How citable is John McCain?

Why this score

The composite is a weighted blend of the three deterministic heuristics: content depth (43%), structured data (36%), and source freshness (21%). The measured citation rate is published as evidence but is not currently weighted into the composite — recent measurement cycles found a 0% corpus-wide cite-rate, so weighting it only penalized the sampled profiles. The bench cadence continues unchanged; the weight re-arms for operator review on the first nonzero cycle.

• 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 59d (fresh ≤ 90d, stale ≥ 730d).

• Measured citation rate (0%)

  0%

  0% citation rate across 2 panel trial(s), measured 2026-07-29. The measured citation rate is published as evidence but is not currently weighted into the composite — recent measurement cycles found a 0% corpus-wide cite-rate, so weighting it only penalized the sampled profiles. The bench cadence continues unchanged; the weight re-arms for operator review on the first nonzero cycle.

  This trial protocol asks a fixed panel of models profile questions and records whether each answer cites this page’s canonical URL; the 0% result stays visible as evidence, while its composite weight is retired unless a future cycle returns a nonzero rate — see our methodology.

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 59d (fresh ≤ 90d, stale ≥ 730d)
• OKMeasured citation rate — 0% citation rate across 2 panel trial(s), measured 2026-07-29

How to raise this score

1. Add sourced key policy positions.
2. Add significant legislation with sources.

Citability over time

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.