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Wisconsin Democrats push for absentee ballots to be recast after candidate musical chairs
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Extra Extra has grouped 7 reports on this story from 7 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 2 left-leaning, 1 center, and 4 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 87 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 4 of the 7 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 3 outlets 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.
Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 30 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.
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: ABC News, The Nation, Votebeat, Washington Examiner, The American Spectator, Power Line, RealClearPolitics.
Left(2)
ABC NewsBJul 21, 9:01 PM
Wisconsin Democrats want to allow absentee voters to cast a new primary ballot
The Wisconsin Democratic Party is urging the state elections commission to allow voters who already cast absentee ballots to vote again
The NationBJul 21, 2:01 PM
Do Voters Hate Democrats More Than Republicans?
Chris Lehmann The GOP is staking its chances on the idea that Americans are more dissatisfied with the opposition party than with the one in power. The post Do Voters Hate Democrats More Than Republi
Center(1)
Right(4)
Washington ExaminerCJul 22, 2:51 PM
Wisconsin Democrats push for absentee ballots to be recast after candidate musical chairs
Wisconsin Democrats are calling for more than 80,000 Democratic gubernatorial primary ballots to be recast after several shake-ups in the race left thousands of voters backing candidates who have sinc
The American SpectatorCJul 22, 2:10 AM
Wisconsin Democrats’ Gubernatorial Headache
Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez withdrew from the Democratic gubernatorial primary on Friday after major financial issues surfaced within her...
Power LineCJul 21, 8:58 PM
The Democrats’ Most Loyal Voters
When I was trying civil jury cases, the conventional wisdom was that plaintiffs wanted jurors who were mad at the world because they thought their merits had not been sufficiently rewarded. The classi
RealClearPoliticsBJul 22, 11:50 AM
Democrats Bleeding Working Class Voters
Tuesday, July 21st on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP National Correspondent Susan Crabtree
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