2020 on whether Americans trust Vice President Mike Pence to handle COVID-19, with pink dots for mistrust and teal dots for trust.

Charts 2020-04-16

America is divided on trusting Pence on COVID-19

From Who Do Americans Trust Most On COVID-19? by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing poll results from March to April 2020 on whether Americans trust or mistrust the federal government to handle COVID-19, with blue dots indicating mostly trust and pink dots indicating mostly mistrust.

Charts 2020-04-16

Americans generally trust the government on COVID-19

From Who Do Americans Trust Most On COVID-19? by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing poll results from March to April 2020 on whether Americans trust or mistrust the CDC to handle COVID-19, with most results clustered around 75-90% trust.

Charts 2020-04-16

Americans overwhelmingly trust the CDC on COVID-19

From Who Do Americans Trust Most On COVID-19? by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing poll results from March to April 2020 on whether Americans trust or mistrust President Trump to handle COVID-19, with pink dots for mistrust and teal dots for trust.

Charts 2020-04-16

Many Americans don't trust Trump on COVID-19

From Who Do Americans Trust Most On COVID-19? by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing poll results from March to April 2020 on whether Americans trust or mistrust the news media regarding COVID-19 information.

Charts 2020-04-16

Trust in the media on COVID-19 is a mixed bag

From Who Do Americans Trust Most On COVID-19? by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Charts 2020-04-16

Coronavirus has led to historic unemployment numbers

From At Least 22 Million Americans Are Out Of A Job — And We Haven’t Hit Bottom by Neil Paine

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike to over 6 million in 2020.

Charts 2020-04-16

Millions file for unemployment, 1967-2020

From At Least 22 Million Americans Are Out Of A Job — And We Haven’t Hit Bottom by Neil Paine

Line chart showing the share of Americans who approve or disapprove of Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis from February to April 2020, with key events marked.

Charts 2020-04-17

Do Americans approve of Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis?

From How Are Americans Adjusting To Life In A Pandemic? by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing Democratic and Republican generic ballot polling averages from April 2019 to Election Day Nov. 3, 2020, with Democrats at 48.6% and Republicans at 40.8% as of April 16, 2020.

Charts 2020-04-17

Generic Ballot Polling: Democrats 48.6% vs Republicans 40.8%

From How Are Americans Adjusting To Life In A Pandemic? by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing how concerned Americans are about coronavirus infection from February to April 2020, with four worry levels tracked over time.

Charts 2020-04-17

How worried are Americans about infection?

From How Are Americans Adjusting To Life In A Pandemic? by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing how concerned Americans were about the coronavirus's effect on the U.S. economy from February to April 2020, with four concern levels tracked over time.

Charts 2020-04-17

How worried are Americans about the economy?

From How Are Americans Adjusting To Life In A Pandemic? by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing Trump approval and disapproval ratings from January 2017 through April 2020 (Day 1,183), with disapproval at 51.7% and approval at 44.2%.

Charts 2020-04-17

Trump Approval Ratings Over Time — All Polls

From How Are Americans Adjusting To Life In A Pandemic? by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing 50 possible simulated paths of comment counts over time, with a red reference line representing e^t - 1.

Charts 2020-04-17

50 possible paths of comments over time

From Can You Solve The Chess Mystery? by Zach Wissner-Gross

A scatter or line chart with a single data point near row 0 and a tall vertical line, plotted against a Row number x-axis from 0 to 100.

Charts 2020-04-17

Row Number Chart with Single Data Point

From Can You Solve The Chess Mystery? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Line chart showing row number versus angle in degrees, with a bell-shaped curve peaking at 100 near 45 degrees and a highlighted region between 40 and 50 degrees.

Charts 2020-04-17

Row Number vs. Angle (degrees) with highlighted 40–50 degree range

From Can You Solve The Chess Mystery? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Scatter plot showing career true shooting percentage vs. points per 36 minutes for NBA players with at least 15,000 minutes from 1976-2020, with Michael Jordan highlighted as an outlier.

Charts 2020-04-17

MJ pushed the boundaries of efficient scoring

From Why Michael Jordan Was The Best by Neil Paine

Bar chart showing expert probability estimates that 8 or more US states could report at least 1,000 COVID-19 deaths by May 1, with the 8-11 states range having the highest probability near 30%.

Charts 2020-04-17

8 or more states could soon have at least 1,000 deaths

From Experts Think The U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Will Hit 50,000 By The End Of April by Jay Boice

Bar chart showing expert probability estimates for which month April through September 2020 will have the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, with April and May highest.

Charts 2020-04-17

Experts think deaths will likely peak before summer

From Experts Think The U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Will Hit 50,000 By The End Of April by Jay Boice

Horizontal bar chart showing expert estimates of total U.S. COVID-19 deaths by May 1, with individual expert ranges, an expert consensus bar, and the IHME model estimate of 51,405.

Charts 2020-04-17

Several experts expect around 50,000 deaths by May 1

From Experts Think The U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Will Hit 50,000 By The End Of April by Jay Boice

Line chart comparing the length in minutes of MLB doubleheader games vs. other games from 1904 to 2019, showing both have grown longer over time.

Charts 2020-04-20

All games are longer — but doubleheaders a little less so

From How MLB Could Squeeze Extra Games Into A Shortened Season by Travis Sawchik

Area chart showing MLB doubleheaders played per season as a share of total games from 1901 to 2019, with a peak in 1945 and a long decline thereafter.

Charts 2020-04-20

If there's a season, there's a way to play more games

From How MLB Could Squeeze Extra Games Into A Shortened Season by Travis Sawchik

Grouped bar chart comparing Biden and Trump total fundraising receipts by month (January–March), showing Biden's March spike to $46.7m versus Trump's dip to $13.6m.

Charts 2020-04-21

Biden saw fundraising spike in March, Trump dipped

From Fundraising Dipped In March As Campaigns Adjust To A New Normal by Likhitha Butchireddygari

Line chart showing total political fundraising receipts by candidates, PACs, and party committees from January to March, with most categories slowing in March.

Charts 2020-04-21

Political fundraising mostly slowed in March

From Fundraising Dipped In March As Campaigns Adjust To A New Normal by Likhitha Butchireddygari

Bar chart showing the probability that Baylor DE James Lynch will be selected at each NFL draft pick slot from 1 to 141, according to ESPN's draft prediction model.

Charts 2020-04-21

James Lynch could basically be drafted anywhere

From Where ESPN’s NFL Draft Model Thinks Your Favorite Player Is Going by Neil Paine

Bar chart showing the probability distribution of Alabama safety Xavier McKinney being selected at each NFL draft pick slot, peaking around picks 17-19, per ESPN's draft prediction model.

Charts 2020-04-21

McKinney's draft outlook: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

From Where ESPN’s NFL Draft Model Thinks Your Favorite Player Is Going by Neil Paine

Tile grid map of US states color-coded by when they peaked in positive COVID-19 test percentage, from March 25 to April 22, 2020.

Maps 2020-04-23

The U.S. hasn't turned the corner yet — COVID-19 peak positive tests by state

From Coronavirus Cases Are Still Growing In Many U.S. States by Nate Silver

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike in 2020 reaching over 6 million claims.

Charts 2020-04-23

Millions file for unemployment

From Have States With Lockdown Protests Been Hit Harder By Unemployment? by Neil Paine

Line and bar chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Charts 2020-04-23

The coronavirus has led to historic unemployment numbers

From Have States With Lockdown Protests Been Hit Harder By Unemployment? by Neil Paine

Line chart showing Democratic (48.1%) vs Republican (40.5%) polling averages with confidence bands from April 2019 through Election Day Nov. 3, 2020, with a marker at April 23, 2020.

Charts 2020-04-24

Democrats vs. Republicans Polling Average April 2019–Nov. 2020

From Americans Are Largely Unimpressed With Trump’s Handling Of The Coronavirus Pandemic by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing approval and disapproval of Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis from Feb 16 to April 23, 2020, with disapprove at 50.4% and approve at 45.9%.

Charts 2020-04-24

Do Americans approve of Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis?

From Americans Are Largely Unimpressed With Trump’s Handling Of The Coronavirus Pandemic by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing how concerned Americans are about coronavirus infection from February to April 2020, with four levels: Somewhat (37.7%), Very (32.3%), Not very (20.0%), and Not at all (9.1%).

Charts 2020-04-24

How worried are Americans about infection?

From Americans Are Largely Unimpressed With Trump’s Handling Of The Coronavirus Pandemic by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing how concerned Americans say they are about the coronavirus's effect on the U.S. economy from February to April 2020, with four concern levels tracked over time.

Charts 2020-04-24

How worried are Americans about the economy?

From Americans Are Largely Unimpressed With Trump’s Handling Of The Coronavirus Pandemic by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing Trump's approval and disapproval ratings from January 2017 through Day 1,190, with disapproval at 52.6% and approval at 43.4%.

Charts 2020-04-24

Trump Approval Rating Over Time (Day 1,190)

From Americans Are Largely Unimpressed With Trump’s Handling Of The Coronavirus Pandemic by Geoffrey Skelley

Dot-and-arrow chart showing original vs. rescheduled Democratic presidential primary dates by state since March 17, 2020, due to COVID-19.

Charts 2020-04-24

COVID-19 has upended the election calendar

From The Coronavirus Means The 2020 Primary Season Will End Later Than Ever by Nathaniel Rakich

Tile grid map of the US showing state vote-by-mail rules, color-coded by whether mail is default, any voter can vote absentee, excuse is required, or some counties vote by mail.

Maps 2020-04-27

State vote-by-mail rules are all over the place

From Few States Are Prepared To Switch To Voting By Mail. That Could Make For A Messy Election. by Nathaniel Rakich

Small multiples line chart showing the difference between average polling margin and final vote margin for each US presidential election from 1980 to 2016, plotted from 200 to 0 days before the election.

Charts 2020-04-27

Are early general election polls getting more accurate?

From You Can Pay Attention To Those Trump vs. Biden Polls. But Be Cautious. by Geoffrey Skelley

Table showing share of employees by characteristic and physical proximity level, comparing high-proximity jobs to high WFH potential jobs, with differences highlighted.

Tables 2020-04-28

High physical proximity jobs are held by vulnerable groups

From The Americans Who Suffered When The Economy Shut Down Are Also In More Danger As It Reopens by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Julia Wolfe

Four bar charts showing share of workers with no college degree or below median income in jobs with low/high work-from-home potential and low/high physical proximity to others.

Charts 2020-04-28

Vulnerable populations tend to have the high-risk jobs

From The Americans Who Suffered When The Economy Shut Down Are Also In More Danger As It Reopens by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Julia Wolfe

Table comparing share of employees with various characteristics in low vs high work-from-home potential jobs, showing differences ranging from -0.5 to +38.4 percentage points.

Tables 2020-04-28

Workers in low work from home jobs are less secure

From The Americans Who Suffered When The Economy Shut Down Are Also In More Danger As It Reopens by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Julia Wolfe

Dot plot showing the national popular vote margin between Democratic and Republican presidential nominees from 1868 to 2016, with annotations for elections where the popular vote winner lost.

Charts 2020-04-29

Smaller margins, more competitive elections

From Could The Coronavirus And Economic Crash Make Republicans Abandon Trump? by Geoffrey Skelley

Two scatter plots showing Grand Slam winners' ages during the Open era 1968-2020 for men and women, with Roger Federer and Serena Williams highlighted in orange.

Charts 2020-04-29

Roger and Serena have already beaten the aging odds

From Have Serena Williams And Roger Federer Won Their Last Grand Slams? by Tom Perrotta

Line chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike in 2020 exceeding 6 million claims.

Charts 2020-04-30

Millions file for unemployment, 1967-2020

From Nearly 20 Percent Of The U.S. Labor Force Has Filed For Unemployment Since Mid-March by Neil Paine

Line and bar chart showing weekly seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims from 1967 to 2020, with a dramatic spike during the COVID-19 pandemic exceeding 6 million claims.

Charts 2020-04-30

The coronavirus has led to historic unemployment numbers

From Nearly 20 Percent Of The U.S. Labor Force Has Filed For Unemployment Since Mid-March by Neil Paine

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