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Poll Shows Talarico and Paxton Nearly Tied in Texas Senate Race
An Emerson College poll puts James Talarico narrowly ahead of Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race. Coverage differs between poll-focused reporting and scrutiny of Talarico’s campaign.
Lead article · FOX 7 Austin · CENTERTalarico, Paxton in dead heat in latest Texas Senate pollOUTLETSOUTLETS
43 RATED3 RATED
ARTICLESARTICLES
41 COPY1 COPY
SPANCOVERAGE SPAN
19HOURSHOURS
AVG CREDAVG CRED
64MEDIUMMEDIUM
The sides
How each side told it
OUTLETS BY LEAN3 RATED · 1 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME50% · AVG CRED 74
“Polling puts candidates neck and neck”
1 MORE CENTER
FOX 7 AustinTHU 12:40 PMTalarico, Paxton in dead heat in latest Texas Senate pollTalaricoNeutralPaxtonNeutralCRED 73UNRATED · NOT ON THE SPECTRUM
People · 2 PEOPLE
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Talarico and Paxton were named together by 2 of 4 outlets. Counted by outlet.
GOODMIXEDNEUTRALBADCOUNTED BY OUTLET
D · TX
Led Paxton narrowly in the poll and criticized his opponent, while his campaign faced scrutiny over its claims and a paid voter-outreach program.
NAMED BY 4 OF 4
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL2 OF 2 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 2 of 2 outlets.
RIGHT
▼ MOSTLY BAD1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mostly bad, 1 of 1 outlet.
R · TX
Trailed Talarico narrowly in the poll, with reports noting his legal controversies as a campaign challenge.
NAMED BY 2 OF 4
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL1 OF 1 OUTLETCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 1 of 1 outlet.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 19 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 9:30 pm. right-leaning: 1 article, first thu 4:30 pm, 19 hours after the first report. unrated: 1 article, first thu 3:31 pm.
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