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Mercatus Center

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  • AllSides has medium confidence in this bias rating.

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Contents
  1. About Mercatus Center's Bias Rating
  2. What a "Lean Right" Rating Means
  3. Details
  4. Confidence Level

About Mercatus Center's Bias Rating

Mercatus Center is a think tank / policy group source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Right.

What a "Lean Right" Rating Means

Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Right display media bias in ways that moderately align with conservative, traditional, libertarian, or right-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Right bias is a moderately conservative rating on the political spectrum.

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Details

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is a nonprofit research, education, and outreach think tank that focuses heavily on free market economics.

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Confidence Level

Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.

As of June 2026, AllSides has medium confidence in our Lean Right rating for Mercatus Center. An Editorial Review or Blind Bias Survey has affirmed this rating, or multiple reviews have returned differing results. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.