Abortion access at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

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  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    70% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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"He is endorsed by the state's top three anti-abortion groups, while Protasiewicz is backed by Plaed Parenthood and other abortion rights advocates."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee County judge, largely focused the race around abortion, saying she supports abortion rights, but stopping short of saying how she would rule on a pending lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 174-year-old ban that was enacted a year after statehood."
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-14% Liberal
"Kelly has expressed opposition to abortion in the past, including in a 2012 blog post in which he said the Democratic Party and the National Organization for Women were committed to normalizing the taking of human life."
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-14% Liberal
"In addition to abortion, Protasiewicz was outspoken on Wisconsin's gerrymandered legislative maps, calling them rigged."
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-24% Liberal
"Kelly accused her of prejudging that case, abortion and others that could come before the court."
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-38% Liberal
"Protasiewicz's endorsements include Hillary Clinton."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Kelly was endorsed by Trump in 2020 during an unsuccessful run for the court after he served four years on the court following an appointment."
Positive
2% Conservative
"The court came within one vote of overturning President Joe Biden's narrow win in 2020."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Trump did not endorse this year."
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-18% Liberal
"Four of the past six presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a percentage point and Trump turned to the courts in 2020 in his unsuccessful push to overturn roughly 21,000 votes."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Kelly is a former justice who previously did work for Republicans and advised them on the plan to have fake GOP electors cast their ballots for Trump following the 2020 election even though he had lost."
Negative
-40% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : He is endorsed by the state's top three anti-abortion groups, while Protasiewicz is backed by Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights advocates.
43% : Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee County judge, largely focused the race around abortion, saying she supports abortion rights, but stopping short of saying how she would rule on a pending lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 174-year-old ban that was enacted a year after statehood.
43% : Kelly has expressed opposition to abortion in the past, including in a 2012 blog post in which he said the Democratic Party and the National Organization for Women were committed to normalizing the taking of human life.
38% : In addition to abortion, Protasiewicz was outspoken on Wisconsin's gerrymandered legislative maps, calling them "rigged."
31% : Kelly accused her of prejudging that case, abortion and others that could come before the court.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. 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. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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