Montana Senate race: Kurt Alme tops Bodnar and Bankhead in new poll findings

NonStop Local is a local news publisher, a source type that generally has newsroom standards and local reporting capacity. The article names its author and identifies the pollster, but the poll is commissioned by the publisher and the article gives limited information for independently assessing its methodology.

• ▸Source type — Local news outlet with a regional reporting focus.
• ▸Transparency — Names the polling partner, field dates, and broad survey methods, but gives limited detail for evaluating the poll.
• ▸Author attribution — The article has a named author.

The report provides named polling partners, field dates, sample size, collection methods, and detailed results. It relies on a single poll and does not provide a margin of error or candidate responses, limiting context and independent assessment of the findings.

The article reports polling results for all three candidates and includes several dimensions of the survey. The findings are based on a single poll, with no independent polling comparison or responses from the candidates.

• ▸Source diversity — The poll and its polling partner are the principal sources; no independent voices are included.
• ▸Counterarguments presented — Candidate standings and supporter differences are reported for each candidate, but there is no outside assessment of the results.
• ▸Omitted context — The article does not give a margin of error or compare the poll with other surveys.

The article presents polling results in largely neutral language and attributes the findings to the poll and polling partner. It does not frame the candidates in an evident partisan direction.

• ▸Language tone — Mostly descriptive language reporting candidate support and survey responses.
• ▸Source selection — The results come from one identified poll and polling partner, without candidate commentary.
• ▸Framing — Frames the article around candidate standings and voter responses rather than endorsing a candidate.