PBS Article RatingHaley staying in GOP race a distraction, a drain on resources and a source of frustration for Trump
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "Trump could embarrass Haley in her home state of South Carolina later in the month, where the former president has a loyal following." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Trump also continues to report strong fundraising totals." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "In New Hampshire's recent primary, for example, Trump won a decisive victory against Haley backed by his popularity among traditional Republican voters." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "A Washington Post-Monmouth University poll on Thursday found Trump with a 26 point lead in the state." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Republican National Committee Chair Roa McDaniel said recently that it was time to unite behind Trump." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Many major donors remain critical of Trump, but some of the biggest would-be Haley supporters are essentially in a holding pattern ahead of South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "But the Republican base is still decidedly behind Trump." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "B.J. Hopper, an 81-year-old self-described Never Trumper, is doubtful that Haley will catch Trump, but she attended Thursday's stop in South Carolina's capital city because she's trying to be hopeful." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "At roughly the same time Haley was speaking, Trump was attacking her on social media." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "And in a Wednesday interview on the Breakfast Club radio program, she blamed Trump for the state of the nation's politics." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "HALEY'S AGGRESSIVE STRATEGYHaley has begun to ratchet up attacks against Trump, a deliberate strategy designed to highlight the former president's glaring liabilities, including his legal baggage and his age." | Negative | -74% Liberal |
| "The campaign lumped Trump and Biden together in a new attack ad this week calling them Grumpy Old Men." | Negative | -80% Liberal |
| "Trump could embarrass Haley in her home state of South Carolina later in the month, where the former president has a loyal following." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Trump could embarrass Haley in her home state of South Carolina later in the month, where the former president has a loyal following." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "HALEY ASSETS GROWINGHaley is getting stronger by some measures." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Trump also continues to report strong fundraising totals." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "The Haley campaign has already rolled out leadership teams and Women for Nikki chapters in all 15 Super Tuesday states." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "The Haley campaign has already rolled out leadership teams and Women for Nikki chapters in all 15 Super Tuesday states." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "In New Hampshire's recent primary, for example, Trump won a decisive victory against Haley backed by his popularity among traditional Republican voters." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "In New Hampshire's recent primary, for example, Trump won a decisive victory against Haley backed by his popularity among traditional Republican voters." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "It'd be a miracle, Hopper said of a Haley victory in the state's upcoming primary." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Former Trump adviser David Urban described Haley's continued presence as a distraction, a drain on resources and a source of frustration." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Nobody on Trump's team thinks (a Biden matchup) is going to be easy." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Nobody on Trump's team thinks (a Biden matchup) is going to be easy." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "This week's initial swing through New York netted more than $1.5 million, Soloveichik said.Republican fundraiser Eric Levine, who co-hosted one of the New York events, said the few hundred Haley donors who gathered earlier in the week remain as committed to Haley as ever." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "This week's initial swing through New York netted more than $1.5 million, Soloveichik said.Republican fundraiser Eric Levine, who co-hosted one of the New York events, said the few hundred Haley donors who gathered earlier in the week remain as committed to Haley as ever." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Two of the group's founders, billionaire hedge fund managers Ken Griffin and Paul Singer, each donated $5 million to Haley's 2024 bid in recent weeks, according to federal filings made public this week." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "As much of the attention shifts to South Carolina, Haley's campaign insists her goal there isn't to win, but simply to show growth compared to New Hampshire." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney highlighted the candidate's commitment to the race during a meeting with some of the GOP's leading donors earlier in the week in Florida, according to two Republican officials in the room granted anonymity to share private discussions." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Trump senior adviser Susie Wiles also delivered a presentation to the group, which was designed to highlight the former president's tightening grip on the nomination." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "'I am not going anywhere'Of course, Haley is in a much different position than Sanders was during the epic 2016 campaign." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "'I am not going anywhere'Of course, Haley is in a much different position than Sanders was during the epic 2016 campaign." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "A Washington Post-Monmouth University poll on Thursday found Trump with a 26 point lead in the state." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "That's in addition to the Koch-backed conservative group, Americans for Prosperity, which has devoted its army of grassroots activists on the ground in several key states to helping Haley." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Yet in practical terms -- and in Haley's calculus -- the GOP primary has barely begun." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "But she's vowing to stay in the race indefinitely, backed by thousands of committed donors, a key slice of the party's moderate wing and a new willingness to attack the mental fitness and legal baggage of 2024 Republican front-ruer Donald Trump." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Many major donors remain critical of Trump, but some of the biggest would-be Haley supporters are essentially in a holding pattern ahead of South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Many major donors remain critical of Trump, but some of the biggest would-be Haley supporters are essentially in a holding pattern ahead of South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "During a separate session with top donors, AFP Action senior advisers Emily Seidel and Michael Palmer reaffirmed the group's decision to endorse Haley given that she is the last Trump alternative standing, according to an official with direct knowledge of the conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss strategy." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Unless she manages a dramatic turnaround, Haley's 11-point deficit in the same state last month may prove to be the high point of her presidential bid." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Two of Trump's political action committees spent roughly $50 million in donor funds on the former president's legal fees last year, according to federal filings made public this week." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "She's also working to link the 77-year-old Trump's refusal to debate to questions about his mental acuity." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "But the Koch network will not continue to support her if it determines there is no path to victory, according to conversations between Koch officials and donors at a private retreat last week in California, where Haley discussed the state of her presidential campaign during a short video call." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Haley decided to skip Nevada's presidential caucuses next Thursday in favor of a state primary election two days earlier that does not award delegates." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "She's giving ammunition to Biden's campaign." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "WATCH NOW: Dozens of swatting calls target members of Congress and candidates on campaign trailNikki Haley 's path to the GOP nomination is rapidly shrinking following recent losses in Iowa and New Hampshire." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Meanwhile, other Republican operatives believe Haley's continued candidacy creates uecessary risks for the notoriously undisciplined Trump." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "But the Republican base is still decidedly behind Trump." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "And a growing group of Republican elected officials on Capitol Hill are calling for Haley to quit the race." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Such comments increasingly draw Trump's ire as he's eager to move past the primary completely and focus on Biden." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Such comments increasingly draw Trump's ire as he's eager to move past the primary completely and focus on Biden." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "And the harder Haley fights, the more Republican officials fear she may hurt his long-term prospects in the all-but certain general election ahead against Democratic President Joe Biden." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "And the harder Haley fights, the more Republican officials fear she may hurt his long-term prospects in the all-but certain general election ahead against Democratic President Joe Biden." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "One post he shared said, Nikki Haley is bought and paid for by our political enemies, and another described Haley as deeply disliked by a growing number of Americans." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "One post he shared said, Nikki Haley is bought and paid for by our political enemies, and another described Haley as deeply disliked by a growing number of Americans." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "B.J. Hopper, an 81-year-old self-described Never Trumper, is doubtful that Haley will catch Trump, but she attended Thursday's stop in South Carolina's capital city because she's trying to be hopeful." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "B.J. Hopper, an 81-year-old self-described Never Trumper, is doubtful that Haley will catch Trump, but she attended Thursday's stop in South Carolina's capital city because she's trying to be hopeful." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The longer she hangs around and the more Trump focuses on her, the greater likelihood you get unforced errors, said Republican pollster Neil Newhouse." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Some Republicans worry that Trump's preoccupation with Haley, whom he frequently calls birdbrain, might further alienate moderate voters and suburban women." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Some Republicans worry that Trump's preoccupation with Haley, whom he frequently calls birdbrain, might further alienate moderate voters and suburban women." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "At roughly the same time Haley was speaking, Trump was attacking her on social media." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "At roughly the same time Haley was speaking, Trump was attacking her on social media." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "And in a Wednesday interview on the Breakfast Club radio program, she blamed Trump for the state of the nation's politics." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "HALEY'S AGGRESSIVE STRATEGYHaley has begun to ratchet up attacks against Trump, a deliberate strategy designed to highlight the former president's glaring liabilities, including his legal baggage and his age." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "HALEY'S AGGRESSIVE STRATEGYHaley has begun to ratchet up attacks against Trump, a deliberate strategy designed to highlight the former president's glaring liabilities, including his legal baggage and his age." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "The extended feud between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in 2016, which turned more bitter as time passed, left behind Democratic divisions that would ultimately contribute to their party's crushing general election loss." | Negative | -76% Liberal |
| "The extended feud between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in 2016, which turned more bitter as time passed, left behind Democratic divisions that would ultimately contribute to their party's crushing general election loss." | Negative | -76% Liberal |
| "The campaign lumped Trump and Biden together in a new attack ad this week calling them Grumpy Old Men." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The campaign lumped Trump and Biden together in a new attack ad this week calling them Grumpy Old Men." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
64% : Trump could embarrass Haley in her home state of South Carolina later in the month, where the former president has a loyal following.64% : Trump also continues to report strong fundraising totals.
61% : In New Hampshire's recent primary, for example, Trump won a decisive victory against Haley backed by his popularity among traditional Republican voters.
51% : A Washington Post-Monmouth University poll on Thursday found Trump with a 26 point lead in the state.
49% : Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said recently that it was time to unite behind Trump.
48% : Many major donors remain critical of Trump, but some of the biggest would-be Haley supporters are essentially in a holding pattern ahead of South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary.
40% : But the Republican base is still decidedly behind Trump.
28% : B.J. Hopper, an 81-year-old self-described "Never Trumper, is doubtful that Haley will catch Trump, but she attended Thursday's stop in South Carolina's capital city because she's trying to be hopeful.
19% : At roughly the same time Haley was speaking, Trump was attacking her on social media.
19% : And in a Wednesday interview on the "Breakfast Club" radio program, she blamed Trump for the state of the nation's politics.
13% : HALEY'S AGGRESSIVE STRATEGYHaley has begun to ratchet up attacks against Trump, a deliberate strategy designed to highlight the former president's glaring liabilities, including his legal baggage and his age.
10% : The campaign lumped Trump and Biden together in a new attack ad this week calling them "Grumpy Old Men."
*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.