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emily scherer

graphic designer + art director
📍brooklyn, ny / 🏠 san diego, ca

currently

🎨 @ politico

previously

🎨 @ fivethirtyeight
👟 @ nike
🤝 @ sypartners
🎓 @ risd_gd (’17)

often

📺 survivor
🎶 fugazi
⚽️ uswnt


👋 🌹 here to make friends

💌 hello (at) emilyscherer.com
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💖 a bit more

fivethirtyeight abortion coverage

A Texas Judge’s Decision Could Reduce Abortion Access … Again What Americans Really Think About Abortion How Overturning Roe Could Change The Way Americans Think About Abortion What Americans Can Expect If Abortion Pills Become Their Only Safe Option The Real Dividing Line On Abortion What Happens If North Carolina Bans Abortion? Or Ohio? Or Florida? Will Arizona’s Abortion Laws Go Back To The 1800s? It Can Already Take Weeks To Get An Abortion Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Make Maternal Mortality Even Worse

fivethirtyeight political extremism coverage

The Big Lie’s Long Shadow Reflections On The Insurrection We’re Misunderstanding What Caused Jan. 6 Where Candidates Who Deny The 2020 Election Results Are On The Ballot — And Where They Could Win There Is More Than One Big Lie Why QAnon Has Attracted So Many White Evangelicals Jan. 6’s Tangled Web Of Extremism Why It’s So Hard To Gauge Support For QAnon QAnon Has Become The Cult That Cries Wolf
Did Your Appearance Become An Issue? To understand what it’s really like to try and win an election as a woman, we spoke to women from every state who have done it How Did Media Talk About Your Gender? The Way Most States Elect Candidates Isn’t Very Good for Women What’s The Worst Sexism You Experienced In Politics? In General, Are American Voters Sexist? What Advice Would You Give To Women Running Today?
Why France Is The World Cup Favorite. (Don’t Worry — The U.S. Is A Close Second.) 2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions Can The U.S. Women Keep Up Their European Conquest? Can The Midfield Carry The U.S. Women’s National Team Past France? How Close Is The Rest Of The World To Catching The U.S.? The USWNT Is On To The Next Challenge — With An Eye On France The U.S. Women Made Soccer History In Wildly Entertaining Fashion
illustrations by marina esmeraldo

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The Lasting Legacy Of Redlining How 2022 Was A Win For Democracy Most Americans Think House Republicans Aren’t Investigating Real Problems Why Carbon Capture Hasn’t Saved Us From Climate Change Yet How Trump Has Redefined Conservatism Teaching In The Age Of AI Means Getting Creative First It Was Sex Ed. Now It’s Critical Race Theory. Trump Has Made U.S. Policy Much More Resistant To Immigration — Without The Wall What If The House Of Representatives Had More Than 435 Seats? So You Think You Can Explain The Election Conservatives Are Bringing An Old Policy to A New Fight Over Public Schools What I Got Wrong In 2022 Biden Is Running For Reelection. What Are His Chances For 2024? The Rise, Fall And Potential Resurrection Of Ron DeSantis Why The Republican Party Isn’t Rebranding After 2020 How ‘Never Trumpers’ Crashed The Democratic Party Why Being ‘Anti-Media’ Is Now Part Of The GOP Identity Musicians Are Suffering Without Concerts To Play Americans Were Already Primed To Distrust Elections. Then Came Iowa. The Voters Who Don’t Like Trump Or Biden Over 40 Percent Of Americans Now Rate Gun Violence As A Top Issue Is College Worth It? Voters Are Split. Which Senators And Representatives Vote In Favor Of Democracy? Facebook’s Algorithm Is Broken. We Collected Some Suggestions On How To Fix It. Here’s How We Know 2019 Was The Second-Hottest Year Ever Why The Same Temperature Can Feel Different Somewhere Else The Perks Workers Want Also Make Them More Productive How Black Americans Reshaped Politics In Georgia What If Democrats — Or Republicans — Had Won Every Redistricting Battle? 1968 Isn’t The Only Parallel For This Political Moment Meet 6 Democrats Of Color Who Want To See Their Party Change What We Know About Trump’s Legal Troubles What If Trump Loses And Won’t Leave? Who Gets To Be A ‘Real American’ Has Always Been About Exclusion What Does It Mean If Republicans Won’t Debate? Why Bipartisanship In The Senate Is Dying Yes, 2023 Is An Election Year. Here Are The Races To Watch. Why Some Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual Americans Are Loyal To The GOP Don’t Expect A Quick Recovery. Our Survey Of Economists Says It Will Likely Take Years. The Supreme Court’s Right Turn Goes Way Beyond Guns And Abortion What Might Democrats’ Voting Rights Bill Entail? Tracking Every Presidential Candidate’s TV Ad Buys How Trump Changed America What We Know About Crises And Domestic Violence — And What That Could Mean For COVID-19 Earth Day Is The Victim Of Its Own Success Universities Say They Want More Diverse Faculties. So Why Is Academia Still So White? When Proof Is Not Enough All The Elections To Watch In 2021 Everything You Need To Know About The 2019 Elections The Louisiana Governor’s Race Looks Really Close Congressional Republicans Left Office In Droves Under Trump. Just How Conservative Are Their Replacements? Everyone Knows Money Influences Politics … Except Scientists Police Are Killing Fewer People In Big Cities, But More In Suburban And Rural America GOP Politicians Are Much More Resistant To Gun Control Than GOP Voters Are No Terrorist Is A ‘Lone Wolf’ The Narrow Path For Black Politicians Who Want To Be President — And How It’s Changing What ‘The Squad’ Tells Us About Progressives’ Ability To Win Voters Of Color Can Congress Vote Remotely? Well … Maybe. Why A Voting App Won’t Solve Our Problems This November How Did TikTok Bans Go Viral In State Legislatures? Our New Polling Averages Show Biden Leads Trump By 9 Points Nationally Political Confessional: I Think Private Schools Should Be Banned How 13 Rejected States Would Have Changed The Electoral College What Our Inbox Tells Us About How Democrats Are Tackling Trump Fact-Checking Misinformation Can Work. But It Might Not Be Enough. It Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse Trump’s Legacy Of A Whiter, More Conservative Judiciary Biden Is (Still) Leading Cable News Coverage Why Revoking Trump’s Executive Orders Isn’t Enough To Undo Their Effects How Much Longer Can This Era Of Political Gridlock Last? Biden Is Polling Better Than Clinton At Her Peak Technical Difficulties On Election Day Won’t Mean Democracy Is Over America Isn’t Really Set Up For Third-Party Presidential Bids Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History What’s Behind Senate Republicans’ Hesitancy Toward Same-Sex Marriage? How To Make Good New Year’s Resolutions How Americans — And Democratic Candidates — Feel About Letting Felons Vote How Popular Is Joe Biden? Democrats Are Winning The Fundraising Race In The Senate How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide How The Two-Party System Obscures The Complexity Of Black Americans’ Politics How The Politics Of White Liberals And White Conservatives Are Shaped By Whiteness Few States Are Prepared To Switch To Voting By Mail. That Could Make For A Messy Election. Why Pennsylvania’s Vote Count Could Change After Election Night What Absentee Voting Looked Like In All 50 States Why Four Pivotal Swing States Likely Won’t Be Called On Election Night North Carolina Is Already Rejecting Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots More Often Than White Voters’ How The Post Office Became A Political Football Why Did Republicans Outperform The Polls Again? Two Theories. How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics What If We Already Have The Mueller Report? The Death Of Polling Is Greatly Exaggerated Our Best Tool For Predicting Midterm Elections Doesn’t Show A Republican Wave — But History Is On The GOP’s Side How To Read Polls In 2020 What Pollsters Have Changed Since 2016 — And What Still Worries Them About 2020 How A Supreme Court Ruling Could Supercharge Republicans’ Advantages In The States The Loudest Places You Can’t Hear Many Americans Are Convinced Crime Is Rising In The U.S. They’re Wrong. No, LaCroix Isn’t Poisoning You Like You’re A Giant Cockroach What Went Down During Joe Biden’s Inauguration The 4 Political Neighborhoods Of Chicago Remembering Alex Trebek, The Man With All The Answers How To Watch The Midterms: An Hour-By-Hour Guide The 2020 Endorsement Primary Our Presidential Primary System Is An Accident How The Modern Primary System Has Shaped Our Politics There Has To Be A Better Way To Pick Presidential Nominees … Right? Why A Trump-Led Third Party Is Unlikely The CDC Is Publishing Unreliable Data On Gun Injuries. People Are Using It Anyway. Science Says Toxic Masculinity — More Than Alcohol — Leads To Sexual Assault Conspiracy Theories Can’t Be Stopped How We’re Tracking Joe Biden’s Approval Rating How FiveThirtyEight’s 2018 Midterm Forecasts Did How The National Enquirer Covered Trump In The ’90s Can Democrats Win On Immigration Policy In 2020? Political Confessional: The Man Who Thinks Mass Surveillance Can Work The Worst Tweeter In Politics Isn’t Trump
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