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Line chart showing Democratic and Republican generic ballot polling averages from April 2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Democrats at 45.0% and Republicans at 41.7% as of Sept. 30, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-01

Generic Ballot Polling: Democrats 45.0% vs Republicans 41.7%

From What Americans Think About The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling by Geoffrey Skelley, Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 23 to September 30, 2021, with disapprove at 48.6% and approve at 44.8% on Day 254.

Charts 2021-10-01

Presidential Approval Rating Through Day 254

From What Americans Think About The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling by Geoffrey Skelley, Mackenzie Wilkes

A grid of orange dots with one red dot near the center, likely representing a 1-in-many statistical proportion.

Other 2021-10-01

One in Many: Single Red Dot Among Orange Dot Grid

From Can You Power Through The Workout? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Line chart showing 15-year adjusted average and recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes from 1851 to 2019, with separate series for all hurricanes and major hurricanes, including 95% confidence intervals.

Charts 2021-10-05

15-year adjusted average and recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes, 1851-2019

From Why Past Hurricane Seasons Don’t Tell Us Much About The Future by Anna Wiederkehr

Dual vertical line charts showing 15-year adjusted average and historical recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes from 1851 to 2019, split into major hurricanes and all hurricanes.

Charts 2021-10-05

15-year adjusted average and recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes, 1851-2019

From Why Past Hurricane Seasons Don’t Tell Us Much About The Future by Anna Wiederkehr

Dual line chart showing 15-year rolling averages of recorded Atlantic basin major hurricanes (Category 3-5) and all hurricanes from 1851 to 2019.

Charts 2021-10-05

15-year average of recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes, 1851-2019

From Why Past Hurricane Seasons Don’t Tell Us Much About The Future by Anna Wiederkehr

Step line chart showing 15-year average recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes from 1851 to 2019, with separate lines for all hurricanes and major hurricanes (Category 3-5).

Charts 2021-10-05

15-year average recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes, 1851-2019

From Why Past Hurricane Seasons Don’t Tell Us Much About The Future by Anna Wiederkehr

Line chart showing the 15-year average of recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes from 1851 to 2019, annotated with key observational developments like satellite launches and reconnaissance flights.

Charts 2021-10-05

Observational developments and 15-year average of recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes, 1851-2019

From Why Past Hurricane Seasons Don’t Tell Us Much About The Future by Anna Wiederkehr

Horizontal line chart showing the 15-year average of recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes from 1851 to 2019, with annotations marking key observational developments over time.

Charts 2021-10-05

Observational developments and 15-year average of recorded Atlantic basin hurricanes, 1851-2019

From Why Past Hurricane Seasons Don’t Tell Us Much About The Future by Anna Wiederkehr

Satellite or radar image showing a large swirling storm system in blue and white tones with a visible eye-like clear center.

Maps 2021-10-05

Satellite Storm System Map

From Why Past Hurricane Seasons Don’t Tell Us Much About The Future by Anna Wiederkehr

Dual line chart showing seven-day rolling average of U.S. COVID-19 cases and Biden's approval/disapproval ratings on pandemic handling from July 1 to October 5, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-06

Approval of Biden's handling of the pandemic plateaued despite falling COVID-19 cases

From Why Biden’s Approval Rating Isn’t Bouncing Back by Nathaniel Rakich

Dual line chart showing seven-day rolling average of U.S. COVID-19 cases and Biden's approval and disapproval ratings for pandemic handling from July 1 to October 5.

Charts 2021-10-06

Approval of Biden's handling of the pandemic plateaued despite falling COVID-19 cases

From Why Biden’s Approval Rating Isn’t Bouncing Back by Nathaniel Rakich

Dual-panel line chart showing cable news mentions of Afghanistan and Biden's approval rating from August 1 to September 30, 2021, with key events annotated.

Charts 2021-10-06

Biden's approval hasn't recovered as cable news focuses less on Afghanistan

From Why Biden’s Approval Rating Isn’t Bouncing Back by Nathaniel Rakich

Dual line chart showing cable news mentions of Afghanistan and Biden's approval vs disapproval ratings from August 1 to September 30, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-06

Biden's approval hasn't recovered as cable news focuses less on Afghanistan

From Why Biden’s Approval Rating Isn’t Bouncing Back by Nathaniel Rakich

Line chart showing generic congressional ballot polling from April 2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Democrats at 44.7% and Republicans at 41.9% as of Oct. 7, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-08

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 44.7% vs Republicans 41.9%

From Americans Want The Government To Act On Climate Change. What’s The Hold-Up? by Alex Samuels, Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 23 to October 7, 2021, with disapproval at 48.3% and approval at 44.2% on Day 261.

Charts 2021-10-08

Presidential Approval Rating Through Day 261

From Americans Want The Government To Act On Climate Change. What’s The Hold-Up? by Alex Samuels, Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing Biden's approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to October 8, 2021, with approve at 49.6% and disapprove at 42.0%.

Charts 2021-10-12

Biden Job Approval Rating Over Time (Jan–Oct 2021)

From Why Has Biden’s Approval Rating Gotten So Low So Quickly?

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 23 to October 11, 2021, with disapproval at 49.2% and approval at 44.6% on Day 265.

Charts 2021-10-12

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 265

From Why Has Biden’s Approval Rating Gotten So Low So Quickly?

Scatter plot showing net swing in the Presidential party's House popular vote at midterm elections versus the President's net approval rating, 1946-2014, with a trend line.

Charts 2021-10-12

Presidential approval only sort of predicts the midterms

From Why Has Biden’s Approval Rating Gotten So Low So Quickly?

Scatter plot with trend lines showing share of Trump and Biden voters who say abortion is very important from Feb to Oct 2021, with lines crossing after Sept. 1 Texas abortion law.

Charts 2021-10-13

Abortion is now more important to Democrats than Republicans

From Why Abortion May Now Motivate Democrats More Than Republicans by Michael Tesler

Line chart showing Democratic and Republican generic ballot polling averages from April 2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Democrats at 44.4% and Republicans at 41.5% as of Oct. 13, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-15

Generic Ballot Polling: Democrats 44.4% vs Republicans 41.5%

From How Close Is Virginia’s Governors Race? by Geoffrey Skelley, Mackenzie Wilkes

Heat map comparing field locations of pass completions by Justin Herbert versus all QBs against the Baltimore Ravens, Weeks 1-5 of the 2021 NFL season.

Charts 2021-10-15

Herbert isn't completing as many passes over the middle

From Justin Herbert And Lamar Jackson Are Crushing It … On Different Downs by Josh Hermsmeyer

Heat map comparing field locations of pass completions by Lamar Jackson versus all QBs against the LA Chargers, Weeks 1-5 of the 2021 NFL season.

Charts 2021-10-15

Jackson is below league average on sideline throws

From Justin Herbert And Lamar Jackson Are Crushing It … On Different Downs by Josh Hermsmeyer

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 23 to October 14, 2021, with disapproval at 49.7% and approval at 44.7% on Day 268.

Charts 2021-10-15

Presidential Approval Rating: 49.7% Disapprove, 44.7% Approve

From How Close Is Virginia’s Governors Race? by Geoffrey Skelley, Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing polling averages for McAuliffe (48.1%) and Youngkin (45.5%) in the Virginia governor's race from August to November 2021, with McAuliffe leading by +2.5 as of Oct. 12, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-15

Who's ahead in the Virginia governor's race?

From How Close Is Virginia’s Governors Race? by Geoffrey Skelley, Mackenzie Wilkes

Diagram showing a pursuit puzzle with starting and ending positions 200 ft apart, a lamppost at the center, and a doppelgänger twice as fast starting at the top-right corner.

Other 2021-10-15

Doppelgänger Pursuit Puzzle Diagram

From Can You Hit These Riddles Out Of The Park? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Choropleth map of Texas congressional districts colored in shades of red and blue indicating Republican and Democratic lean by district.

Maps 2021-10-19

Texas Congressional Districts Political Map

From Why Democratic Gains In Texas’s Big Metro Areas Could Outweigh Republican Success In South Texas by Alex Samuels, Geoffrey Skelley

Step chart showing the number of Supreme Court justices within one point of the median justice's Martin-Quinn score by term from 1990 to 2020, with median justices labeled.

Charts 2021-10-20

There is no one "swing" justice

From The Supreme Court’s Conservative Revolution Is Already Happening by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Line chart showing approval of Biden's COVID-19 response by party from February to October 2021, with Democrats at 84.8%, Independents at 41.7%, and Republicans at 17.9%.

Charts 2021-10-21

Approval of Biden's response varies widely by party

From Biden Has Lost Support Across All Groups Of Americans — But Especially Independents And Hispanics by Geoffrey Skelley

Scatter plot with trend lines showing Biden's approval rating by race (Black, Hispanic, White) from February to October 2021, with Hispanics showing the steepest decline.

Charts 2021-10-21

Biden has lost the most ground with Hispanics

From Biden Has Lost Support Across All Groups Of Americans — But Especially Independents And Hispanics by Geoffrey Skelley

Scatter plot with trend lines showing Biden's approval rating by party ID (Democrat, Independent, Republican) from February to October 2021, with Independents showing the steepest decline.

Charts 2021-10-21

Independents have soured the most on Biden's performance

From Biden Has Lost Support Across All Groups Of Americans — But Especially Independents And Hispanics by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart comparing FiveThirtyEight job approval ratings for presidents Biden, Trump, Obama, Clinton, and George W. Bush during their first nine months in office from 1993 to 2021.

Charts 2021-10-21

Most presidents' approval ratings slide in their first 9 months

From Biden Has Lost Support Across All Groups Of Americans — But Especially Independents And Hispanics by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing generic congressional ballot polling from April 2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Democrats at 44.1% and Republicans at 41.6% as of Oct. 21, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-22

Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 44.1% vs Republicans 41.6%

From A Majority Of Republican Voters Actively Want Trump To Run For President Again by Nathaniel Rakich, Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to Day 275 around October 2021, with disapprove at 50.0% and approve at 43.7%.

Charts 2021-10-22

Presidential Approval Rating Through Day 275

From A Majority Of Republican Voters Actively Want Trump To Run For President Again by Nathaniel Rakich, Mackenzie Wilkes

Bubble chart showing which party or commission controls redistricting in each US state, with bubble size proportional to number of congressional districts, colored by Republican, Democrat, Independent Commission, or Split control.

Charts 2021-10-26

Eight states have independent commissions now

From Americans Don’t Trust Their Congressional Maps To Be Drawn Fairly. Can Anything Change That? by Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing approval and disapproval ratings from April to October 2021, with disapprove at 52.5% and approve at 42.7% as of Oct. 28, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-29

Approve vs. Disapprove Ratings April–October 2021

From We’re Tracking Trump’s And Harris’s Popularity Ahead Of The 2024 Presidential Election. (Yes, It’s Early.) by Mackenzie Wilkes

Two choropleth maps of Texas counties showing estimated share of adults who support taxing fossil fuel companies and setting strict CO2 limits on coal-fired power plants.

Maps 2021-10-29

Estimated share of adults who support climate policies in Texas

From How You View Climate Change Might Depend On Where You Live by Anna Wiederkehr

Two county-level choropleth maps of Texas showing estimated share of adults who support taxing fossil fuel companies and setting strict CO2 limits on coal-fired power plants.

Maps 2021-10-29

Estimated share of adults who support climate policies in Texas

From How You View Climate Change Might Depend On Where You Live by Anna Wiederkehr

Line chart showing favorable vs unfavorable ratings from February to October 2021, with unfavorable at 53.0% and favorable at 41.4% as of Oct. 28, 2021.

Charts 2021-10-29

Favorable vs. Unfavorable Ratings, Feb–Oct 2021

From We’re Tracking Trump’s And Harris’s Popularity Ahead Of The 2024 Presidential Election. (Yes, It’s Early.) by Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing Democratic and Republican generic ballot polling averages from April 2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Democrats at 43.9% and Republicans at 41.4%.

Charts 2021-10-29

Generic Ballot Polling: Democrats 43.9% vs Republicans 41.4%

From We’re Tracking Trump’s And Harris’s Popularity Ahead Of The 2024 Presidential Election. (Yes, It’s Early.) by Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to October 2021 (Day 282), with disapproval at 51.0% and approval at 43.7%.

Charts 2021-10-29

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 282

From We’re Tracking Trump’s And Harris’s Popularity Ahead Of The 2024 Presidential Election. (Yes, It’s Early.) by Mackenzie Wilkes

Bar chart comparing Republican and Democrat views on government regulations vs private marketplace and lifestyle changes vs new technology for addressing climate change.

Charts 2021-10-29

Republicans bet on tech and private sector for climate ideas

From How You View Climate Change Might Depend On Where You Live by Anna Wiederkehr

Diverging bar chart showing partisan differences on climate solutions: 81% of Democrats favor government regulations vs 67% of Republicans favoring private marketplace, and 69% Democrats prefer lifestyle changes vs 66% Republicans prefer new technology.

Charts 2021-10-29

Republicans bet on tech and private sector for climate ideas

From How You View Climate Change Might Depend On Where You Live by Anna Wiederkehr

A race track diagram showing 18 numbered positions between a START and FINISH marker, with two rows of gray squares representing lanes or steps.

Other 2021-10-29

Race Track: 18 Positions from Start to Finish

From Can You Survive Squid Game Riddler? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Ternary contour plot with a red color gradient showing a peak value of 0.462 at the center, with contour lines labeled 0.0, 0.4, 0.3, and a color scale from 0.0 to 0.4.

Charts 2021-10-29

Ternary Contour Plot with Peak Value 0.462

From Can You Survive Squid Game Riddler? by Zach Wissner-Gross