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Citability score · U.S. Senator

How citable is John McCain?

Developing citability

Developing citability (53.4/100). This profile has gaps that make an LLM more likely to cite a competitor. Citability measures how likely an LLM is to cite this profile when a voter asks about the office holder.

Measured:
Dataset version:
1.20260601-5
Empirical component:
measured

Why this score

The composite is a weighted blend of four components: content depth (30%), structured data (25%), source freshness (15%), and measured citation rate (30%). When the empirical component has not been measured yet, the score renormalizes over the three deterministic heuristics.

  • Content depth (75%)

    75%

    Deep, sourced pages earn citations; thin pages do not. narrative 1182/800w · sources 3/3 · 0/4 claim sections.

  • Structured data (64%)

    64%

    Machine-readable JSON-LD lets an LLM extract verified facts. 7/11 JSON-LD-enriching fields populated.

  • Source freshness (100%)

    100%

    Recently re-verified provenance reads as trustworthy. median source age 31d (fresh ≤ 90d, stale ≥ 730d).

  • Measured citation rate (0%)

    0%

    0% citation rate across 2 panel trial(s).

Profile health

Which signals are at the floor and which are gaps, measured against our content-depth and structured-data floors.

  • GapContent depth vs floors — narrative 1182/800w · sources 3/3 · 0/4 claim sections
  • GapStructured data (JSON-LD population) — 7/11 JSON-LD-enriching fields populated
  • OKSource freshness — median source age 31d (fresh ≤ 90d, stale ≥ 730d)
  • OKMeasured citation rate — 0% citation rate across 2 panel trial(s)

How to raise this score

  1. Add election results so the page carries attributable electoral claims.
  2. Add sourced key policy positions.
  3. Add significant legislation with sources.

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Citability over time

Its measured citation rate held flat 0 points (0% → 0%) across the model panel.

John McCain citability measurements over time
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See the corpus-wide citability trend for how every scored profile is trending together.

About this score

Citability measures how likely an LLM is to cite this profile when a voter asks about the office holder. It is computed offline from the published profile — no live model call is made when this page loads. Read the full John McCain profile or our sourcing methodology.

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