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Thursday, August 13, 2026

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MR Mike Rounds

Politician report card · SD Senate · Class II (2026) · R · Senate

Mike Rounds

4 graded reports mentioning them on CladFacts. Scores below are about Rounds personally — not an average of the media that covers them.

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Political Lean 45% Right-leaning

Why this lean: Provisional ideology from Republican affiliation / caucus. Full claim-record grade pending agent review.

Why this record grade: No agent claim-record grade yet — provisional lean only. politician-grader will upgrade.

Coverage of them · media avg grade B+ · media avg lean 6% right (how outlets covering them scored — not Rounds’s own ideology)

Graded appearances

  1. Mike Rounds Questions Experts on Updating JOBS Act Rules for Investor Capital Growth Aug 7, 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 82/100
    B+
    Political Lean 15% Right-leaning
  2. Rounds Questions Caine on Sufficiency of $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Request Amid Iran Conflict Jul 25, 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 88/100
    B+
    Political Lean Centered
  3. NewsNation discusses UAP disclosure forum and congressional transparency push Jun 25, 2026 · NewsNation · 85/100
    B+
    Political Lean Centered
  4. NewsNation discusses UAP forum, Pentagon file releases, and new science panel Jun 20, 2026 · NewsNation · 75/100
    B
    Political Lean 10% Right-leaning

Portrait via Wikimedia Commons when available (photo credits). Person lean is ideology; claim record grades the reliability of their public statements — not how TV covered them. How grading works · Corrections · U.S. Senate · All branches · Race board