Former GOP Texas Rep William Hurd Announces Run for President - The Minnesota Sun

Jun 22, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Extremely Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% 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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"The former congressman released an aouncement video Thursday where he touched on illegal immigration and inflation, and argued that Americans deserve better."
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16% Conservative
"The former congressman is viewed as a moderate per his record in the House, where he voted against repealing Obamacare, championed universal background checks for purchasing firearms and supported protecting the LGBT community's rights, according to The Texas Tribune."
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-8% Liberal
"Hurd was first elected to serve the 23rd Congressional District of Texas in 2014 when he unseated Democratic Rep. Pete Gallego by roughly 2 points, and in 2016, Hurd beat Gallego again, but by a narrower margin of 1.3 points, according to Ballotpedia."
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-2% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The former congressman released an announcement video Thursday where he touched on illegal immigration and inflation, and argued that "Americans deserve better.
46% : The former congressman is viewed as a moderate per his record in the House, where he voted against repealing Obamacare, championed universal background checks for purchasing firearms and supported protecting the LGBT community's rights, according to The Texas Tribune.

*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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