Climate change, mental health and UFOs: Moments you may have missed from the 1st GOP primary debate

Aug 24, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    26% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    50% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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"I'm not going to send troops to Ukraine, but I am going to send troops to our southern border, DeSantis said after Haley interjected that the U.S. can both send aid to Ukraine and work on border security."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"But the two-hour debate included many other topics on voters' minds such as climate change, the southern border, mental health and guns, and UFOs."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Many of the headlines from the first GOP primary debate focused on the candidates' comments on key issues such as abortion, Ukraine and Jan. 6."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott said the best thing to do to improve the environment is bring our jobs home from China."
Positive
32% Conservative
"Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was the only candidate to acknowledge on stage that climate change is real, but said the work begins overseas."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Former Vice President Mike Pence also spoke about operations to take out cartels and drug traffickers, but framed it as engaging with Mexico and working with the Mexican military."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis immediately responded, Look, we're not schoolchildren."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"If you want to go and really change the environment, then we need to start telling China and India that they have to lower their emissions, Haley said."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The Biden administration has devoted funding from an anti-gun violence bill in Congress to mental health care."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"I'm not going to send troops to Ukraine, but I am going to send troops to our southern border, DeSantis said after Haley interjected that the U.S. can both send aid to Ukraine and work on border security."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"During the debate, Biden took to X to weigh in on the topic."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Instead of arguing climate change's origins, DeSantis criticized President Joe Biden's response to the Maui wildfires."
Negative
-42% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : I'm not going to send troops to Ukraine, but I am going to send troops to our southern border," DeSantis said after Haley interjected that the U.S. can both send aid to Ukraine and work on border security.
42% : But the two-hour debate included many other topics on voters' minds such as climate change, the southern border, mental health and guns, and UFOs.
40% : Many of the headlines from the first GOP primary debate focused on the candidates' comments on key issues such as abortion, Ukraine and Jan. 6.

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