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Map Shows Donald Trump Approval Rating in Every State 1 Week Until Midterms
By Extra Extra Editorial
Cross-spectrum analysis, synthesized with AI from 2 sources · Updated
One week before the 2018 midterm elections, coverage focused on former President Donald Trump's approval ratings across individual states and his campaign activities. Trump undertook a final campaign push, including events in Texas, as the midterm vote approached. The reporting examined how Trump's standing varied geographically heading into what was positioned as a consequential election cycle.
Newsweek presented a data-focused approach, mapping Trump's approval ratings state-by-state to provide readers with a granular view of his political standing across the country. This framing emphasized objective measurement and geographic variation rather than partisan interpretation.
Fox News framed the story around Trump's active campaign engagement, highlighting his travel to key states like Texas as evidence of his continued political involvement and effort to influence midterm outcomes. The emphasis was on Trump's movement and campaign activity rather than approval metrics.
Key Differences
- Center coverage emphasized approval data visualization and state-by-state metrics, while right-leaning coverage focused on Trump's campaign travel and direct political activity.
- Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage of this story, creating a notable absence of progressive analysis or counterframing of Trump's midterm role.
How this story is being covered
Extra Extra has grouped 2 reports on this story from 2 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 1 center and 1 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 63 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side. Notably, no left-leaning outlet in our index has picked the story up yet — a left-side blind spot that often signals a topic resonating more with conservative audiences.
On reliability, 1 of the 2 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 1 outlet fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
The reports clustered here landed within about 3 hours of each other, suggesting a fast-moving, breaking story.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: Newsweek, Fox News.
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