AP poll: Most in U.S. say don't ban race in college admissions but its role should be small

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Published May 31, 2023
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Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of -18% Liberal:

  • 4 positive sentiments and 1 negative sentiment for Affirmative Action.
  • 1 negative sentiment for Abortion
  • 1 negative sentiment for Taxes


Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 0% Neutral and bias score of N/A:

3 negative sentiments and 3 positive sentiments for Donald Trump
1 positive sentiment for Joe Biden


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Affirmative Action
Taxes
Abortion

Politicians:

Donald Trump
Joe Biden

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34% "Affirmative action helps even the playing field, she said.""
18% "The Supreme Court has upheld affirmative action in decisions reaching back to 1978.""
16% "The poll reflects general support for affirmative action even as the future of the practice remains in doubt.""
14% "He added: Affirmative action is necessary to overcome those disparities.""
4% In addition, Trump's executive order would also target "birth tourism," a practice where individuals from other countries seek to give birth in the United ..."
4% In a video released as part of his Agenda 47 campaign series, which was exclusively obtained by Breitbart News, Trump outlined his plan to ..."
0% "As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most U.S. adults say the court should allow colleges to consider race as part ..."
-4% "If the Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, some education experts believe more colleges will follow suit and drop legacy preferences to remove an ..."
-22% "He sees it as a tool to offset imbalances in America's public schools, where those in wealthy, White areas tend to get more money ..."
-38% "Views on the Supreme Court overall have become more negative after last year's Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states to ..."

We have listed the top 10 sentiments. More sentiments do exist. Please review the full article for more information.


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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Affirmative action helps even the playing field, she said.
59% : The Supreme Court has upheld affirmative action in decisions reaching back to 1978.
58% : The poll reflects general support for affirmative action even as the future of the practice remains in doubt.
57% : He added: "Affirmative action is necessary to overcome those disparities."
50% : As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most U.S. adults say the court should allow colleges to consider race as part of the admissions process.
48% : If the Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, some education experts believe more colleges will follow suit and drop legacy preferences to remove an obstacle for students of color.
39% : He sees it as a tool to offset imbalances in America's public schools, where those in wealthy, White areas tend to get more money from taxes and parent groups than those in Black neighborhoods.
31% :Views on the Supreme Court overall have become more negative after last year's Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states to ban or severely limit access to abortion.

*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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