The Philadelphia Inquirer Article RatingHere are the top takeaways from the first Republican presidential primary debate
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| "Ramaswamy said the fix was simple, noting he'd unlock American energy, drill, frack, embrace coal and nuclear, and loosen federal regulations." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "On Wednesday, candidates' answers to a question on abortion varied widely." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Pence argued a majority of Americans support legislation baing abortion after a baby is capable of experiencing pain." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "A rollback of abortion rights drove Democratic turnout in 2022 and some Republican candidates have been wary of polling that shows most Americans support abortion in many cases." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The candidates decried Biden's policies but were light on specific fixes, offering general promises to limit government spending, support law enforcement, lower federal debt, and close the Southern border." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Trump, who is ahead more than 40 points in several national polls, appeared comfortable and confident." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "Every candidate said Pence did the right thing in certifying the election, though with differing degrees of enthusiasm." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Here are some highlights from the two-hour debate and Trump's 46-minute interview with Carlson." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The Donald Trump vs. everybody else primary is now officially underway." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley delivered one of the more effective criticisms of the night after Ramaswamy said he wouldn't support more aid to Ukraine." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "While the eight GOP candidates had to compete for airtime, Trump got 46 uninterrupted minutes to talk about his 2016 win, his massive lead in national GOP primary polls, and unrelated topics such as the death of financier Jeffrey Epstein." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who also signed a six-week ban, said he would let states decide." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "But 70" | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The 38-year-old is tied for second place with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in some polls but has grown his following as DeSantis has stalled." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Before we can move on ...we need to dispense with the person who said we need to suspend the Constitution, Christie said, referring to Trump." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "I don't know, Trump said." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott said they'd support a federal ban after 15 weeks." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "In a rebuttal following the debate, Vice President Kamala Harris blasted the GOP field." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "If someone got in other than me, they'll go at him just as viciously as they did me, Trump said." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Trump's interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson made little news but gave him an uninterrupted platform to attack some of his rivals and decry the indictments against him." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Former Vice President Mike Pence said now is not the time for on-the-job training, and called Ramaswamy a rookie." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "We have to face the facts that Trump is the most disliked politician in America and we can't win a general election that way." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The candidates decried Biden's policies but were light on specific fixes, offering general promises to limit government spending, support law enforcement, lower federal debt, and close the Southern border." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Haley called the debate misleading since there aren't enough votes in the narrowly-divided Senate to pass a federal ban." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "We'll get bigger ratings using this crazy forum that you're using than probably the debate, Trump said of the interview, posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Christie, who has centered his campaign on attacking Trump, received loud boos as he countered that the former president's role in trying to overturn the 2020 election is disqualifying." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "All candidates were asked whether they'd support Trump as the nominee if he's convicted; only former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Christie said they wouldn't." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "All candidates were asked whether they'd support Trump as the nominee if he's convicted; only former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Christie said they wouldn't." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Haley said if Trump were convicted in one of the four criminal cases he's facing, she would support him as the nominee, but she argued it would be political suicide for the party." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Haley said if Trump were convicted in one of the four criminal cases he's facing, she would support him as the nominee, but she argued it would be political suicide for the party." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Trump, in his interview with Carlson, repeated that he believed Pence had the ability to send the 2020 election results back to some states, including Pesylvania, where he has falsely claimed there was widespread voter fraud." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Trump, in his interview with Carlson, repeated that he believed Pence had the ability to send the 2020 election results back to some states, including Pesylvania, where he has falsely claimed there was widespread voter fraud." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Haley took a slightly different approach, blaming some of her rivals for voting in favor of Biden-backed legislation that she argued drove inflation and Trump for adding millions to the national debt." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Haley took a slightly different approach, blaming some of her rivals for voting in favor of Biden-backed legislation that she argued drove inflation and Trump for adding millions to the national debt." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Haley took a slightly different approach, blaming some of her rivals for voting in favor of Biden-backed legislation that she argued drove inflation and Trump for adding millions to the national debt." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
51% : Ramaswamy said the fix was "simple," noting he'd "unlock American energy, drill, frack, embrace coal and nuclear," and loosen federal regulations.46% : On Wednesday, candidates' answers to a question on abortion varied widely.
41% :Pence argued a majority of Americans support legislation banning abortion "after a baby is capable of experiencing pain."
38% : A rollback of abortion rights drove Democratic turnout in 2022 and some Republican candidates have been wary of polling that shows most Americans support abortion in many cases.
37% :The candidates decried Biden's policies but were light on specific fixes, offering general promises to limit government spending, support law enforcement, lower federal debt, and close the Southern border.
*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.