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Scatter plot with trend lines showing U.S. adult opinions on abortion legality from September 2021 to mid-2022, with four categories: always legal, mostly legal, mostly illegal, and always illegal.

Charts 2022-07-01

Abortion stances remain stagnant

From Americans’ Views On Abortion Are Pretty Stagnant. Their Views On The Supreme Court Are Not. by Zoha Qamar

Line chart showing Republican vs Democrat generic ballot polling averages from mid-2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Republicans leading by +2.1 on June 29, 2022.

Charts 2022-07-01

Generic Ballot Polling Average: Republicans vs. Democrats (2021–2022)

From Americans’ Views On Abortion Are Pretty Stagnant. Their Views On The Supreme Court Are Not. by Zoha Qamar

Horizontal bar chart comparing three colored segments for five NFL teams or cities: San Francisco, Seattle, New England, Tennessee, and Dallas.

Charts 2022-07-01

NFL Teams Comparison: San Francisco, Seattle, New England, Tennessee, Dallas

From Americans’ Views On Abortion Are Pretty Stagnant. Their Views On The Supreme Court Are Not. by Zoha Qamar

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to June 2022, with disapproval at 56.2% and approval at 39.0% on Day 527.

Charts 2022-07-01

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 527

From Americans’ Views On Abortion Are Pretty Stagnant. Their Views On The Supreme Court Are Not. by Zoha Qamar

Scatter plot with trend lines showing U.S. adult opinions on abortion legality across four categories from September 2021 to mid-2022, with values remaining largely stable.

Charts 2022-07-01

Stances toward the legality of abortion remain largely stagnant

From Americans’ Views On Abortion Are Pretty Stagnant. Their Views On The Supreme Court Are Not. by Zoha Qamar

Dual line charts showing share of registered voters who think the Democratic Party is too liberal and the Republican Party is too conservative, by party ID, from 2017 to 2021.

Charts 2022-07-05

Many voters think the Democratic Party is too liberal

From What Do Older Progressive Voters Want? by Alex Samuels

Two line charts showing share of voters by party identification who think the Democratic Party is too liberal and the Republican Party is too conservative, comparing 2017 to 2021.

Charts 2022-07-05

Many voters think the Democratic Party is too liberal

From What Do Older Progressive Voters Want? by Alex Samuels

Bar chart showing the share of Supreme Court justices' decisions in the majority in divided cases during the October 2021 term, with conservative justices in red and liberal justices in blue.

Charts 2022-07-05

Conservative justices did not agree on everything

From Just How Sharp Was The Supreme Court’s Rightward Turn This Term? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Horizontal bar chart showing share of justices' decisions in the majority in divided cases during the October 2021 SCOTUS term, by justice, colored by ideology.

Charts 2022-07-05

Conservative justices did not agree on everything

From Just How Sharp Was The Supreme Court’s Rightward Turn This Term? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Dot plot showing estimated ideologies of Supreme Court justices in the October 2021 term, with Kavanaugh positioned as the median justice near the liberal-conservative divide.

Charts 2022-07-05

Kavanaugh was likely the median justice

From Just How Sharp Was The Supreme Court’s Rightward Turn This Term? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Dot plot showing estimated ideological positions of nine Supreme Court justices in the October 2021 term, ranging from liberal to conservative on a scale of -6 to +6.

Charts 2022-07-05

Kavanaugh was likely the median justice

From Just How Sharp Was The Supreme Court’s Rightward Turn This Term? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Line chart showing share of Supreme Court decisions that were unanimous or polarized by party from 1953 to 2021, with unanimous at 29% and polarized at 21% in 2021.

Charts 2022-07-05

SCOTUS cases are more polarized

From Just How Sharp Was The Supreme Court’s Rightward Turn This Term? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Line chart showing the share of Supreme Court decisions that were unanimous or polarized by party of the nominating president from 1953 to 2021, with unanimous at 29% and polarized at 21% in 2021.

Charts 2022-07-05

Supreme Court decisions are increasingly polarized

From Just How Sharp Was The Supreme Court’s Rightward Turn This Term? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner

Line chart showing Republican vs Democratic generic ballot polling averages from mid-2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Republicans leading by 1.6 points on July 6, 2022.

Charts 2022-07-08

Generic Ballot Polling Average: Republicans vs. Democrats (2021–2022)

From What Happens When Americans Don’t Trust Institutions? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Zoha Qamar

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to July 2022, with disapprove at 56.3% and approve at 38.6% on Day 534.

Charts 2022-07-08

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 534

From What Happens When Americans Don’t Trust Institutions? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Zoha Qamar

Line chart showing climb height in meters versus planet radius in meters, with a hyperbolic decay curve and dashed reference lines.

Charts 2022-07-08

Climb Height vs. Planet Radius

From Can You Crack And Pack Riddler Nation? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Tile grid map of US states showing abortion ban status in states that did not expand Medicaid under the ACA, with colored dots indicating near-total ban, partial ban, or legal limbo.

Maps 2022-07-13

Many states without expanded Medicaid also have abortion bans

From How Limiting Access To Abortion Limits Access To Birth Control by Monica Potts

US congressional district map shaded in red and blue tones showing partisan lean by district, with a yellow-hatched area in Louisiana and white areas indicating toss-up districts.

Maps 2022-07-14

U.S. Congressional Districts Partisan Map

From Ron DeSantis Drew Florida An Extreme Gerrymander by Nathaniel Rakich, Tony Chow

Line chart showing Republican vs Democratic generic ballot polling averages from mid-2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Republicans leading by 1.8 points on July 14, 2022.

Charts 2022-07-15

Generic Ballot Polling Average: Republicans vs. Democrats (2021–2022)

From How Americans Feel About Space by Kaleigh Rogers, Zoha Qamar

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to July 2022, with disapprove at 56.0% and approve at 38.7% on Day 541.

Charts 2022-07-15

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 541

From How Americans Feel About Space by Kaleigh Rogers, Zoha Qamar

US map showing states colored yellow or purple, with 4 yellow states (CA, CO, NM, NY), 4 purple states (WY, UT, TX, FL), and 40 unassigned states.

Maps 2022-07-15

US States Colored Yellow and Purple — 4 Yellow, 4 Purple, 40 Unassigned

From How Many Ways Can You Cast A Die? by Zach Wissner-Gross

US map showing states colored yellow or purple, with 10 yellow states, 4 purple states, and 34 unassigned states shown in white.

Maps 2022-07-15

US States Colored Yellow or Purple (10 yellow, 4 purple, 34 unassigned)

From How Many Ways Can You Cast A Die? by Zach Wissner-Gross

US map showing states colored yellow (20), purple (4), or white/unassigned (24), with state abbreviations labeled.

Maps 2022-07-15

US States Colored Yellow, Purple, or Unassigned

From How Many Ways Can You Cast A Die? by Zach Wissner-Gross

Bubble infographic showing 1,148 Republican primary candidates categorized by whether they accept or deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election, with breakdowns of nominees advancing to general.

Other 2022-07-18

Election deniers are prominent in GOP primaries

From At Least 120 Republican Nominees Deny The Results Of The 2020 Election by Nathaniel Rakich, Kaleigh Rogers

Bubble infographic showing 1,148 Republican primary candidates categorized by whether they accept or deny the 2020 election results, with counts advancing to the general election.

Other 2022-07-18

The Republican primary field features a lot of election deniers

From At Least 120 Republican Nominees Deny The Results Of The 2020 Election by Nathaniel Rakich, Kaleigh Rogers

Grouped bar chart comparing the number of Supreme Court dissents written by Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito across nine issue categories, with criminal procedure highest for both.

Charts 2022-07-20

Thomas and Alito both dissent often on criminal procedure

From Want To Know Where The Supreme Court Goes Next? Look At Alito’s And Thomas’s Dissents. by Laura Bronner, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Grouped bar chart comparing the number of Supreme Court dissents written by Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito across nine issue categories, with criminal procedure leading for both.

Charts 2022-07-20

Thomas and Alito both dissent often on criminal procedure

From Want To Know Where The Supreme Court Goes Next? Look At Alito’s And Thomas’s Dissents. by Laura Bronner, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Dot/bar chart comparing the share of close Supreme Court cases that Thomas, Alito, Roberts, Breyer, and Sotomayor wrote dissents on, broken down by issue area.

Charts 2022-07-20

Thomas and Alito have focused on different issues

From Want To Know Where The Supreme Court Goes Next? Look At Alito’s And Thomas’s Dissents. by Laura Bronner, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Grouped bar chart showing the share of close Supreme Court cases each justice wrote dissents on, broken down by issue area, highlighting differences between Thomas and Alito.

Charts 2022-07-20

Thomas and Alito have focused on different issues

From Want To Know Where The Supreme Court Goes Next? Look At Alito’s And Thomas’s Dissents. by Laura Bronner, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Line chart showing Republican vs Democrat generic ballot polling averages from mid-2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Republicans leading by +1.1 points on July 21, 2022.

Charts 2022-07-22

Generic Ballot Polling: Republicans vs. Democrats (2021–2022)

From Why Democrats Are Disillusioned Over Climate Change by Zoha Qamar

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to July 2022, with disapproval at 57.2% and approval at 37.5% on Day 548.

Charts 2022-07-22

Presidential Approval Ratings Through Day 548

From Why Democrats Are Disillusioned Over Climate Change by Zoha Qamar

Small multiples line chart showing changes in presidential net approval and generic congressional ballot polling from July to November in midterm years 2006-2018.

Charts 2022-07-26

July polling often looks like Election Day polling

From Why The Gap Between Biden’s Popularity and Democrats’ Polls Isn’t That Weird by Nathaniel Rakich, Humera Lodhi

Line chart showing changes in president's net approval and generic congressional ballot polling from July to November in midterm years 2006-2018 for Bush, Obama, and Trump.

Charts 2022-07-26

July polling often looks like Election Day polling

From Why The Gap Between Biden’s Popularity and Democrats’ Polls Isn’t That Weird by Nathaniel Rakich, Humera Lodhi

Dot plot comparing presidential net approval rating vs generic congressional ballot performance of the president's party on July 25 in midterm election years 2006-2022.

Charts 2022-07-26

Presidential approval and a party's standing often differ

From Why The Gap Between Biden’s Popularity and Democrats’ Polls Isn’t That Weird by Nathaniel Rakich, Humera Lodhi

Dot plot showing the difference between presidential net approval rating and generic congressional ballot performance of the president's party on July 25 in midterm election years 2006-2022.

Charts 2022-07-26

Presidential approval and a party's standing often differ

From Why The Gap Between Biden’s Popularity and Democrats’ Polls Isn’t That Weird by Nathaniel Rakich, Humera Lodhi

Line chart showing Republican vs Democrat generic ballot polling averages from mid-2021 to Election Day Nov. 8, 2022, with Republicans leading by +0.2 on July 28, 2022.

Charts 2022-07-29

Generic Ballot Polling: Republicans vs. Democrats (July 28, 2022 Leader)

From What It Will Take For Lisa Murkowski To Win Reelection In Alaska by Geoffrey Skelley, Zoha Qamar

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 2021 to July 2022, with disapprove at 55.7% and approve at 39.3% on Day 555.

Charts 2022-07-29

Presidential Approval Ratings: 55.7% Disapprove, 39.3% Approve

From What It Will Take For Lisa Murkowski To Win Reelection In Alaska by Geoffrey Skelley, Zoha Qamar

Line chart showing how each party's forecasted chances of winning the Senate have changed from June 1 to November, with Republicans at 59-in-100 and Democrats at 41-in-100.

Charts 2022-07-29

How the Senate forecast has changed

From The Political Environment Might Be Improving For Democrats by Nate Silver