Haley challenges Trump on her home turf in South Carolina as the Republican primary looms

  • Bias Rating

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    74% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    N/A

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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

36% Positive

  •   Liberal
  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
"McMaster became governor in 2017 when Trump appointed Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations."
Positive
84% Conservative
"Trump, turning his campaign focus to the southern state days after an easy victory in Nevada, is expected to rev up his supporters at a Saturday afternoon rally in Conway, near Myrtle Beach."
Positive
44% Conservative
"Tim Carter, from nearby Murrells Inlet, said he had backed Trump since 2016 and would do so again this year."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Cheryl Savage from Conway, who was waiting on the bleachers to hear from Trump, said the former president is here to help us."
Positive
4% Conservative
"He deserves a second term, Savage said, of Trump."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Trump, who has long been the front-ruer in the GOP presidential race, won three states in a row and is looking to use South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary to close out Haley's chances and turn his focus fully on an expected rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in the general election."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Pollard said he caot support Trump because he's a maniac, adding that Trump's campaign, in which he speaks frequently of retribution and his personal grievances, has turned into a personal vendetta.In Conway, people began lining up to see Trump hours before the doors opened to the arena where he was set to take the stage later."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"We're here to stand for Trump, get our economy better, shut our border down, more jobs for our people, said Carter, a pastor and military veteran who runs an addiction recovery ministry."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"It was more important to get Henry McMaster to be governor than it was to have her in the United Nations, Trump said, referring to Haley without mentioning her name."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"On his way in, Trump stopped and briefly spoke to an overflow crowd gathered outside and thanked South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who endorsed him early."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"Haley skipped the Nevada caucuses, condemning the contest as rigged for Trump, and has instead focused on South Carolina, kicking off a two-week bus tour across the state where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017."
Negative
-56% Liberal
"With two weeks to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley is trying to challenge Donald Trump on her home turf while the former president tries to quash his last major rival's narrow path to the nomination."
Negative
-72% Liberal
"Bob Pollard, a retired firefighter, said Haley showed level-headedness that Trump lacks in the way she responded to the 2015 shooting at a Charleston church in which a white supremacist killed nine Black members of the congregation."
Negative
-74% Liberal
"Speaking to about a couple hundred people gathered outside a historic opera house in Newberry, Haley on Saturday portrayed Trump as an erratic and self-absorbed figure not focused on the American people."
Negative
-84% Liberal
"McMaster became governor in 2017 when Trump appointed Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations."
Positive
62% Conservative
"McMaster became governor in 2017 when Trump appointed Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations."
Positive
62% Conservative
"McMaster became governor in 2017 when Trump appointed Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations."
Positive
62% Conservative
"Trump, turning his campaign focus to the southern state days after an easy victory in Nevada, is expected to rev up his supporters at a Saturday afternoon rally in Conway, near Myrtle Beach."
Positive
22% Conservative
"Tim Carter, from nearby Murrells Inlet, said he had backed Trump since 2016 and would do so again this year."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Tim Carter, from nearby Murrells Inlet, said he had backed Trump since 2016 and would do so again this year."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Organizers expecting a capacity crowd set up screens outside where an overflow crowd would be able to watch Trump's appearance."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Her husband, Mike O'Coell, credited Haley for courting major manufacturers such as Volvo and Samsung to the state while she was governor, bringing jobs and investment."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Harlie O'Coell, a longtime South Carolina resident who backs Haley, said she is excited to vote in the presidential primary for a woman from her home state."
Positive
10% Conservative
"American can do better than two 80-year-olds for president, Haley said."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Haley said."
Positive
0% Conservative
"He drew a contrast between the candidates' approach to foreign policy and said he wants the U.S. to continue assisting Ukraine in its war with Russia, as Haley has pledged."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Trump, who has long been the front-ruer in the GOP presidential race, won three states in a row and is looking to use South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary to close out Haley's chances and turn his focus fully on an expected rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in the general election."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Trump, who has long been the front-ruer in the GOP presidential race, won three states in a row and is looking to use South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary to close out Haley's chances and turn his focus fully on an expected rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in the general election."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Trump, who has long been the front-ruer in the GOP presidential race, won three states in a row and is looking to use South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary to close out Haley's chances and turn his focus fully on an expected rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in the general election."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Pollard said he caot support Trump because he's a maniac, adding that Trump's campaign, in which he speaks frequently of retribution and his personal grievances, has turned into a personal vendetta.In Conway, people began lining up to see Trump hours before the doors opened to the arena where he was set to take the stage later."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Pollard said he caot support Trump because he's a maniac, adding that Trump's campaign, in which he speaks frequently of retribution and his personal grievances, has turned into a personal vendetta.In Conway, people began lining up to see Trump hours before the doors opened to the arena where he was set to take the stage later."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"We're here to stand for Trump, get our economy better, shut our border down, more jobs for our people, said Carter, a pastor and military veteran who runs an addiction recovery ministry."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"We're here to stand for Trump, get our economy better, shut our border down, more jobs for our people, said Carter, a pastor and military veteran who runs an addiction recovery ministry."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Why can't they let go of their power?A person in the crowd shouted out: Because they're grumpy old men!They are grumpy old men, Haley said."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The report described Biden's memory as poor."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Savage said she backed Haley during her first run for governor in 2010 but now feels she is hurting herself by staying in the race."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"It was more important to get Henry McMaster to be governor than it was to have her in the United Nations, Trump said, referring to Haley without mentioning her name."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"It was more important to get Henry McMaster to be governor than it was to have her in the United Nations, Trump said, referring to Haley without mentioning her name."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"It was more important to get Henry McMaster to be governor than it was to have her in the United Nations, Trump said, referring to Haley without mentioning her name."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"On his way in, Trump stopped and briefly spoke to an overflow crowd gathered outside and thanked South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who endorsed him early."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"On his way in, Trump stopped and briefly spoke to an overflow crowd gathered outside and thanked South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who endorsed him early."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Haley continued the argument when speaking to reporters afterward, citing a report released Thursday by the special counsel investigating Biden's possession of classified documents."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Haley continued the argument when speaking to reporters afterward, citing a report released Thursday by the special counsel investigating Biden's possession of classified documents."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Haley skipped the Nevada caucuses, condemning the contest as rigged for Trump, and has instead focused on South Carolina, kicking off a two-week bus tour across the state where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Haley skipped the Nevada caucuses, condemning the contest as rigged for Trump, and has instead focused on South Carolina, kicking off a two-week bus tour across the state where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Haley reprised her questions of Trump's mental fitness, an attack she has sharpened since a Jan. 19 speech in which he repeatedly confused her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Haley, 52, has called throughout her campaign for mental competency tests for politicians, a way to contrast with 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Haley reprised her questions of Trump's mental fitness, an attack she has sharpened since a Jan. 19 speech in which he repeatedly confused her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Haley, 52, has called throughout her campaign for mental competency tests for politicians, a way to contrast with 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Haley reprised her questions of Trump's mental fitness, an attack she has sharpened since a Jan. 19 speech in which he repeatedly confused her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Haley, 52, has called throughout her campaign for mental competency tests for politicians, a way to contrast with 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Haley reprised her questions of Trump's mental fitness, an attack she has sharpened since a Jan. 19 speech in which he repeatedly confused her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Haley, 52, has called throughout her campaign for mental competency tests for politicians, a way to contrast with 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Haley reprised her questions of Trump's mental fitness, an attack she has sharpened since a Jan. 19 speech in which he repeatedly confused her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Haley, 52, has called throughout her campaign for mental competency tests for politicians, a way to contrast with 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Haley reprised her questions of Trump's mental fitness, an attack she has sharpened since a Jan. 19 speech in which he repeatedly confused her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Haley, 52, has called throughout her campaign for mental competency tests for politicians, a way to contrast with 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"With two weeks to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley is trying to challenge Donald Trump on her home turf while the former president tries to quash his last major rival's narrow path to the nomination."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"With two weeks to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley is trying to challenge Donald Trump on her home turf while the former president tries to quash his last major rival's narrow path to the nomination."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"Bob Pollard, a retired firefighter, said Haley showed level-headedness that Trump lacks in the way she responded to the 2015 shooting at a Charleston church in which a white supremacist killed nine Black members of the congregation."
Negative
-54% Liberal
"Bob Pollard, a retired firefighter, said Haley showed level-headedness that Trump lacks in the way she responded to the 2015 shooting at a Charleston church in which a white supremacist killed nine Black members of the congregation."
Negative
-54% Liberal
"Speaking to about a couple hundred people gathered outside a historic opera house in Newberry, Haley on Saturday portrayed Trump as an erratic and self-absorbed figure not focused on the American people."
Negative
-66% Liberal
"Speaking to about a couple hundred people gathered outside a historic opera house in Newberry, Haley on Saturday portrayed Trump as an erratic and self-absorbed figure not focused on the American people."
Negative
-66% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

92% : McMaster became governor in 2017 when Trump appointed Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations.
72% : Trump, turning his campaign focus to the southern state days after an easy victory in Nevada, is expected to rev up his supporters at a Saturday afternoon rally in Conway, near Myrtle Beach.
60% : Tim Carter, from nearby Murrells Inlet, said he had backed Trump since 2016 and would do so again this year.
52% : Cheryl Savage from Conway, who was waiting on the bleachers to hear from Trump, said the former president is "here to help us."
51% : "He deserves a second term," Savage said, of Trump.
47% : "Trump, who has long been the front-runner in the GOP presidential race, won three states in a row and is looking to use South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary to close out Haley's chances and turn his focus fully on an expected rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in the general election.
45% : Pollard said he cannot support Trump because "he's a maniac," adding that Trump's campaign, in which he speaks frequently of "retribution" and his personal grievances, has "turned into a personal vendetta."In Conway, people began lining up to see Trump hours before the doors opened to the arena where he was set to take the stage later.
44% : "We're here to stand for Trump, get our economy better, shut our border down, more jobs for our people," said Carter, a pastor and military veteran who runs an addiction recovery ministry.
32% : "It was more important to get Henry McMaster to be governor than it was to have her in the United Nations," Trump said, referring to Haley without mentioning her name.
28% : On his way in, Trump stopped and briefly spoke to an overflow crowd gathered outside and thanked South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who endorsed him early.
22% : Haley skipped the Nevada caucuses, condemning the contest as rigged for Trump, and has instead focused on South Carolina, kicking off a two-week bus tour across the state where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017.
14% : With two weeks to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley is trying to challenge Donald Trump on her home turf while the former president tries to quash his last major rival's narrow path to the nomination.
13% : Bob Pollard, a retired firefighter, said Haley showed "level-headedness" that Trump lacks in the way she responded to the 2015 shooting at a Charleston church in which a white supremacist killed nine Black members of the congregation.
8% : Speaking to about a couple hundred people gathered outside a historic opera house in Newberry, Haley on Saturday portrayed Trump as an erratic and self-absorbed figure not focused on the American people.

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