Black support for GOP ticked up in this year's midterms

  • Bias Rating

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    8% 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

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"Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and the author of a book on the voting rights movement, said Black voters need to hear from Democrats about why their vote is important and what the party will do for them."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Like Piroleau, Chapman cited issues such as immigration, border security and the economy as important in deciding to become a Republican a decade ago."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Thomas, who recently voted Republican, added that her disagreement with the Black Lives Matter movement encouraged her switch."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"That includes this year, when she voted for Kemp in his victory over Abrams."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Biden, he noted, named Kamala Harris as vice president, nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court and appointed Lisa Cook to the Federal Reserve."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Biden, he noted, named Kamala Harris as vice president, nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court and appointed Lisa Cook to the Federal Reserve."
Positive
16% Conservative
"In Georgia, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp more than doubled his support among Black voters to 12"
Positive
14% Conservative
"They also want voting rights protected but got neither at the federal level during President Joe Biden's first two years in office."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Janet Piroleau, who lives in suburban Atlanta, left the Democratic Party in 2016, during Trump's first run for office, and now votes Republican."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Former President Donald Trump, who has aounced his third run for the presidency, received support from just 8"
Positive
2% Conservative
"April Chapman, who lives in metro Atlanta, is among the Black voters who favored Kemp and other Republican candidates."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"The agenda Biden has pursued since taking office was fairly explicit about a number of key issues that relate to Black people."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Her group also suggested that the Kemp campaign advertise on Black radio and expend a little more effort in some areas that were a little uncomfortable."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Camilla Moore, chair of the Georgia Black Republican Council, said a large percentage of the voters Kemp won in the Black community were actually Black Democrats."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Those voters made decisions based on Kemp's performance in addressing issues they care about, Moore said."
Negative
-20% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and the author of a book on the voting rights movement, said Black voters need to hear from Democrats about why their vote is important and what the party will do for them.
41% : Like Piroleau, Chapman cited issues such as immigration, border security and the economy as important in deciding to become a Republican a decade ago.
39% : Thomas, who recently voted Republican, added that her disagreement with the Black Lives Matter movement encouraged her switch.

*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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