WKYT Article RatingDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he won't seek reelection in 2024
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- Politician Portrayal
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| "For the last few years, Manchin has been the only Democrat elected to statewide office in West Virginia, a longtime politician who has served as governor, secretary of state and state legislator." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "For the last few years, Manchin has been the only Democrat elected to statewide office in West Virginia, a longtime politician who has served as governor, secretary of state and state legislator." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "In a 50-50 chamber that Democrats controlled by virtue of Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote, Manchin leveraged his political power to shape legislation to his liking." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Manchin is one of just three Democratic senators up for reelection in 2024 who represent a state won by President Donald Trump, a Republican, in the 2020 election." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, a Democrat who switched to an independent after last year's midterms, he helped water down much of Biden's social spending agenda." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, a Democrat who switched to an independent after last year's midterms, he helped water down much of Biden's social spending agenda." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Republican challengers began clamoring for the Senate seat even before Manchin's aouncement, with GOP Rep. Alex Mooney jumping in the race less than two weeks after wiing his fifth term in the House in November." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Republican challengers began clamoring for the Senate seat even before Manchin's aouncement, with GOP Rep. Alex Mooney jumping in the race less than two weeks after wiing his fifth term in the House in November." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Manchin, a conservative Democrat, was both a critical vote and a constant headache for his party in the first two years of President Joe Biden's term." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Days before last year's midterms, he blasted Biden for being cavalier and divorced from reality after vowing to shutter coal-fired power plants and rely more heavily on wind and solar energy in the future." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "He demanded a public apology from Biden, and the White House acquiesced by issuing a statement saying the president regrets it if anyone hearing these remarks took offense." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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51% : For the last few years, Manchin has been the only Democrat elected to statewide office in West Virginia, a longtime politician who has served as governor, secretary of state and state legislator.51% : For the last few years, Manchin has been the only Democrat elected to statewide office in West Virginia, a longtime politician who has served as governor, secretary of state and state legislator.
*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.