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Gavin Newsom

Governor of California · Democratic Party

Mostly straight talk

Bluff24%Spin17%

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Gavin Newsom

Democratic · US

Lowest BS Index of 9

Mostly straight talk

BS Index · 20Lower is better

0 · straight talk50

Accuracy · 76% of checked claims hold upHigher is better

0%100%

Answers · 83% of questions answered straightHigher is better

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Unsupported claims 24% Checked claims that did not hold up (partly supported counts as half) Self-contradictions – Not checked yet Dodged questions 17% Questions not answered straight (partly answered or openly declined counts as half) Emotional appeal 12% Emotional passages used in place of an answer or evidence, or off the subject. Emotion that fits the subject is not counted Vague answers Shown, not scored – Not measured yet

Each spoke shows how often it happened: further out means more often. The BS Index goes up with the first four; a hollow dot is context only and does not change the score.

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Accuracy76%

Checked claims that hold upadds 11.9 of 50.0

Partly supported“He all but called for a genocide of 93 million people.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · Mother Jones · Foreign Policy

Partly supported“the fourth-largest economy in the world, a state larger than 21 state populations combined.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · Office of the Governor of California · KFI AM 640

Supported“a state that’s 27% foreign-born, where we practice pluralism.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · USAFacts

All 88 checked claims, with sources

Answers questions83%

Questions answered straightadds 8.6 of 50.0

AnsweredQ: “... who had to work three jobs to keep things afloat.” CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript

AnsweredQ: “Yes. I mean, you talk about that grit. You talk about your mom giving you that grit and your dad teaching you other things like the love of the outdoo…” CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript

AnsweredQ: “"I kept holding onto her hand tighter and tighter and sobbing."” CNN State of the Union interview with Dana Bash: his memoir and 2028, 22 Feb 2026 · transcript

All 64 questions

ConsistencyNot checked

No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score

Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.

Substance88%

Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score

26 emotional passages labelled, 3 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.