Editorial: Give voters a chance to fix California's recall system

Jun 18, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -46% Moderately Liberal

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  • Politician Portrayal

    46% 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.

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"Many Republicans acknowledged as much during the Newsom recall campaign, saying they saw an opportunity to win the state's top office that wouldn't exist in a regular race in this blue state."
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14% Conservative
"Gov. Gavin Newsom won resoundingly with 62"
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8% Conservative
"Imagine that 49"
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2% Conservative
"Newman -- the Orange County legislator who was recalled in 2018 won his seat back in 2020 and wrote this measure to change the recall -- told a Times editorial board member that he will probably wait to try to put it on the ballot in 2024 instead."
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-2% Liberal
"For instance, state Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) was recalled in 2018 because only 42"
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-8% Liberal
"In raw numbers it worked out like this: 66,197 people voted to keep Newman, and 50,215 voted to elect Chang."
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-26% Liberal
"But Chang won and Newman lost."
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-36% Liberal

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