Democrats' choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    54% 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

Overall Sentiment

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  •   Conservative
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"In addition to abortion, Protasiewicz's win is likely to impact the future of Republican-drawn legislative maps, voting rights and years of other GOP policies."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"The victory speaks to the importance of abortion as an issue for Democrats in a key swing state, with turnout the highest ever for a Wisconsin Supreme Court race that didn't share the ballot with a presidential primary."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Protasiewicz tried to downplay the importance of abortion as an issue in her victory, even though she and her allies, including an array of abortion rights groups including Plaed Parenthood, made it the focus of much of her advertising and messaging to voters."
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-14% Liberal
"Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny StudioKelly had 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
"The new court controlled 4-3 by liberals is expected to decide a pending lawsuit challenging the state's 1849 law baing abortion enacted a year after statehood."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Kelly accused her of prejudging that case, abortion and others that could come before the court."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Kelly was endorsed by Trump that year."
Positive
22% Conservative
"In this Series This morning's top headlines: Trump arrest; high-stakes elections; UCo's title Previous Next Love 0"
Positive
16% Conservative
"Kelly was appointed to the state Supreme Court by then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, in 2016."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Those maps, widely regarded as among the most gerrymandered in the country, have helped Republicans increase their hold on the state Legislature to near supermajority levels, even as Democrats have won statewide elections, including Tony Evers as governor in both 2018 and 2022 and Biden in 2020."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Those maps, widely regarded as among the most gerrymandered in the country, have helped Republicans increase their hold on the state Legislature to near supermajority levels, even as Democrats have won statewide elections, including Tony Evers as governor in both 2018 and 2022 and Biden in 2020."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Protasiewicz's endorsements included Hillary Clinton."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The current court, under a 4-3 conservative majority, came within one vote of overturning President Joe Biden's win in the state in 2020, and both major parties are preparing for another close race in 2024."
Negative
-4% 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 his roughly 21,000-vote loss in the state."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Kelly is a former justice who has also performed work for Republicans and advised them on a plan to have fake GOP electors cast their ballots for Trump following the 2020 election even though Trump had lost."
Negative
-76% Liberal
"Kelly is a former justice who has also performed work for Republicans and advised them on a plan to have fake GOP electors cast their ballots for Trump following the 2020 election even though Trump had lost."
Negative
-76% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : In addition to abortion, Protasiewicz's win is likely to impact the future of Republican-drawn legislative maps, voting rights and years of other GOP policies.
46% : The victory speaks to the importance of abortion as an issue for Democrats in a key swing state, with turnout the highest ever for a Wisconsin Supreme Court race that didn't share the ballot with a presidential primary.
43% : Protasiewicz tried to downplay the importance of abortion as an issue in her victory, even though she and her allies, including an array of abortion rights groups including Planned Parenthood, made it the focus of much of her advertising and messaging to voters.
43% :Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny StudioKelly had 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.
39% : The new court controlled 4-3 by liberals is expected to decide a pending lawsuit challenging the state's 1849 law banning abortion enacted a year after statehood.
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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