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Line chart showing polling averages for Youngkin and McAuliffe in the 2021 Virginia governor's race from August to November, with Youngkin leading by 0.6 points on Oct. 30.

Charts 2021-11-01

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

From Everything You Need To Know About The 2021 Elections by Geoffrey Skelley, Nathaniel Rakich

Bar charts comparing how respondents rated Senegal vs Poland on athletic, physical, tactical, and technical attributes when watching a race-masked render versus a video of their 2018 World Cup match.

Charts 2021-11-02

Opinions of teams changed when viewers couldn't see race

From Soccer Looks Different When You Can’t See Who’s Playing by John Muller

Line chart showing Democratic and Republican polling averages from April 2021 to Election Day November 8 2022, with Democrats at 43.4% and Republicans at 41.2%.

Charts 2021-11-05

Democrats vs. Republicans Generic Ballot Polling Average 2021-2022

From How Virginia’s Electorate Shifted Toward Republicans by Alex Samuels, Geoffrey Skelley, Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2021 to Day 289, with disapproval at 50.5% and approval at 42.7%.

Charts 2021-11-05

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 289

From How Virginia’s Electorate Shifted Toward Republicans by Alex Samuels, Geoffrey Skelley, Mackenzie Wilkes

Scatter plot comparing Madden NFL 22 player speed ratings against a model prediction based on real on-field speeds and combine 40-yard dash times, showing a strong positive correlation.

Charts 2021-11-08

Madden speed ratings reflect on-field performance

From Madden’s Player Speed Scores Are Surprisingly Good. But Whose Ratings Did The Game Get Wrong? by Josh Hermsmeyer

Basketball shot chart showing Madison Siegrist's field goal percentage by court region for the 2020-2021 full season, with color coding vs Division-1 average.

Charts 2021-11-09

FG% By Region: Madison Siegrist, 2020-2021 Full Season

From The Big East Isn’t Only About UConn by Howard Megdal

Line chart comparing team points per chance in pick-and-roll plays for Jaylen Brown, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and OG Anunoby across their first five NBA seasons.

Charts 2021-11-09

OG Anunoby isn't keeping pace in the pick and roll

From OG Anunoby Might Be The Next Star Wing … But He’s Finding His Own Way There by Louis Zatzman

Choropleth map of North Carolina congressional districts colored by party, comparing the old 13-district map to a new 14-district map, with seat-count bars below.

Maps 2021-11-10

North Carolina Congressional Districts: Old Map vs. This Map

From North Carolina Republicans Passed A Heavily Skewed Congressional Map. How Will The Courts Respond? by Mackenzie Wilkes

Horizontal bar chart showing the share of teens by US region who said their teachers always wore a mask at school, with Northeast highest at 79.3% and Midwest lowest at 44.4%.

Charts 2021-11-10

Teens in the Northeast say their teachers mask up

From How Are Kids Handling The Pandemic? We Asked Them. by Maggie Koerth

Grouped bar chart showing the share of children and teens who said they were very or somewhat scared of COVID-19, broken down by race and ethnicity, from a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll.

Charts 2021-11-10

White kids are the least scared of COVID-19

From How Are Kids Handling The Pandemic? We Asked Them. by Maggie Koerth

Dot plot showing white Americans' thermometer ratings of Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, and Barack Obama grouped by respondents' views on relative violence of white vs. Black people.

Charts 2021-11-10

Prejudiced whites rated Carson more highly than Bush

From Why White Voters With Racist Views Often Still Support Black Republicans by Hakeem Jefferson, Michael Tesler

Dot plot showing Ben Carson's net likability and net vote share against Hillary Clinton among white respondents grouped by their views on African American political influence.

Charts 2021-11-10

Prejudiced whites supported Carson in 2016

From Why White Voters With Racist Views Often Still Support Black Republicans by Hakeem Jefferson, Michael Tesler

Scatter plot showing 2021 Republican vote share vs. change in turnout from 2020 to 2021 per county for Virginia and New Jersey, with trend lines showing Republican localities had smaller turnout drops.

Charts 2021-11-11

Turnout didn't take as hard of a hit in Republican localities

From Resist The Pundits: What The 2021 Elections Can (And Can’t) Tell Us About 2022 by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing Democratic vs Republican generic ballot polling averages from April 2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Democrats at 42.5% and Republicans at 41.2%.

Charts 2021-11-12

Generic Ballot Polling: Democrats vs Republicans (2021-2022)

From Most Americans Are Afraid Of Inflation by Kaleigh Rogers, Mackenzie Wilkes

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 23 to November 11, 2021, with disapproval at 51.6% and approval at 42.5% on Day 296.

Charts 2021-11-12

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 296

From Most Americans Are Afraid Of Inflation by Kaleigh Rogers, Mackenzie Wilkes

Grouped horizontal bar chart comparing LGB Democrats and Republicans on how central sexuality is to their identity across five statements.

Charts 2021-11-15

For LGB Republicans, sexuality is less central to their identity

From Why Some Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual Americans Are Loyal To The GOP by Alex Samuels

Line chart showing share of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who support same-sex marriage recognition by law from 1996 to 2021, with GOP support reaching an all-time high of 55%.

Charts 2021-11-15

GOP support for marriage equality is at an all-time high

From Why Some Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual Americans Are Loyal To The GOP by Alex Samuels

Paired horizontal bar chart comparing public perception of environmental concern versus actual reported concern across demographic groups including Latino, Black, Asian, low-income, and white Americans.

Charts 2021-11-18

Americans misunderstand concern about the environment

From Why Many Americans Underestimate Who Is Most Concerned About The Environment by Neil Lewis Jr

Side-by-side passing heat maps for Justin Herbert in 2020 and through Week 10 of the 2021 NFL season, showing less middle-field throwing in 2021.

Charts 2021-11-18

Justin Herbert is throwing less over the middle this year

From How Can The Chargers Help Justin Herbert? by Ty Schalter

Line chart showing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's approval and disapproval ratings among registered voters from 2019 to late 2021, with approval declining and disapproval rising over time.

Charts 2021-11-19

Abbott is not as popular as he once was with Texans

From Texas Voters Have Soured On Greg Abbott, But That Doesn’t Mean They’ll Vote For Beto O’Rourke by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing Republican vs Democrat generic ballot polling averages from April 2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Republicans at 42.5% and Democrats at 41.9% as of Nov. 18, 2021.

Charts 2021-11-19

Generic Ballot Polling: Republicans 42.5% vs Democrats 41.9%

From Texas Voters Have Soured On Greg Abbott, But That Doesn’t Mean They’ll Vote For Beto O’Rourke by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to November 18 (Day 303), with disapprove at 51.6% and approve at 42.5%.

Charts 2021-11-19

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 303

From Texas Voters Have Soured On Greg Abbott, But That Doesn’t Mean They’ll Vote For Beto O’Rourke by Geoffrey Skelley

Ternary scatter plot showing Jamaal Bowman's 2020 Democratic primary vote share by precinct, colored by vote share and positioned by Hispanic, Black, and white voting age populations.

Charts 2021-11-22

Bowman did best in heavily nonwhite precincts

From What ‘The Squad’ Tells Us About Progressives’ Ability To Win Voters Of Color by Alex Samuels, Nathaniel Rakich

Ternary plot showing how precincts voted for Cori Bush in the 2020 Democratic primary by relative Hispanic, Black, and white voting age populations, with dots colored by vote share.

Charts 2021-11-22

Bush's base was white precincts

From What ‘The Squad’ Tells Us About Progressives’ Ability To Win Voters Of Color by Alex Samuels, Nathaniel Rakich

Ternary scatter plot showing how precincts voted for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2018 Democratic primary by relative Hispanic, Black, and white voting age populations, with dots colored by vote share.

Charts 2021-11-22

Ocasio-Cortez did well in both Hispanic and white precincts

From What ‘The Squad’ Tells Us About Progressives’ Ability To Win Voters Of Color by Alex Samuels, Nathaniel Rakich

Ternary scatter plot showing how precincts voted for Ilhan Omar in the 2020 Democratic primary by Hispanic, Black, and white voting age populations, with dot color indicating vote share.

Charts 2021-11-22

Omar overperformed in Black precincts in 2020

From What ‘The Squad’ Tells Us About Progressives’ Ability To Win Voters Of Color by Alex Samuels, Nathaniel Rakich

Ternary scatter plot showing how precincts voted for Ayanna Pressley in the 2018 Democratic primary by relative Hispanic, Black, and white voting age populations, with dot color indicating vote share.

Charts 2021-11-22

Pressley overperformed in Black precincts

From What ‘The Squad’ Tells Us About Progressives’ Ability To Win Voters Of Color by Alex Samuels, Nathaniel Rakich

Ternary scatter plot showing how precincts voted for Rashida Tlaib in the 2018 Democratic primary by Hispanic, Black, and white voting age populations, with dot color indicating vote share.

Charts 2021-11-22

Tlaib won precincts with large Arab American populations

From What ‘The Squad’ Tells Us About Progressives’ Ability To Win Voters Of Color by Alex Samuels, Nathaniel Rakich

Histogram showing points earned by Magnus Carlsen in 10,000 simulations of the World Chess Championship vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi, with Carlsen winning 83.5% of simulations.

Charts 2021-11-22

Who is expected to win the World Chess Championship?

From Magnus Carlsen Is Back To Defend His Chess Title by Oliver Roeder

Four-panel seasonal emoji grid showing Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall categories with themed emoji icons on a calendar-patterned background.

Other 2021-11-24

Seasonal Emoji Categories: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

From Our Very Unscientific Poll On When Each Season Starts by Jasmine Mithani, Kaleigh Rogers

Four-panel emoji infographic grouping seasonal symbols under Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall headers with colorful emoji illustrations for each season.

Other 2021-11-24

Seasonal Emojis: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

From Our Very Unscientific Poll On When Each Season Starts by Jasmine Mithani, Kaleigh Rogers

Donut chart showing share of respondents who said each event signified the beginning of fall, from a FiveThirtyEight survey of 2,742 people.

Charts 2021-11-24

When is fall?

From Our Very Unscientific Poll On When Each Season Starts by Jasmine Mithani, Kaleigh Rogers

Donut chart showing share of respondents who said each event signified the beginning of spring, from a FiveThirtyEight survey of 2,742 people.

Charts 2021-11-24

When is spring?

From Our Very Unscientific Poll On When Each Season Starts by Jasmine Mithani, Kaleigh Rogers

Donut chart showing share of respondents who said each event signified the beginning of summer, from a FiveThirtyEight survey of 2,742 people.

Charts 2021-11-24

When is summer?

From Our Very Unscientific Poll On When Each Season Starts by Jasmine Mithani, Kaleigh Rogers

Donut chart showing share of respondents who said each event signified the beginning of winter, from a FiveThirtyEight survey of 2,742 people fielded Nov. 8-12, 2021.

Charts 2021-11-24

When is winter?

From Our Very Unscientific Poll On When Each Season Starts by Jasmine Mithani, Kaleigh Rogers

A triangular area chart split into two colored regions showing gym attendance frequency, with orange for less often and green for more often, ranging from 0% to 100%.

Charts 2021-11-26

In Gym More Often vs. Less Often

From Can You Win A Lifetime Supply Of Cranberry Sauce? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Multi-panel chart tracking player advantage by move in each game of the 2021 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, with Game 1 shown as a draw.

Charts 2021-11-26

The race for the world chess crown

From The World Chess Championship Opens With An Endless Knight-Rook Dance by Oliver Roeder

FiveThirtyEight chart tracking advantage by move for Magnus Carlsen vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2021 World Chess Championship, showing today's game and a schedule of all 14 games plus tiebreakers.

Charts 2021-11-27

The race for the world chess crown

From A Chess Player Almost Won A Chess Game by Oliver Roeder

Line charts showing move-by-move advantage for Magnus Carlsen vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2021 World Chess Championship, with today's game and a schedule of all 14 games plus tiebreakers.

Charts 2021-11-28

The race for the world chess crown

From Neither Grandmaster Yields In A Chess Tug Of War by Oliver Roeder

Multi-panel chart tracking advantage by player after each move in the 2021 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, showing games 1-4 as draws and future game dates.

Charts 2021-11-30

The race for the world chess crown

From The World’s Best Chess Players Are Too Good To Win by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot with trend line showing average combined centipawn loss in every World Chess Championship game since 1886, with Game 3 of 2021 highlighted near zero.

Charts 2021-11-30

This chess championship could be the most accurate ever

From The World’s Best Chess Players Are Too Good To Win by Oliver Roeder