U.S. Politics · Elections · 6 outlets (L 0 · C 4 · R 1 · 1 not rated)
Thousands of poll watchers to monitor voting on Election Day
Thousands of poll watchers from both parties and outside groups are preparing to monitor voting in Tuesday's midterm elections.[1, 3, 4] The Democratic and nonprofit effort includes training volunteers to stand watch outside polling places and report activities they consider concerning, PBS NewsHour reported.[3] It will be met by the largest-ever monitoring program by the Justice Department as well as observers from Republican-aligned groups, the Los Angeles Times reported.[6]
Covered by ABC News, The Washington Times, Los Angeles Times and 3 more
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 5 rated outlets that covered it, 0 are left of center, 4 are center and 1 is right of center (1 of them in the Right group). 1 more is not rated.
Too few left- or right-leaning outlets to compare: 0 of 42 left-leaning, 4 of 33 center and 1 of 38 right-leaning outlets covered it.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: none.
- Center: PBS NewsHour (−0.48), Fortune (−0.25), ABC News (−0.19), Yahoo News (+0.07).
- Leans right: none.
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27).
Not rated Los Angeles Times. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.
Read across the spectrum
- Left-leaning No left-leaning outlet in Tare's list covered it.
- Center Thousands of observers from the right and left will descend on polling places to monitor the vote on Election Day
- Right-leaning Thousands of observers are expected to descend on polling places to monitor the vote on Election Day