Trump's noncitizen voter hunt yields few purges before midterms

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump's noncitizen voter hunt yields few purges before midterms?

Of the 56 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 70% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 5% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 58. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Trump's noncitizen voter hunt yields few purges before midterms left or right?

The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 70% of the 56 rated outlets on it are rated left — so far this is a story carried mostly by the left. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.

Is the coverage of Trump's noncitizen voter hunt yields few purges before midterms biased?

Trump's noncitizen voter hunt yields few purges before midterms is one event reported by 58 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Trump's noncitizen voter hunt yields few purges before midterms?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Trump's noncitizen voter hunt yields few purges before midterms?

58 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

Has President Trump's effort to remove noncitizen voters been successful?

No, President Trump's effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters has not produced large purges that could affect the midterm elections. The initiative has been thwarted with five weeks remaining until Election Day.

What is the significance of the recent Supreme Court decision?

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision gives states access to a Department of Homeland Security computer program. This program can be used to verify voters' citizenship, potentially aiding in efforts to identify noncitizens on voter rolls.

How many noncitizen voters have been removed?

The provided digests do not specify the exact number of noncitizen voters identified or removed. They indicate that the effort has not resulted in large purges that could impact the midterm elections.