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Overton Poll Reports Close Talarico–Paxton Texas Senate Race
An Overton poll put James Talarico and Ken Paxton close in the Texas Senate race, with accounts describing either a narrow Talarico lead or a tie. Coverage differs on whether the poll suggests a Talarico edge or a result favorable to Paxton.
Lead article · Newsweek · CENTERJames Talarico and Ken Paxton in Dead Heat in Razor Tight Texas Senate RaceOUTLETSOUTLETS
33 RATED3 RATED
ARTICLESARTICLES
3
SPANCOVERAGE SPAN
8HOURSHOURS
AVG CREDAVG CRED
76HIGHHIGH
The sides
How each side told it
OUTLETS BY LEAN3 RATED
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME67% · AVG CRED 81
“A race defined by tight polling”
1 MORE CENTER
NewsweekWED 1:30 PMJames Talarico and Ken Paxton in Dead Heat in Razor Tight Texas Senate RacePaxtonNeutralTalaricoNeutralCRED 75
People · 2 PEOPLE
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Paxton and Talarico were named together by 2 of 3 outlets. Counted by outlet.
GOODMIXEDNEUTRALBADCOUNTED BY OUTLET
R · TX
Trailed Talarico narrowly among likely voters in one account, while another described the candidates as tied.
NAMED BY 3 OF 3
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
◇ SPLITACROSS 2 OUTLETSCenter outlets: split across 2 outlets (1 neutral · 1 bad).
RIGHT
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mostly neutral, 1 of 1 outlet.
D · TX
Led Paxton narrowly among likely Texas voters, though another account described the candidates as tied.
NAMED BY 2 OF 3
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL1 OF 1 OUTLETCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 1 of 1 outlet.
RIGHT
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mostly neutral, 1 of 1 outlet.
Timeline · 8 HOURS
When each side picked it up
ARTICLES PER 6 HOURS
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YETLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET
When each side picked it up. center: 2 articles, first wed 1:30 pm. right-leaning: 1 article, first wed 9:12 am.
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