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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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| "Its backers are aiming to negate a 91-year-old state law that would ban abortion in all instances except to save the life of the mother." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Christopher Thomas, director of the Michigan Bureau of Elections for 36 years until retiring in 2017, said that process became more heated during his career as attorneys representing battling groups sought to win board members over, largely playing to their political alliances." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Gov. Gretchen Whitmer selected Tony Daunt from three nominees submitted by the GOP to replace Van Langevelde." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "But ultimately, one Republican board member joined two Democrats in certifying Joe Biden's 154,000 vote victory in Michigan." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Whitmer appointed Richard Houskamp, another longtime activist, to replace Shinkle." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Trump and his backers, despite no evidence of fraud, demanded that the board refuse to certify the results." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Daunt, a longtime party activist, was an outspoken critic of Trump's bid to challenge the 2020 results." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The board last came under national scrutiny in November 2020 when then-President Donald Trump and his supporters tried to convince Republican members not to certify Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the state." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The board last came under national scrutiny in November 2020 when then-President Donald Trump and his supporters tried to convince Republican members not to certify Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the state." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Aaron Van Langevelde, who voted to certify the results despite pressure from Trump supporters, was not nominated again by the state GOP when his term ended that winter." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Following the 2020 presidential election, then-President Donald Trump and his allies targeted Michigan's Board of State Canvassers as part of a broad and futile attempt to challenge his loss in several states." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Election experts worry the unsuccessful attempt has fueled efforts to further politicize Michigan's canvassing system, pointing to people with a history of backing Trump's unproven claims of fraud getting appointed to county-level canvassing slots." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Its unfortunate, Thomas said." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
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38% : Its backers are aiming to negate a 91-year-old state law that would ban abortion in all instances except to save the life of the mother.*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.