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Line chart showing polling averages for Georgia's regular Senate election between Republican David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff from November 9 to January 5, with Ossoff leading at 49.2% vs Perdue 47.4%.

Charts 2021-01-04

Georgia's Regular Senate Election Polling Average

From The Case For Republicans In Georgia vs. The Case For Democrats by Nathaniel Rakich, Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing polling averages for Georgia's special Senate election between Warnock and Loeffler from November 2020 to January 2021, with Warnock leading at 49.5% vs Loeffler 47.2%.

Charts 2021-01-04

Georgia's Special Senate Election Polling Average

From The Case For Republicans In Georgia vs. The Case For Democrats by Nathaniel Rakich, Geoffrey Skelley

Scatter plot showing colleges by number of QBs drafted since 2001 versus average weighted career Approximate Value, highlighting Purdue, California, Oklahoma, Ohio State, USC, and LSU.

Charts 2021-01-07

Few schools have produced multiple high-quality QBs

From No, Ohio State Isn’t A Quarterback School. But There Are No Quarterback Schools. by Ty Schalter

Scatter plot showing Georgia counties by share of college-educated residents versus the percentage-point difference between Ossoff's runoff margin and Biden's general election margin, with a downward trend line.

Charts 2021-01-07

Ossoff did worse than Biden in well-educated counties

From How Democrats Won The Georgia Runoffs by Nathaniel Rakich, Geoffrey Skelley, Laura Bronner, Julia Wolfe

Scatter plot showing Georgia counties by share of Black residents versus how much higher or lower Ossoff's runoff margin was than Biden's general election margin, as of Jan. 7.

Charts 2021-01-07

Ossoff outran Biden in areas with more Black voters

From How Democrats Won The Georgia Runoffs by Nathaniel Rakich, Geoffrey Skelley, Laura Bronner, Julia Wolfe

Scatter plot showing Georgia counties' percentage-point change in turnout between the November 2020 election and Senate runoffs, by presidential margin, with a downward trend line for Republican-leaning counties.

Charts 2021-01-07

Republican-leaning counties saw lower turnout

From How Democrats Won The Georgia Runoffs by Nathaniel Rakich, Geoffrey Skelley, Laura Bronner, Julia Wolfe

Dot chart showing House Democratic members' support for impeaching President Trump a second time, arranged by partisan lean of their district from D+80 to R+20.

Charts 2021-01-07

Many House Democrats are ready to impeach again

From Republicans Control Whether Trump Stays Or Goes by Perry Bacon Jr

Heatmap showing game outcomes by Player A and Player B starting points, with black indicating Player B wins and blue shades indicating Player A wins at various probabilities.

Charts 2021-01-08

Player A vs Player B Starting Points Outcome Heatmap

From Can You Cut The Square … Into More Squares? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Line chart showing Alabama's expected points added per play for passing, rushing, and total offense under Nick Saban from 2007 to 2020.

Charts 2021-01-11

Alabama's passing offense has taken off lately

From What To Watch For In The College Football National Championship by Richard Johnson

Dot-and-bar chart showing women and men holding each US Cabinet office under every president from Carter to Biden, with purple indicating female and gold indicating male appointees.

Charts 2021-01-11

Biden will start with a historic number of women in his Cabinet

From Biden’s Record-Breaking Cabinet Nominees, In One Chart by Nathaniel Rakich, Anna Wiederkehr, Meredith Conroy

Icon-based infographic showing women and men holding each Cabinet office under every US president since 1977, comparing Obama, Trump, Biden, Clinton, G.W. Bush, Carter, Reagan, and G.H.W. Bush.

Other 2021-01-11

Biden will start with a historic number of women in his Cabinet

From Biden’s Record-Breaking Cabinet Nominees, In One Chart by Nathaniel Rakich, Anna Wiederkehr, Meredith Conroy

Line chart showing Pittsburgh Steelers Elo ratings from 2015 to 2021, with a peak of 1673 on 12/2/2020 after a win vs. Baltimore.

Charts 2021-01-11

Pittsburgh Steelers Elo Rating History (2015–2021)

From Lamar Jackson, The Browns And Slime Won The NFL’s Wild-Card Weekend

Horizontal bar chart showing percentages of Americans consistently opposed, inconsistent, or consistently in favor of Strong Leader and Army Rule authoritarian alternatives over three years.

Charts 2021-01-12

A Majority of Americans Consistently Opposes Authoritarian Alternatives Over Three Years

From How Much Danger Is American Democracy In?

Table 1 from a research article listing six conceptions of democracy with their principles, guiding questions, and associated institutions.

Tables 2021-01-12

Conceptions of Democracy – Table 1

From How Much Danger Is American Democracy In?

Two line charts showing predicted and average agreement with antidemocratic attitudes versus ethnic antagonism among Republicans, with four colored curves per chart.

Charts 2021-01-12

Ethnic Antagonism and Antidemocratic Attitudes (Fig. 2)

From How Much Danger Is American Democracy In?

Figure 1 from an academic paper showing marginal effects of nativism on party support across Great Britain, Germany, France, Sweden, and the United States using dot-and-whisker plots.

Charts 2021-01-12

Marginal Effects of Nativism – Figure 1

From How Much Danger Is American Democracy In?

Four grouped bar charts showing share of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who rated democracy, expert governance, strong leader, and army governance as good or very good for society in May-June 2020.

Charts 2021-01-12

Republicans, in particular, are souring on democracy

From How Much Danger Is American Democracy In?

Scatter plot showing V-Dem illiberalism index positioning Republican and Democratic parties over time relative to global parties on liberal-authoritarian and left-right axes.

Charts 2021-01-12

V-Dem's 'illiberalism index' shows Republican party has retreated from upholding democratic norms

From How Much Danger Is American Democracy In?

Dot plot showing Republican House members who objected to or affirmed Pennsylvania and Arizona Electoral College votes, distributed by partisan lean of their district.

Charts 2021-01-13

Most GOP House members objected to electoral votes

From What The House Vote On The 25th Amendment Says About Impeachment by Perry Bacon Jr

Heat map showing Patrick Mahomes's pass completions relative to the average NFL quarterback by field location from 2018-20, with warmer colors indicating more completions.

Charts 2021-01-14

Mahomes can throw it deep

From What Makes Patrick Mahomes So Great by Josh Hermsmeyer, Neil Paine, Ryan Best

Heat map showing Patrick Mahomes's pass completions relative to the average NFL quarterback by field location from 2018-20, with red indicating more completions and yellow fewer.

Charts 2021-01-14

Mahomes can throw the deep ball with ease

From What Makes Patrick Mahomes So Great by Josh Hermsmeyer, Neil Paine, Ryan Best

Small multiples line charts showing expected points added per play vs. probability of a pass attempt for six NFL quarterbacks, highlighting that Mahomes uniquely excels even when defenses expect a pass.

Charts 2021-01-14

Mahomes is best when the defense knows what's coming

From What Makes Patrick Mahomes So Great by Josh Hermsmeyer, Neil Paine, Ryan Best

Small multiples line chart comparing six NFL quarterbacks' expected points added per play vs. pass attempt probability, showing Mahomes uniquely improves as defense anticipates passes, 2006-20.

Charts 2021-01-14

Mahomes is best when the defense knows what's coming

From What Makes Patrick Mahomes So Great by Josh Hermsmeyer, Neil Paine, Ryan Best

Line chart showing Trump's weighted approval and disapproval ratings from January 23, 2017 to January 14, 2021, highlighting a 6.5-point drop after the January 6 Capitol attack.

Charts 2021-01-15

Trump's approval rating plunged in the past week

From Since The Capitol Attack, Trump’s Approval Rating Has Plummeted At A Record Rate by Geoffrey Skelley

Statistical tables showing arrow distribution by distance and ring in archery matches, plus a dot-plot visualization of 100K sample arrows on a target.

Charts 2021-01-15

Archery Arrow Distributions by Distance and Ring

From Can You Hunt For The Mysterious Numbers? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Partial table showing numerical data with values 294, 216, 135, 98, 112, 84, 245, 40 in one column and totals 8,890,560, 156,800, 55,566 in the bottom row.

Tables 2021-01-15

Partial Data Table with Numerical Values

From Can You Hunt For The Mysterious Numbers? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Line chart showing Americans' favorable and warm ratings toward their own party versus the other party on a 0-100 scale from 1978 to around 2016, with own-party scores staying near 75 and other-party scores declining sharply.

Charts 2021-01-15

Americans really don't like the other party

From How Has The Radical Right Evolved Under Trump?

Line chart showing the ratio of free-throw attempts and 3-point attempts to all field-goal attempts for the Houston Rockets from 2009-10 to 2020-21, with a marker when Harden arrived.

Charts 2021-01-15

Harden helped transform the Rockets' offense

From James Harden’s Rockets Changed The NBA Forever by Neil Paine, Chris Herring

Line chart showing the minutes-weighted age of San Antonio Spurs teams coached by Gregg Popovich from 1999 to 2020, highlighting the current team as the youngest at 26.8.

Charts 2021-01-20

This Spurs team is the youngest Popovich has coached

From The Spurs’ Young Trio Has Them Back In The Mix by Jared Dubin

Stacked bar chart showing number of judicial vacancies at the start of each presidential administration from Reagan to Biden, broken down by appellate, district, and other court types.

Charts 2021-01-21

Biden has relatively few vacancies to fill

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Step chart showing percentage of nonwhite appellate and district judges appointed by presidents from Carter to Trump, with change annotations showing Trump broke the trend of increasing diversity.

Charts 2021-01-21

Most presidents have built on the diversity of their party's judicial picks — Trump didn't

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Icon grid chart showing percentage of appellate and district judges appointed by US presidents from Carter to Trump, broken down by race or ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Other).

Charts 2021-01-21

Only a small share of Trump's judges aren't white

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Icon grid chart showing percentage of appellate and district judges appointed by US presidents from Carter to Trump, broken down by race or ethnicity.

Charts 2021-01-21

Only a small share of Trump's judges aren't white

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot plot showing Judicial Common Space scores for appellate court judges in the 9th and 2nd circuits before and after Trump's presidency, illustrating a shift toward more conservative judges.

Charts 2021-01-21

Trump changed the balance of power on many appeals courts

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot plot showing Judicial Common Space scores for appellate court judges in the 9th and 2nd circuits before and after Trump's presidency, illustrating a shift toward more conservative judges.

Charts 2021-01-21

Trump tilted the balance of power on appellate courts

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot plot showing Judicial Common Space scores for every appellate court judge appointed by each president from Carter to Trump, arranged on a liberal-to-conservative scale.

Charts 2021-01-21

Trump's conservative judges

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot plot showing Judicial Common Space scores for every appellate court judge appointed by each president from Carter to Trump, illustrating that Trump's judges are the most conservative.

Charts 2021-01-21

Trump's judges are very conservative

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Waterfall-style chart showing the percentage of nonwhite appellate and district judges appointed by US presidents from Carter to Trump, with change indicators between same-party predecessors.

Charts 2021-01-21

Trump's judicial picks weren't as diverse as his predecessors'

From It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary by Elena Mejia, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Scatter plot showing NFL defenses' rushing EPA allowed versus offense-adjusted pass rate over expectation for the 2020 season, highlighting that stronger run defenses face more passes than expected.

Charts 2021-01-21

Stronger run defenses face more passes than expected

From The Bucs’ Defense Dares Opposing Offenses To Pass. So They Do. by Namita Nandakumar

A numeric table with four columns and eight data rows plus a totals row, showing values including 8,890,560 and 156,800 in the bottom row.

Tables 2021-01-22

Numeric Data Table with Totals Row

From Can You Skillfully Ski The Slopes? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Two stacked area charts showing American trust in the Executive and Legislative branches from 1997 to 2020, comparing 'Great deal or a fair amount' vs 'None or not very much'.

Charts 2021-01-25

Americans largely don't trust their political institutions

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Stacked area charts showing American trust in the Executive and Legislative branches from 1997 to 2020, with 58% and 67% respectively having little or no trust by 2020.

Charts 2021-01-25

Americans largely don't trust their political institutions

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Diverging bar chart showing share of Republicans and Democrats who say Biden or GOP congressional leaders should work with or stand up to each other, based on a Jan. 2021 Pew survey.

Charts 2021-01-25

Democrats are more inclined to seek compromise with Republicans

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Diverging bar chart showing shares of Republicans and Democrats who say Biden or GOP congressional leaders should work with each other versus stand up to the other, from a Jan. 2021 Pew survey.

Charts 2021-01-25

Democrats are more inclined to seek compromise with Republicans

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing the share of Democrats and Republicans who say racial discrimination is the main reason Black people can't get ahead, from 1994 to 2019, with Democrats rising to 68% and Republicans at 13%.

Charts 2021-01-25

More and more Democrats believe racial discrimination hinders equality

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing the share of Democrats and Republicans who say racial discrimination is the main reason Black people can't get ahead, from 1994 to 2019, with a growing partisan gap.

Charts 2021-01-25

More and more democrats believe racial discrimination hinders equality

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing share of U.S. aggregate family wealth by income tier from 1983 to 2016, with the gap between upper income and other tiers growing from 28% to 62%.

Charts 2021-01-25

The gap between the upper class and everyone else has been growing for decades

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing share of U.S. aggregate family wealth by income tier from 1983 to 2016, with upper income rising to ~79% and middle income falling, widening the gap from 28% to 62%.

Charts 2021-01-25

The gap between the upper class and everyone else has been growing for decades

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Stacked bar chart showing shares of Biden and Trump supporters who say they have none, some, a few, or a lot of friends supporting the opposing candidate.

Charts 2021-01-25

Trump and Biden supporters have few to no friends who support the opposing candidate

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Stacked bar chart showing share of Trump and Biden supporters who have none, some, a few, or a lot of friends supporting the opposing candidate, based on a July 2020 Pew survey.

Charts 2021-01-25

Trump and Biden supporters have few to no friends who support the opposing candidate

From Our Radicalized Republic by Maggie Koerth, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing average length of offensive possession by year for Gonzaga and the fastest team in Division I men's basketball from 2009-10 to 2020-21.

Charts 2021-01-26

Gonzaga has picked up the pace lately

From Gonzaga Is Dominating With Speed And Defensive Disruption by Josh Planos

Small multiples chart showing rural Sun Belt counties in Florida, Georgia, and Arizona that shifted right in all three elections (2012, 2016, 2020), with red flag-like bars indicating rightward shift per county.

Charts 2021-01-27

... but many rural Sun Belt counties have been getting redder

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples dot plot showing rural Sun Belt counties in Florida, Georgia, and Arizona that shifted right in all three elections from 2012 to 2020.

Charts 2021-01-27

... but many rural Sun Belt counties have been getting redder

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples diverging bar chart showing Frost Belt suburban and exurban counties in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that shifted left in 2020 compared to 2012 and 2016.

Charts 2021-01-27

After inching right, Frost Belt suburbs swung back

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing partisan vote shifts in Frost Belt suburban and exurban counties in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin across 2012, 2016, and 2020 elections.

Charts 2021-01-27

After inching right, Frost Belt suburbs swung back

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Annotated infographic showing Biden's 2020 election margins compared to previous elections in key counties across Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin.

Other 2021-01-27

Biden's Margins vs. Previous Elections in Key Swing State Counties

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Infographic showing election margin shifts in key counties across Georgia, Wisconsin, and Arizona from 2012 to 2020, using arrow-flag icons to represent partisan swings.

Other 2021-01-27

County-Level Election Margin Shifts: Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona (2012–2020)

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing Trump's vote margin shifts in Florida counties across 2012, 2016, and 2020 elections, highlighting big gains in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach.

Charts 2021-01-27

Florida Trump +3.4 — County Margin Shifts 2012–2020

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples showing Trump vs Democrat vote margins in Florida counties (Miami-Dade, Broward, Pinellas, Palm Beach) across 2012, 2016, and 2020 elections, with Trump +3.4 overall.

Charts 2021-01-27

Florida Trump +3.4 — County Vote Margins 2012–2020

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential election margins by county in Florida, with red indicating Republican and blue Democratic shifts.

Charts 2021-01-27

Florida Trump +3.4 — County-Level Election Margins 2012–2020

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing vote shift by Florida county across 2012, 2016, and 2020 elections, with gray bars indicating counties that moved left in 2020, overall result Trump +3.4

Charts 2021-01-27

Florida Trump +3.4 — County-Level Vote Shifts 2012–2020

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing Georgia county-level vote shifts between 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections, with Biden winning the state by +0.2.

Charts 2021-01-27

Georgia Biden +0.2 — County Vote Shifts 2012–2020

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing Biden's vote swing versus 2012 and 2016 results across Georgia counties, with Biden winning the state by +0.2 points.

Charts 2021-01-27

Georgia Biden +0.2 — County-level vote swings

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Infographic showing Michigan election shifts in Wayne and Macomb counties for 2012, 2016, and 2020, with Biden winning Michigan by +2.8 points.

Other 2021-01-27

Michigan Biden +2.8 — Wayne and Macomb County Shifts

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Infographic showing Michigan election shifts in Wayne and Macomb counties across 2012, 2016, and 2020, illustrating Biden's +2.8 margin despite rightward shifts.

Other 2021-01-27

Michigan Biden +2.8 — Wayne and Macomb County Shifts

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples dot plot showing rural Frost Belt counties in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that shifted left in the 2020 election compared to 2012 and 2016.

Charts 2021-01-27

Not all rural Frost Belt counties are solidly red

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing rural Frost Belt counties in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that shifted left in 2020, with arrow indicators for 2012, 2016, and 2020 partisan lean.

Charts 2021-01-27

Not all rural Frost Belt counties are solidly red ...

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Dot-and-flag chart showing 2012, 2016, and 2020 election margin shifts in four Pennsylvania counties: Philadelphia, Delaware, Allegheny, and Montgomery, with Biden winning by +1.2.

Charts 2021-01-27

Pennsylvania Biden +1.2 — County Margin Shifts 2012–2020

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Infographic showing Pennsylvania 2020 election result Biden +1.2, with swing indicators for Philadelphia, Delaware, Allegheny, and Montgomery counties across 2012, 2016, and 2020.

Other 2021-01-27

Pennsylvania Biden +1.2 — County Swings 2012–2020

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing suburban and exurban counties in Florida, Georgia, and Arizona that shifted left in 2020, with arrow glyphs indicating partisan lean in 2012, 2016, and 2020.

Charts 2021-01-27

The suburban Sun Belt has been inching left for years

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Small multiples chart showing suburban and exurban counties in Florida, Georgia, and Arizona that shifted left in 2020, with arrow indicators for 2012, 2016, and 2020 elections.

Charts 2021-01-27

The suburban Sun Belt has been inching left for years

From How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Geoffrey Skelley, Anna Wiederkehr

Area chart showing the number of safeties used by the Kansas City Chiefs defense on each defensive play against the Buffalo Bills in the AFC championship game, by quarter.

Charts 2021-01-28

The Chiefs beat the Bills with cautious aggression

From The Chiefs Defense Used Four Big Safeties To Get To The Super Bowl by Josh Hermsmeyer

Three line charts comparing Biden's net approval rating of +18.9 at day 8 against Trump (+2.0), Obama (+39.3), and George W. Bush (+32.0) at the same point in their presidencies.

Charts 2021-01-28

How Biden compares with past presidents

From How We’re Tracking Joe Biden’s Approval Rating by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing Joe Biden's approval and disapproval ratings over his presidency from 2021 to 2025, with 53.9% approve and 35.1% disapprove shown at Day 8.

Charts 2021-01-28

How popular is Joe Biden?

From How We’re Tracking Joe Biden’s Approval Rating by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing Joe Biden's approval and disapproval ratings from Jan. 23–27, 2021, with approve at 53.9% and disapprove at 35.1% on Day 8.

Charts 2021-01-28

How popular is Joe Biden?

From How We’re Tracking Joe Biden’s Approval Rating by Nathaniel Rakich

Approval polling table showing pollster grades, sample sizes, weights, and approve/disapprove percentages with color-coded adjusted values for multiple polls from Jan 19-26.

Tables 2021-01-28

Presidential Approval Polls Table with Adjusted Ratings

From How We’re Tracking Joe Biden’s Approval Rating by Nathaniel Rakich

Dual line chart showing the share of South Asian American donations to Sri Preston Kulkarni's House campaigns in 2018 and 2020, both declining over time.

Charts 2021-01-28

Kulkarni initially relied on South Asian American donors

From Many South Asian Americans Tap Into Their Community To Kick-Start Their Political Careers by Dhrumil Mehta

Small multiples line chart showing share of donations from South Asian Americans to Samosa Caucus members Bera, Khanna, Krishnamoorthi, and Jayapal across campaign cycles 2010-2020.

Charts 2021-01-28

South Asian Americans helped the Samosa Caucus get its start

From Many South Asian Americans Tap Into Their Community To Kick-Start Their Political Careers by Dhrumil Mehta

Small multiples line chart showing the share of donations from South Asian Americans to Samosa Caucus members Ami Bera, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Pramila Jayapal across campaign cycles 2010-2020.

Charts 2021-01-28

South Asian Americans helped the Samosa Caucus get its start

From Many South Asian Americans Tap Into Their Community To Kick-Start Their Political Careers by Dhrumil Mehta

Line chart showing Jaylen Brown's shooting accuracy per season from 2016-17 to 2020-21 broken down by free throws, in the paint, midrange, and three-point attempts.

Charts 2021-01-29

Brown is shooting lights out this season

From Jaylen Brown Is Using The Midrange Shot To Reach A Different Level by Yaron Weitzman

Stacked area chart showing Jaylen Brown's share of shots by floor area (midrange, from three, in the paint) across NBA seasons 2016-17 through 2020-21.

Charts 2021-01-29

Jaylen Brown has doubled his midrange attempts

From Jaylen Brown Is Using The Midrange Shot To Reach A Different Level by Yaron Weitzman

Log-log scatter plot showing two series of data points (orange and blue) depicting the relationship between log N on the x-axis and log P on the y-axis, with values decreasing as N increases.

Charts 2021-01-29

Log P vs. Log N scatter plot

From Can You Guess The Mystery Word? by Zach Wissner-Gross