5 things to watch in the South Carolina GOP primary

Feb 24, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    86% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

15% Positive

  •   Liberal
  •   Conservative
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"Trump raised some eyebrows at his Friday rally with his emphatic praise of Scott."
Positive
70% Conservative
"On Friday, Trump pronounced Scott the greatest surrogate I've ever seen."
Positive
46% Conservative
"Scott, Mace and Greene have all endorsed Trump."
Positive
38% Conservative
"If Trump wins -- any another outcome would be a colossal shock -- he will have swept to victory in all four of the first primary contests."
Positive
32% Conservative
"Trump won the Iowa caucuses by 30 points and the New Hampshire primary by 10 points."
Positive
30% Conservative
"Trump is leading by 31 points in the polling average maintained by The Hill and Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ)."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Scott endorsed Trump in January."
Positive
14% Conservative
"The race for delegates will soon become moot if Trump keeps rolling up victories."
Positive
12% Conservative
"It's easy to see why Scott could appeal to Trump as a ruing mate."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Alluding to Scott's abandoned campaign, Trump added that he is a much better representative of me than he is a representative for himself."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), speaking from the stage, declared the Republican primary is over and Donald Trump is our nominee."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Trump was effectively unopposed in the caucus, while a none of the above line in the primary attracted more votes than Haley."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Tonight, it is worth watching whether Haley ramps up her attacks on Trump even further or begins to dial them back."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Still, the former president would no doubt like a clean sweep of the 50 delegates at stake here.Assuming, again, that there is not a seismic upset, Trump will claim 29 of those delegates by wiing the state overall."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"A well-liked senator who never excoriated the former president even while ruing against him, he is also unlikely to overshadow Trump on the campaign trail."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"Moderate and liberal-leaning South Carolinians who did not vote in the Palmetto State's Democratic primary earlier this month might lend her their backing to thwart Trump."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"If the actual results are similar -- or more favorable for Trump -- it will be implausible for Haley to argue she poses a credible threat to the former president."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"At Trump's final rally before the primary in Rock Hill, S.C., on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The Hill that Haley needed to exit because she was being humiliated, while Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said that the continuing attacks on Trump from Haley needed to end."
Negative
-88% Liberal
"Trump raised some eyebrows at his Friday rally with his emphatic praise of Scott."
Positive
54% Conservative
"Trump raised some eyebrows at his Friday rally with his emphatic praise of Scott."
Positive
54% Conservative
"On Friday, Trump pronounced Scott the greatest surrogate I've ever seen."
Positive
32% Conservative
"On Friday, Trump pronounced Scott the greatest surrogate I've ever seen."
Positive
32% Conservative
"Scott, Mace and Greene have all endorsed Trump."
Positive
32% Conservative
"Scott, Mace and Greene have all endorsed Trump."
Positive
32% Conservative
"Scott, Mace and Greene have all endorsed Trump."
Positive
32% Conservative
"Scott, Mace and Greene have all endorsed Trump."
Positive
32% Conservative
"If Haley were to carry the 2nd or 6th districts, it would signal an unexpectedly good night for her."
Positive
34% Conservative
"If Trump wins -- any another outcome would be a colossal shock -- he will have swept to victory in all four of the first primary contests."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Trump won the Iowa caucuses by 30 points and the New Hampshire primary by 10 points."
Positive
16% Conservative
"But it will be interesting to see how prominent Scott is in media appearances tonight and tomorrow morning."
Positive
28% Conservative
"Trump is leading by 31 points in the polling average maintained by The Hill and Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ)."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Scott endorsed Trump in January."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Scott endorsed Trump in January."
Positive
10% Conservative
"If Scott seems to be accorded a leading role by the campaign, it could auger well for his chances in the veepstakes."
Positive
14% Conservative
"A big win is expected for former President Trump over his only remaining serious rival, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley."
Positive
12% Conservative
"A big win is expected for former President Trump over his only remaining serious rival, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley."
Positive
12% Conservative
"The race for delegates will soon become moot if Trump keeps rolling up victories."
Positive
6% Conservative
"State experts think Haley's best chance of notching a district-level win is in the 1st district on the southern coast, anchored in and around Charleston."
Positive
12% Conservative
"As the sole Black GOP senator, he could perhaps boost Trump's standing with African American voters."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Haley, born and raised in the state, was twice elected governor here."
Positive
6% Conservative
"In a conference call with reporters on Friday morning, Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney said the candidate had booked a seven-figure ad buy across the Super Tuesday states."
Positive
6% Conservative
"And Haley has at times said she needs to show continued momentum, implying she has to do better here than in New Hampshire, where she captured 43 percent of the vote."
Positive
6% Conservative
"It's easy to see why Scott could appeal to Trump as a ruing mate."
Positive
4% Conservative
"It's easy to see why Scott could appeal to Trump as a ruing mate."
Positive
4% Conservative
"The list of contenders to be Trump's ruing mate is long."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Underlining the no-surrender mentality, Haley is slated to be in Michigan on Sunday."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Still, Haley would need to outperform the polls by a big margin if she is to make the battle for the nomination competitive."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"The official line from the Haley campaign is that she in the race until at least Super Tuesday, March 5."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Alluding to Scott's abandoned campaign, Trump added that he is a much better representative of me than he is a representative for himself."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Alluding to Scott's abandoned campaign, Trump added that he is a much better representative of me than he is a representative for himself."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Trump allies are pushing hard for Haley to get out of the race already."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Haley's campaign does not appear to be hurting for money, having reported a $16.5 million haul in January."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), speaking from the stage, declared the Republican primary is over and Donald Trump is our nominee."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), speaking from the stage, declared the Republican primary is over and Donald Trump is our nominee."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Assuming the polls aren't wrong by an absurdly large margin, Haley is about to go down to defeat in her home state."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"It is of course possible that Haley makes the race tighter than the polls say."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"But if the former president wins by around 30 points tonight, the broader GOP could ratchet up the pressure on Haley to quit."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Trump was effectively unopposed in the caucus, while a none of the above line in the primary attracted more votes than Haley."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Trump was effectively unopposed in the caucus, while a none of the above line in the primary attracted more votes than Haley."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Tonight, it is worth watching whether Haley ramps up her attacks on Trump even further or begins to dial them back."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Tonight, it is worth watching whether Haley ramps up her attacks on Trump even further or begins to dial them back."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"A rough benchmark would be if Haley were to whittle Trump's advantage down below 15 points."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"A rough benchmark would be if Haley were to whittle Trump's advantage down below 15 points."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Still, the former president would no doubt like a clean sweep of the 50 delegates at stake here.Assuming, again, that there is not a seismic upset, Trump will claim 29 of those delegates by wiing the state overall."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"A well-liked senator who never excoriated the former president even while ruing against him, he is also unlikely to overshadow Trump on the campaign trail."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Moderate and liberal-leaning South Carolinians who did not vote in the Palmetto State's Democratic primary earlier this month might lend her their backing to thwart Trump."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"If the actual results are similar -- or more favorable for Trump -- it will be implausible for Haley to argue she poses a credible threat to the former president."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"If the actual results are similar -- or more favorable for Trump -- it will be implausible for Haley to argue she poses a credible threat to the former president."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"At Trump's final rally before the primary in Rock Hill, S.C., on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The Hill that Haley needed to exit because she was being humiliated, while Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said that the continuing attacks on Trump from Haley needed to end."
Negative
-80% Liberal
"At Trump's final rally before the primary in Rock Hill, S.C., on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The Hill that Haley needed to exit because she was being humiliated, while Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said that the continuing attacks on Trump from Haley needed to end."
Negative
-80% Liberal
"At Trump's final rally before the primary in Rock Hill, S.C., on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The Hill that Haley needed to exit because she was being humiliated, while Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said that the continuing attacks on Trump from Haley needed to end."
Negative
-80% Liberal
"At Trump's final rally before the primary in Rock Hill, S.C., on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The Hill that Haley needed to exit because she was being humiliated, while Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said that the continuing attacks on Trump from Haley needed to end."
Negative
-80% Liberal
"At Trump's final rally before the primary in Rock Hill, S.C., on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The Hill that Haley needed to exit because she was being humiliated, while Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said that the continuing attacks on Trump from Haley needed to end."
Negative
-80% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : Trump raised some eyebrows at his Friday rally with his emphatic praise of Scott.
73% : On Friday, Trump pronounced Scott "the greatest surrogate I've ever seen."
69% : "Scott, Mace and Greene have all endorsed Trump.
66% : If Trump wins -- any another outcome would be a colossal shock -- he will have swept to victory in all four of the first primary contests.
65% : Trump won the Iowa caucuses by 30 points and the New Hampshire primary by 10 points.
58% : Trump is leading by 31 points in the polling average maintained by The Hill and Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
57% : Scott endorsed Trump in January.
56% : The race for delegates will soon become moot if Trump keeps rolling up victories.
53% : "It's easy to see why Scott could appeal to Trump as a running mate.
44% : Alluding to Scott's abandoned campaign, Trump added that he is "a much better representative of me than he is a representative for himself.
40% : Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), speaking from the stage, declared "the Republican primary is over and Donald Trump is our nominee.
36% : Trump was effectively unopposed in the caucus, while a "none of the above" line in the primary attracted more votes than Haley.
35% : Tonight, it is worth watching whether Haley ramps up her attacks on Trump even further or begins to dial them back.
31% : Still, the former president would no doubt like a clean sweep of the 50 delegates at stake here.Assuming, again, that there is not a seismic upset, Trump will claim 29 of those delegates by winning the state overall.
30% : A well-liked senator who never excoriated the former president even while running against him, he is also unlikely to overshadow Trump on the campaign trail.
29% : Moderate and liberal-leaning South Carolinians who did not vote in the Palmetto State's Democratic primary earlier this month might lend her their backing to thwart Trump.
19% : If the actual results are similar -- or more favorable for Trump -- it will be implausible for Haley to argue she poses a credible threat to the former president.
6% : At Trump's final rally before the primary in Rock Hill, S.C., on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The Hill that Haley needed to exit because she was being "humiliated," while Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said that the continuing attacks on Trump from Haley needed to end.

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