Democrats Face Fate of Whigs - The American Conservative

Feb 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    26% Moderately Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

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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.

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  •   Liberal
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"Between 1992 and 2016, the two parties generally supported greater international economic integration, free trade, and unrestricted immigration; dissenters to this consensus rarely gained political traction."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"In 2020, Sanders was joined in his second bid by a number of progressives, such as Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris."
Positive
34% Conservative
"In 2020, Sanders was joined in his second bid by a number of progressives, such as Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris."
Positive
34% Conservative
"In 2020, Sanders was joined in his second bid by a number of progressives, such as Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris."
Positive
34% Conservative
"Biden finally prevailed in the all-important South Carolina primary, a victory that prompted Klobuchar and Buttigieg to leave the race, even though they had performed better than Biden in the preceding contests."
Positive
26% Conservative
"Biden finally prevailed in the all-important South Carolina primary, a victory that prompted Klobuchar and Buttigieg to leave the race, even though they had performed better than Biden in the preceding contests."
Positive
26% Conservative
"Furthermore, if successful, Biden would be the oldest nominee ever: eight years older than Harrison."
Positive
12% Conservative
"On the campaign trail, Biden emulated Harrison by sequestering himself in his basement and limiting his availability."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, in particular, has emerged as a possible heir, wiing praise for his handling of the pandemic and defiantly MAGA posture."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Still, Biden could only unify the party after agreeing to support major progressive proposals and selecting Harris as his ruing mate."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Still, Biden could only unify the party after agreeing to support major progressive proposals and selecting Harris as his ruing mate."
Positive
10% Conservative
"In 2016, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee and embodiment of this consensus, emerged as the heavy favorite to win the presidency."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Similarly, a new generation of liberals, such as Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg, bid for the nomination."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Biden won but it was a triumph of obfuscation, just like Harrison."
Positive
2% Conservative
"In contrast, Trump's GOP is exuberantly looking forward to upcoming contests."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"One commentator begged Biden to forswear a re-election bid so that the party can begin finding a more viable nominee in 2024."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"No such moniker has yet been bestowed on Trump's victory because contemporary observers refuse to acknowledge its deeper meaning."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Meanwhile, Democrats fear Youngkin's victory and the new wave of culture wars over school curricula mean Trumpism remains potent despite Trump's defeat."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Lastly, former Vice-President Joe Biden came out of retirement to make a third and final bid."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The Democrats succeeded in ousting Trump but they failed to remember how fleeting the Whig success was."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The same dysfunctional dynamic is visible in the current Congress where liberal and progressive disagreements have prevented the passage of Biden's agenda, crippling his presidency."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Within the party, this dissatisfaction manifested itself in the form of Bernie Sanders, who mounted a strong challenge to her from the left."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Biden merely promised a triumph of light over darkness and build back better, while the liberal and progressive wings downplayed their numerous disagreements."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Biden's weakness became evident immediately."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Clinton, however, like Clay, represented an elite that was discoected from the country's economically disadvantaged."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"In truth, the two didn't necessarily exit out of deference to Biden but because they recognized that continuing to divide the liberal vote would only deliver the nomination to Sanders, who was unelectable."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"In truth, the two didn't necessarily exit out of deference to Biden but because they recognized that continuing to divide the liberal vote would only deliver the nomination to Sanders, who was unelectable."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Biden's agenda was as vague as Harrison's."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Like the Whigs who opposed King Andrew, the Democrats re-imagined themselves as the resistance to a Trump tyray."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Harris has underwhelmed as vice-president, Klobuchar faces health challenges, and Buttigieg, now Transportation secretary, has made ineffective moves during the supply chain crisis."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Sanders went onto win the first three contests while Biden never finished above third."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Sanders went onto win the first three contests while Biden never finished above third."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Biden quickly became the frontruer, albeit a rickety one."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Journalists never pushed for more access to Biden and hardly vetted Harris despite her relatively short time on the national stage."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Journalists never pushed for more access to Biden and hardly vetted Harris despite her relatively short time on the national stage."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"In the wake of Donald Trump's stuing upset in 2016, one can detect the same machinations at work in the fractious Democratic Party."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Clinton eventually prevailed but she underestimated how much Republican Donald Trump's populist America First message would resonate with those who felt forgotten by a disdainful elite, much like Jackson's supporters."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Clinton eventually prevailed but she underestimated how much Republican Donald Trump's populist America First message would resonate with those who felt forgotten by a disdainful elite, much like Jackson's supporters."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Biden had a distinguished resume but an undistinguished reputation; he was once labeled the party's dumb blonde."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"Lastly, Biden admitted he was only a transitional figure, a stopgap measure to avert a civil war before the party could oust Trump."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Lastly, Biden admitted he was only a transitional figure, a stopgap measure to avert a civil war before the party could oust Trump."
Positive
0% Conservative
"The media blanketed the country with negative coverage of Trump while endlessly extolling Biden's decency."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"The media blanketed the country with negative coverage of Trump while endlessly extolling Biden's decency."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Only after Trump won did the enmity between Clinton liberals and Sanders progressives vanish."
Positive
52% Conservative
"Only after Trump won did the enmity between Clinton liberals and Sanders progressives vanish."
Positive
52% Conservative
"Only after Trump won did the enmity between Clinton liberals and Sanders progressives vanish."
Positive
52% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Between 1992 and 2016, the two parties generally supported greater international economic integration, free trade, and unrestricted immigration; dissenters to this consensus rarely gained political traction.

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