The San Diego Union-Tribune Article RatingHong Kong's new election law thins the candidate pool, giving voters little option in Sunday's polls
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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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| "The polls have become small-circle elections, said John Burns, an honorary professor of politics and public administration at the University of Hong Kong." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "At the height of the pro-democracy protests in 2019, Li and his colleagues rode a wave of anti-government sentiment to a landslide victory in the municipal-level elections." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The polls have become small-circle elections, said John Burns, an honorary professor of politics and public administration at the University of Hong Kong." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "The exclusion of all but official patriots reflects the government's preference for obedient councils, Burns said." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
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61% : The polls have become "small-circle" elections, said John Burns, an honorary professor of politics and public administration at the University of Hong Kong.51% : At the height of the pro-democracy protests in 2019, Li and his colleagues rode a wave of anti-government sentiment to a landslide victory in the municipal-level elections.
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