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How Michigan's key union voters are making up their minds: From the Politics Desk

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Source NBC News bias rating
Published Apr 04, 2024
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The Bias Rating is computed based on a number of factors including bias loaded words, sentiments towards certain political policies, author bias towards politicians, and the amount of tone found in the article.

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*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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The policy leaning score is derived from author biases for or against a certain political policy, as found in articles.

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*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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Reliability Score Analysis

The Reliability Score of the article is determined on a percentage score basis from 0 to 100%.

  • Opposite Sources as Poor for the lower number of sources with different viewpoints.
  • Unique Sources as Fair for an average number of different sources.
  • Multiple Sources as Excellent for a very high number of total sources.
  • Multiple Quotes as Excellent for a very high number of quotes used in the article.
  • Quote Length as Excellent for a very high number of words used in each quote.

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.

Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 10% Conservative:

  • 1 positive sentiment and 3 negative sentiments for Trump Impeachment.
  • 1 negative sentiment for Student Debt Cancellation

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 86% Negative and bias score of 10% Conservative:

5 negative sentiments and 2 positive sentiments for Joe Biden
3 negative sentiments and 2 positive sentiments for Donald Trump
1 negative sentiment for Hillary Clinton
1 positive sentiment for Chris Sununu
1 positive sentiment for Deval Patrick

Policies:

Student Debt Cancellation
Trump Impeachment

Politicians:

Joe Biden
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Chris Sununu
Deval Patrick

Sentiments

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8% "But our focus group participants were almost evenly divided between Biden and Trump.""
4% The battle for union voters in Michigan has taken center stage this year, as Joe Biden and Donald Trump seek to sway this large ..."
4% The battle for union voters in Michigan has taken center stage this year, as Joe Biden and Donald Trump seek to sway this large ..."
4% But our focus group participants were almost evenly divided between Biden and Trump.nn"
4% But our focus group participants were almost evenly divided between Biden and Trump.nn"
-2% Polling shows Biden with a slight edge among union-affiliated voters nationwide after he won them by double digits in 2020, and he's earned endorsements ..."
-6% "The battle for union voters in Michigan has taken center stage this year, as Joe Biden and Donald Trump seek to sway this large ..."
-6% "-- Larry P., a 66-year-old retired UAW member from LivoniaThe Biden supporters in the group had some positive things to say about the president's ..."
-46% "But many said they sided with Biden because of their dislike of Trump.""
-46% "He's a better alternative than the one that's running against him, because he's not trying to cause violence within the country, he's not turning ..."

We have listed the top 10 sentiments. More sentiments do exist. Please review the full article for more information.

*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. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : But our focus group participants were almost evenly divided between Biden and Trump.
47% : The battle for union voters in Michigan has taken center stage this year, as Joe Biden and Donald Trump seek to sway this large and important voting bloc in a key battleground state.
47% : -- Larry P., a 66-year-old retired UAW member from LivoniaThe Biden supporters in the group had some positive things to say about the president's work on student debt relief and backing unions.
27% : But many said they sided with Biden because of their dislike of Trump.
27% : "He's a better alternative than the one that's running against him, because he's not trying to cause violence within the country, he's not turning the people against each other as Trump is." -- Paul B., a 66-year-old retired UAW member from DetroitTwo of the voters in the focus group, one Republican and one Democrat, said they wouldn't vote for Trump or Biden -- and one spelled out the extreme apathy and frustration many voters have with the choice this fall.

*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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