Yahoo News Article RatingHow will Tennessee's 2024 US Senate race play out? The battle is already underway
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "Vivian Jones covers state government and politics for The Teessean." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "If Trump wasn't the nominee, then that changes a little bit - it would make it harder to tie Blackburn to whatever anti-Trump movements going on, because that anti-Trump movement would have already taken place." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "So, will Johnson be able do what Bredeson couldn't?Johnson said her grassroots focus and decade-long network of coections with local county parties will bolster her efforts." | Positive | 30% Conservative |
| "So, will Johnson be able do what Bredeson couldn't?Johnson said her grassroots focus and decade-long network of coections with local county parties will bolster her efforts." | Positive | 30% Conservative |
| "I believe in talking to people on their doorsteps and on the phone, and listening to what people care about.Overtaking Blackburn would be a formidable challenge." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "As president, Trump traveled to Teessee in 2018 for a Blackburn fundraiser." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "As president, Trump traveled to Teessee in 2018 for a Blackburn fundraiser." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Blackburn has been a staunch ally of former president Donald Trump, hosting a fundraiser for his presidential bid in Nashville as recently as last month." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Blackburn has been a staunch ally of former president Donald Trump, hosting a fundraiser for his presidential bid in Nashville as recently as last month." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Blackburn is a member of the Trump 2024 campaign's state leadership team." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Blackburn is a member of the Trump 2024 campaign's state leadership team." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Meanwhile, Pearson is co-chairing Johnson's campaign fundraising efforts, and Jones has joined her on the campaign trail." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Gloria Johnson will probably be reasonably well funded, Geer said." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "If Gloria Johnson can generate the same amount of energy as she has been over the last few months - a year from now - that's an important question, he said." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Senator Blackburn has a proven track record of fighting for conservative values and getting things done for Teessee families." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "A May poll by Vanderbilt University found 45" | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "And she's again working with veteran GOP political strategist Ward Baker - who successfully led Blackburn's double-digit victory over Bredesen, as well as Hagerty's 27-point victory in 2020." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "And she's again working with veteran GOP political strategist Ward Baker - who successfully led Blackburn's double-digit victory over Bredesen, as well as Hagerty's 27-point victory in 2020." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The Senate contest will a presidential election year, a different dynamic from Blackburn's last election, which happened during midterms in 2018." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "I came up through the county party system - I have been to so many bean suppers and fundraising diers for Democrats across this state, Johnson said." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "As campaigns begin their work in earnest, Blackburn and Johnson are focusing their energy on the issues that appeal to their bases." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "As campaigns begin their work in earnest, Blackburn and Johnson are focusing their energy on the issues that appeal to their bases." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Meanwhile, Johnson said she is working to build a campaign that appeals to more than just partisan Democrats: access to affordable healthcare and abortion, well-funded public schools, a living wage, and access to affordable childcare." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "It's a longshot for any Democrat to successfully unseat U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Within hours, Blackburn hit back at Johnson with text messages, campaign emails, and a video on social media that painted the 61-year-old retired teacher from Knoxville as a radical socialist, as woke as they come, and a threat to our way of life.Our campaign does not take anything for granted, Blackburn spokesperson Abigail Sigler told The Teessean in an email." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Within hours, Blackburn hit back at Johnson with text messages, campaign emails, and a video on social media that painted the 61-year-old retired teacher from Knoxville as a radical socialist, as woke as they come, and a threat to our way of life.Our campaign does not take anything for granted, Blackburn spokesperson Abigail Sigler told The Teessean in an email." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Within hours, Blackburn hit back at Johnson with text messages, campaign emails, and a video on social media that painted the 61-year-old retired teacher from Knoxville as a radical socialist, as woke as they come, and a threat to our way of life.Our campaign does not take anything for granted, Blackburn spokesperson Abigail Sigler told The Teessean in an email." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But Johnson said Blackburn's policies are the extreme ones, saying that her record in the state legislature - during which she's advocated to better fund public schools, raise the minimum wage, authorize paid family leave, and expand Medicaid - is overwhelmingly supported by Republicans, Democrats, and Independents in Teessee." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But Johnson said Blackburn's policies are the extreme ones, saying that her record in the state legislature - during which she's advocated to better fund public schools, raise the minimum wage, authorize paid family leave, and expand Medicaid - is overwhelmingly supported by Republicans, Democrats, and Independents in Teessee." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But while Democrats have been successful in urban areas, the rural counties may prove insurmountable for a Blackburn challenger, Syler said." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Johnson is a retired school teacher and community organizer, who is in her fourth term representing parts of Knoxville in the Teessee House of Representatives." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "What the Democratic Party really should try to take advantage of and capitalize on, potentially (getting a candidate of Gloria Johnson's caliber) is to work on their down ballot team, Syler said." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "I would not assume that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee, Geer said." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Several other candidates have expressed interest in challenging Blackburn." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "We are building a multi-racial, multi-generational, and multi-partisan coalition - and we're continuing to build, Johnson said." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "While Johnson has raised nearly $27,000 in campaign contributions following her attempted expulsion this spring, that money went into her state House fundraising account - and caot legally be transferred to her federal race." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "They want to paint me as some extremist - but they're the ones who are extremists, Johnson told The Teessean in an interview." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Teesseans have not elected a Democrat to a U.S. Senate seat since reelecting Al Gore in 1990, and no Democrat has won a statewide race for nearly two decades." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Geer said that because the presidential nominee will likely get a lot of voter turnout - and split ticket ballots are not common due to strong partisanship - Teessee's historically strong GOP turnout for presidential candidates could help bolster Blackburn." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Blackburn is touting her work fighting coronavirus vaccine mandates, reducing federal spending, securing the U.S.-Mexican border, taking on social media companies and efforts on social issues like regulating transgender individuals' participation in women's athletic competition." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "When asked about her disapproval rating, Blackburn's team cited historical inaccuracies with the Vanderbilt poll, and instead pointed to two Morning Consult polls from this year, which both put Blackburn's approval rating at 52" | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "When asked about her disapproval rating, Blackburn's team cited historical inaccuracies with the Vanderbilt poll, and instead pointed to two Morning Consult polls from this year, which both put Blackburn's approval rating at 52" | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Will that energy give Democrats the chance of flipping Blackburn's seat in deep red Teessee?" | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Since the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Blackburn has co-sponsored a federal 15-week abortion ban." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "When you stop and think, there is a real possibility that either Joe Biden or Donald Trump or both won't be at the head of a ticket, Syler said." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "When you stop and think, there is a real possibility that either Joe Biden or Donald Trump or both won't be at the head of a ticket, Syler said." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "An outspoken critic of Teessee's Republican supermajority, Johnson has sponsored legislation to increase the minimum wage, expand Medicaid in Teessee, and increase access to abortion." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "When a moderate, well-known former governor faced off against Blackburn in 2018, he lost by a 10.8 points, wiing only three counties." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Blackburn, 71, came out swinging in response to Johnson's aouncement last week - a sign that the incumbent senator takes Johnson's challenge seriously." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Blackburn, 71, came out swinging in response to Johnson's aouncement last week - a sign that the incumbent senator takes Johnson's challenge seriously." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Blackburn, 71, came out swinging in response to Johnson's aouncement last week - a sign that the incumbent senator takes Johnson's challenge seriously." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Bradshaw's campaign did not respond to a request for comment from The Teessean for this story." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Most Teesseans agree with Johnson's stance on abortion and guns: the May poll from Vanderbilt found that 82" | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Many also agree with Blackburn: except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother, 65" | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Where Johnson may help Democrats the most, Syler said, is down ballot." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Johnson, along with Reps. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, and Justin Jones, D-Nashville, brought House proceedings to a halt by leading a protest calling for gun safety laws from the chamber podium days after a deadly shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "It's a very uphill battle for Gloria Johnson." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "If Trump wasn't the nominee, then that changes a little bit - it would make it harder to tie Blackburn to whatever anti-Trump movements going on, because that anti-Trump movement would have already taken place." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "If Trump wasn't the nominee, then that changes a little bit - it would make it harder to tie Blackburn to whatever anti-Trump movements going on, because that anti-Trump movement would have already taken place." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "If you feel that Gloria Johnson has to be successful and win the Senate race, I think Democrats will be disappointed, Syler said." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "But with 14 months to go before Blackburn defends her seat on election night, state Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, is ready for a fight." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "But with 14 months to go before Blackburn defends her seat on election night, state Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, is ready for a fight." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Jones and Pearson were both expelled, while Republicans fell one vote short of ousting Johnson." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Hagerty defeated Bradshaw by 27 percentage points in 2020." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Hagerty defeated Bradshaw by 27 percentage points in 2020." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Marquita Bradshaw - the Democratic nominee who faced U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty for retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander's seat in 2020 - is one of them." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Marquita Bradshaw - the Democratic nominee who faced U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty for retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander's seat in 2020 - is one of them." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Marquita Bradshaw - the Democratic nominee who faced U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty for retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander's seat in 2020 - is one of them." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
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50% : "Vivian Jones covers state government and politics for The Tennessean.35% : "If Trump wasn't the nominee, then that changes a little bit - it would make it harder to tie Blackburn to whatever anti-Trump movements going on, because that anti-Trump movement would have already taken place.
*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.