Civic tracking display · checkable claims
Vera Orbit
How far each American political group's answers on checkable claims sit from the published evidence. The center is the evidence. The farther out a cloud sits, the more of its members got the claims wrong.
Read this first. Only about 9 checkable claims can place the groups right now. That's why the clouds are wide. Each cloud shows a range, not a precise spot. Most polls report results only by party, so the four groups on each side share one position until better data exists.
The map
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Drag to turn the map. Scroll or pinch to zoom. Select a group in the key to highlight it; select it again to clear. "Show wild claims" off hides the archetypes and the outer-fringe marks for a cleaner view; it changes no scores. Each shape runs from the core out to the far end of that group's scored range; the dot marks its scored position. The stem is drawn for meaning only and doesn't change any score.
Every group touches the core; we all share our senses and some common ground with reality.
The core is the published evidence, not any institution. Institutions have been wrong too; see the "Experts and institutions" list under Predictions, which is shown but not scored in this version. Institutions also got many things right; see the baseline rows (smoking, HIV, antibiotics, the Moon landings).
Only distance from the center matters: closer means fewer claims wrong. Groups on the same side get the same claims wrong. Up, down, left and right mean nothing on their own.