Cleveland.com Article RatingDeWine and Portman endorsed Dolan, but Moreno won huge. Are old-guard Republicans dead to Ohio voters?
Mar 20, 2024 View Original Article
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "He also said he would support Trump in the general election." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "This is the last gasp of breath of the swamp RINO establishment in Ohio, and I need you on Tuesday to stab it right in the heart and make it clear that in Ohio, we put America first, Moreno said during a Saturday rally in Dayton with Trump." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "DeWine's standing among Ohio conservatives has fallen in the last few years for other reasons, including his controversial coronavirus policies and his veto last December of anti-transgender legislation." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Now there's literally a loyalty test as a candidate or as an incumbent -- you have to show and demonstrate loyalty to Trump himself, not just that you align with him on policy positions." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The lesson that other old guard Republicans should take from that, Sutton said, is that simply campaigning on the same platform as Trump isn't enough." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "But while DeWine acknowledged the significant impact that Trump has had on Ohio Republican politics, he balked at the suggestion that what it means to be a Republican in the Buckeye State is changing." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "If they don't secure favor with Trump first, they're never going to get the backing of that constituency, Sutton said, referring to pro-Trump conservatives." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "When he became governor in 2019, DeWine walked the tightrope of supporting Trump - who was then president - in terms of policy issues, but without becoming a cheerleader for Trump himself." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "He also said he would support Trump in the general election." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "This is Donald Trump's Ohio, and barring exceptional circumstances, the people that he gives his 'complete and total endorsement' to tend to win, said Ryan Stubenrauch, a GOP political consultant who previously worked on a number of DeWine's campaigns." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "This is Donald Trump's Ohio, and barring exceptional circumstances, the people that he gives his 'complete and total endorsement' to tend to win, said Ryan Stubenrauch, a GOP political consultant who previously worked on a number of DeWine's campaigns." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Obviously votes are the thing that matters most, but there's a litany of [things], from staff to ground game-type stuff, to donors, to fundraisers, to [Ohio Republican Party] Central Committee members -- all that stuff goes into helping, and many of those things DeWine can help with regardless of whether his approval rating is 55" | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "DeWine's standing among Ohio conservatives has fallen in the last few years for other reasons, including his controversial coronavirus policies and his veto last December of anti-transgender legislation." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "When he faced a challenge from his right from former U.S. Rep Jim Renacci in 2022, DeWine won, but didn't get a majority of the vote in the Republican primary." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "When he faced a challenge from his right from former U.S. Rep Jim Renacci in 2022, DeWine won, but didn't get a majority of the vote in the Republican primary." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Political parties, DeWine said, are not monolithic and always continue to evolve." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "An Emerson College poll released last week showed about 34" | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Now there's literally a loyalty test as a candidate or as an incumbent -- you have to show and demonstrate loyalty to Trump himself, not just that you align with him on policy positions." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "LaRose, who in the past portrayed himself as a political moderate, tried hard to win Trump's endorsement - and, when he didn't get it, still aligned himself with the former president on the campaign trial." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "And even though Trump's power as a political kingmaker has eclipsed that of many top Ohio Republican officeholders, Republicans like DeWine still have many ways in which to influence state GOP politics." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "And even though Trump's power as a political kingmaker has eclipsed that of many top Ohio Republican officeholders, Republicans like DeWine still have many ways in which to influence state GOP politics." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Gov. Mike DeWine, and former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman threw their support behind state Sen. Matt Dolan, himself a longtime state lawmaker." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Gov. Mike DeWine, and former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman threw their support behind state Sen. Matt Dolan, himself a longtime state lawmaker." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Take DeWine, a former U.S. senator who has held political office for more than four decades." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The lesson that other old guard Republicans should take from that, Sutton said, is that simply campaigning on the same platform as Trump isn't enough." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "And the key reason Moreno won - just like U.S. Sen JD Vance in the 2022 GOP Senate primary - was because he was the favored candidate of former President Donald Trump." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "After DeWine unexpectedly endorsed Dolan earlier this month, Moreno and his allies cast it as an opportunity for voters to reject the Republican old guard." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "But while DeWine acknowledged the significant impact that Trump has had on Ohio Republican politics, he balked at the suggestion that what it means to be a Republican in the Buckeye State is changing." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "But while DeWine acknowledged the significant impact that Trump has had on Ohio Republican politics, he balked at the suggestion that what it means to be a Republican in the Buckeye State is changing." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "If they don't secure favor with Trump first, they're never going to get the backing of that constituency, Sutton said, referring to pro-Trump conservatives." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "DeWine told reporters Wednesday that he called Moreno to congratulate him and urged Republicans of all stripes to back Moreno this fall against Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "DeWine told reporters Wednesday that he called Moreno to congratulate him and urged Republicans of all stripes to back Moreno this fall against Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "When he became governor in 2019, DeWine walked the tightrope of supporting Trump - who was then president - in terms of policy issues, but without becoming a cheerleader for Trump himself." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "When he became governor in 2019, DeWine walked the tightrope of supporting Trump - who was then president - in terms of policy issues, but without becoming a cheerleader for Trump himself." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "When he became governor in 2019, DeWine walked the tightrope of supporting Trump - who was then president - in terms of policy issues, but without becoming a cheerleader for Trump himself." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
59% : He also said he would support Trump in the general election.54% : "This is the last gasp of breath of the swamp RINO establishment in Ohio, and I need you on Tuesday to stab it right in the heart and make it clear that in Ohio, we put America first," Moreno said during a Saturday rally in Dayton with Trump.
50% : "DeWine's standing among Ohio conservatives has fallen in the last few years for other reasons, including his controversial coronavirus policies and his veto last December of anti-transgender legislation.
44% : "Now there's literally a loyalty test as a candidate or as an incumbent -- you have to show and demonstrate loyalty to Trump himself, not just that you align with him on policy positions.
40% : The lesson that other "old guard" Republicans should take from that, Sutton said, is that simply campaigning on the same platform as Trump isn't enough.
37% : But while DeWine acknowledged the "significant impact" that Trump has had on Ohio Republican politics, he balked at the suggestion that what it means to be a Republican in the Buckeye State is changing.
32% : "If they don't secure favor with Trump first, they're never going to get the backing of that constituency," Sutton said, referring to pro-Trump conservatives.
19% : When he became governor in 2019, DeWine walked the tightrope of supporting Trump - who was then president - in terms of policy issues, but without becoming a cheerleader for Trump himself.
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