WDIV Article Rating100K vote 'uncommitted' over Biden in Michigan's primary: What that means
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "Trump did receive the most support in Michigan's Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, securing 68" | Positive | 56% Conservative |
| "Trump only won Michigan in 2016 by about 10,000 votes, the group said on its website." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "---> Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden" | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "And in 2024, polling shows those third-party votes may take away from Biden's final tally more so than Trump's." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "We need to be clear-eyed about the threat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to working people and the choice Michiganders will face at the ballot box this November: our reproductive freedoms, our economic opportunity, and our democracy are all on the line, said Lavora Barns, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Poll: Where Michigan voters stand on US role in Gaza, Ukraine warsMichigan gov. warns against any votes not cast for BidenDemocratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned against the uncommitted vote last weekend, saying such votes serve as leverage for Trump." | Negative | -72% Liberal |
| "Trump did receive the most support in Michigan's Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, securing 68" | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "Trump did receive the most support in Michigan's Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, securing 68" | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "The push to vote uncommitted was largely symbolic, since Biden is expected to secure the Democratic nomination for president by a longshot across the county." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Trump only won Michigan in 2016 by about 10,000 votes, the group said on its website." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "According to the state, enough uncommitted votes could allow the party to send uncommitted delegates to the national nominating convention -- though Biden is expected to receive the Democratic nomination this year, either way." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "I am encouraging people to cast an affirmative vote for President Biden." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Local groups wanted to make it clear to Biden that his support among Michigan's large Arab American and Muslim populations has wavered because of the war." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "President Biden still received more than 618,000 votes in his favor -- 81" | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "When it comes to vote tallies, Whitmer has a point: Votes cast outside the traditional two-party system aren't often successful." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "About 13" | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The Michigan movement's goal was to get 10,000 voters to choose uncommitted over Biden in the Democratic presidential primary." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Though Biden's response to Israel's bombardment of Gaza has recently shifted toward disapproving, the president initially stood firmly in support of Israel, and had long maintained that support through rhetoric, funding and weapons." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "But those behind the uncommitted vote push say Biden has to earn their vote through a dramatic change in policy." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "President Biden has been a successful candidate in the past by representing a broad coalition, but right now he's not representing the vast majority of Democrats who want a ceasefire and an end to his funding of Israel's war in Gaza, Listen to Michigan's website reads." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "In the weeks leading up to Michigan's presidential primary on Tuesday, Feb. 27, multiple groups had pushed Democratic voters to vote uncommitted rather than vote for incumbent Democrat Biden." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Uncommitted Michigan Democrats opposed to Biden's policy in Gaza can demonstrate that we hold his margin of victory for re-election." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "A second Trump term would be devastating -- not just on fundamental rights, not just on our democracy here at home, but also when it comes to foreign policy." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "DETROIT - More than 100,000 Michigan voters selected uncommitted in the state's Democratic presidential primary election on Tuesday in an effort to denounce U.S. President Joe Biden's handling of the war in Gaza." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "This was a man who promoted a Muslim ban, Whitmer said on CNN." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "---> Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden" | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "---> Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden" | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Groups like Listen to Michigan and Our Revolution -- a progressive political group also pushing for the protest vote -- partly blame Biden for failing to take steps to prevent the loss and destruction in Gaza." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Biden is seeking reelection this year, hoping to once again defeat his former opponent, former President Donald Trump." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Biden is seeking reelection this year, hoping to once again defeat his former opponent, former President Donald Trump." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "The movement, led by group Listen to Michigan, was created to send a clear message to the president that they strongly reject Biden's funding war and genocide in Gaza." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "It's important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that's not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term, Whitmer said on CNN on Sunday, Feb. 25." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "It's important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that's not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term, Whitmer said on CNN on Sunday, Feb. 25." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "It's important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that's not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term, Whitmer said on CNN on Sunday, Feb. 25." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "And in 2024, polling shows those third-party votes may take away from Biden's final tally more so than Trump's." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "And in 2024, polling shows those third-party votes may take away from Biden's final tally more so than Trump's." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "We need to be clear-eyed about the threat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to working people and the choice Michiganders will face at the ballot box this November: our reproductive freedoms, our economic opportunity, and our democracy are all on the line, said Lavora Barns, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "That's why many Democratic politicians are requesting the country come come together in support of Biden, even if only to ensure Trump's demise." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "That's why many Democratic politicians are requesting the country come come together in support of Biden, even if only to ensure Trump's demise." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Poll: Where Michigan voters stand on US role in Gaza, Ukraine warsMichigan gov. warns against any votes not cast for BidenDemocratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned against the uncommitted vote last weekend, saying such votes serve as leverage for Trump." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Poll: Where Michigan voters stand on US role in Gaza, Ukraine warsMichigan gov. warns against any votes not cast for BidenDemocratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned against the uncommitted vote last weekend, saying such votes serve as leverage for Trump." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
78% : "Trump did receive the most support in Michigan's Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, securing 68% of the votes compared to Nikki Haley's 27%.57% : "Trump only won Michigan in 2016 by about 10,000 votes," the group said on its website.
39% : ---> Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden
32% : And in 2024, polling shows those third-party votes may take away from Biden's final tally more so than Trump's.
29% : "We need to be clear-eyed about the threat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to working people and the choice Michiganders will face at the ballot box this November: our reproductive freedoms, our economic opportunity, and our democracy are all on the line," said Lavora Barns, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party.
14% : Poll: Where Michigan voters stand on US role in Gaza, Ukraine warsMichigan gov. warns against any votes not cast for BidenDemocratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned against the "uncommitted" vote last weekend, saying such votes serve as leverage for Trump.
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