Cross-state comparison · 2026-06-25

Compare battlegrounds

Rank coverage activity, tone movement, issue concentration, and political-language balance across the seven-state set.

Start with Wisconsin; it has the strongest combined movement and issue-pressure signal in the latest sanitized snapshot.

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States compared 7

Battleground route set

Baseline 2026-06-24

Previous daily brief

Lead state Wisconsin

Highest combined review score

Lead issue Elections, Abortion

Top visible issue cluster

Review queue

Rows are sorted by coverage tone distance, political-language imbalance, movement, issue breadth, and source trail depth.

WI Wisconsin Elections, Abortion Coverage tone was 3.6 points warmer since the previous brief NC North Carolina Elections, Crime Coverage tone was 2.5 points harder since the previous brief GA Georgia Elections, Crime Coverage tone was 1.9 points harder since the previous brief AZ Arizona Elections, Immigration Coverage tone was 1.1 points warmer since the previous brief PA Pennsylvania Elections, Economy Coverage tone was 2.0 points harder since the previous brief NV Nevada Elections, Economy Coverage tone was 0.7 points warmer since the previous brief MI Michigan Elections, Education Coverage tone was 0.6 points harder since the previous brief

Coverage activity vs tone

Higher placement means more activity; farther left means harder coverage tone.

More activity
harder tone
More activity
warmer tone
Less activity
harder tone
Less activity
warmer tone
WI NC GA AZ PA NV MI
Harder coverage tone Coverage activity Warmer coverage tone

Cross-state heatmap

Issue shares show where visible narrative weight is clustering inside each state.

State
Elections
Economy
Education
Crime
Immigration
Wisconsin
89.5%
5.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
North Carolina
68.4%
15.4%
0.0%
16.2%
0.0%
Georgia
77.4%
0.0%
0.0%
12.9%
9.7%
Arizona
87.8%
0.0%
6.4%
0.0%
5.8%
Pennsylvania
79.9%
15.0%
5.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Nevada
94.1%
2.0%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
Michigan
82.4%
9.2%
8.4%
0.0%
0.0%

Coverage tone drift monitor

Movement compares the latest snapshot with the previous daily brief.

Wisconsin Coverage tone was 3.6 points warmer since the previous brief North Carolina Coverage tone was 2.5 points harder since the previous brief Pennsylvania Coverage tone was 2.0 points harder since the previous brief Georgia Coverage tone was 1.9 points harder since the previous brief Arizona Coverage tone was 1.1 points warmer since the previous brief Nevada Coverage tone was 0.7 points warmer since the previous brief Michigan Coverage tone was 0.6 points harder since the previous brief