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The ten nearest audiences to Claire McCaskill are dominated by journalists and political media figures, with scores compressed into a narrow band from 0.95 to 0.97. Six of the ten neighbors are Journalists: Kelly O'Donnell (0.96), Kasie Hunt (0.96), Chuck Todd (0.95), Connie Schultz (0.95), Joe Scarborough (0.95), and Peter Alexander (0.95). The remaining four span Government Officials — Walter Shaub at 0.97, the highest score in the set — TV Personalities (Tom Brokaw, 0.96), Politicians (Justin Amash, 0.96), and Non-Profit organizations (Citizens for Ethics, 0.95).
The flat shape means no single neighbor pulls away from the pack; the spread across the top 10 is less than two hundredths of a point. What the composition reveals is that McCaskill's audience overlaps most with the audiences of political journalists and accountability-focused media figures rather than with fellow politicians — Justin Amash is the only other Politician in the top 10. The presence of Citizens for Ethics alongside broadcast journalists like Tom Brokaw and Chuck Todd reinforces that the cluster is defined by political accountability coverage, not partisan electoral identity.
This audience shape belongs to a media-adjacent political world — one where journalists, government watchdogs, and cross-aisle political figures share the same followers.
