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Data and code behind the articles and graphics at FiveThirtyEight
Public archive of datasets and code behind FiveThirtyEight articles, covering politics, sports, economics, and culture. Each folder maps to one published story.
This repository is the public archive of data and code that powered the articles and charts published by FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism outlet. Each folder in the repository corresponds to a story or analysis, containing the raw data files and any code used to process or visualize them.
The datasets cover topics FiveThirtyEight wrote about, including sports, politics, economics, and culture. An index file lists all available datasets alongside links to the accompanying articles. The data is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, meaning anyone can freely use and share it with attribution. The accompanying code is under the MIT License.
Sports predictions and forecasts in the repository are no longer being updated as of June 2023. The rest of the data archive remains available as a historical record.
You would use this if you are a student, journalist, or data analyst who wants to explore real-world datasets from published journalism, reproduce a FiveThirtyEight analysis, or use their data as a starting point for your own work.
Where it fits
- Reproduce a FiveThirtyEight politics or sports analysis from raw data
- Use a CSV as a teaching dataset for an intro stats or pandas class
- Bootstrap a side project with vetted real-world journalism data