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Trump's unpopularity prompts Republican candidates to distance themselves before midterms

Rank
82
Ran
46h
Updated
1h ago
Closed
Outlets
8
Regions
3
Countries
8
Languages
7

The Business Standard Bangladesh · English 9 Oct, 13:15 UTC

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Read it also in Español (2) · Čeština (1) · Deutsch (1) · Français (1) · Português (1) · Română (1) · +5 languages

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How it spread

Outlets covering the story by hours since its first article: one at the start, 8 after 47 hours.

2 4 6 8
0h 12h 24h 36h

Outlets, by hours since the first article

  1. First outlet: The Business Standard, 9 Oct, 13:15 UTC.
  2. Second country: Germany, with Die Zeit.
  3. Second region: Europe, with Die Zeit.
  4. Last article: 8 outlets.

Where it travelled

47 of 47 hours

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The 8 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. Open the live map

The regions

38%12%50%

  • Americas 3 outlets · 3 countries · 38%
  • Asia-Pacific 1 outlet · 1 country · 12%
  • Europe 4 outlets · 4 countries · 50%

First movers

  1. The Business Standard 9 Oct, 13:15 UTC
  2. Die Zeit +3h 8m
  3. La Dépêche du Midi +15h 16m
  4. Semana +16h 18m
  5. La Nación (AR) +32h 24m

Last to join

  1. CNN Brasil 11 Oct, 12:00 UTC
  2. iDNES 11 Oct, 11:00 UTC
  3. Adevărul 11 Oct, 05:51 UTC
  4. La Nación (AR) 10 Oct, 21:38 UTC
  5. Semana 10 Oct, 05:33 UTC

The chapters

This story continues an earlier wave: Trump's unpopularity weighs on Republican midterm election prospects, 7 to 9 Oct 2026, 4 outlets.

The figures

Coverage
8 outlets in 8 countries, across 3 regions. The article links are kept for good for every story that reaches the map. Of the 8 outlets, 8 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region
Americas 3: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia. Asia-Pacific 1: Bangladesh. Europe 4: Czechia, France, Germany, Romania. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages
Czech, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian.
Timeline
Earliest article The Business Standard, 9 Oct 2026, 13:15 UTC. First seen 9 Oct 2026, 13:30 UTC. Last seen 11 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification
Region Americas, United States. Topic Politics. Hard news Judged hard news. On the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score
2.49, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Chain
Continues Trump's unpopularity weighs on Republican midterm election prospects. A story continues another when it resembled it as it began, past that story’s own 48-hour box.
Day by day

Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method
10 Oct 2026 281 2.70 5 5 3 3 4.7

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How this was measured

This page describes measured coverage: which of the outlets Loudest reads carried the story, from how many countries and in how many languages, and when. It says nothing about whether the story is true, important or well reported.

Started 9 Oct, 13:30 UTC · Updated 11 Oct, 12:00 UTC · Final figures at midnight UTC

Covered by 8 outlets

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  • CNN Brasil Brazil 11 Oct, 12:00 UTC
    Análise: Candidatos republicanos se distanciam de Trump antes de eleições
  • iDNES Czechia 11 Oct, 11:00 UTC
    Radioaktivní Trump táhne republikány ke dnu. Demokraté sahají po rudých státech
  • Adevărul Romania 11 Oct, 05:51 UTC
    Eșec garantat pentru republicanii americani. De ce ultimele mutări ale lui Trump nu mai pot schimba rezultatul alegerilor din noiembrie
  • La Nación (AR) Argentina 10 Oct, 21:38 UTC
    Trump se convierte en un problema para los republicanos y sus candidatos empiezan a tomar distancia
  • Semana Colombia 10 Oct, 05:33 UTC
    Trump enfrenta su peor crisis. Su popularidad está en mínimos históricos con las elecciones de medio término a menos de un mes
  • La Dépêche du Midi France 10 Oct, 05:00 UTC
    Trump en chute libre avant les élections de mi-mandat : "Nous sommes en train de perdre", les républicains gagnés par le doute
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    • Élections de mi-mandat aux États-Unis : Donald Trump à côté de la plaque 10 Oct, 04:31 UTC
  • Die Zeit Germany 9 Oct, 16:23 UTC
    USA : Wie Trump eine Niederlage bei den Midterms verhindern will
  • The Business Standard Bangladesh 9 Oct, 13:15 UTC
    A midterm reckoning for Trump and a test for US democracy
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