Inside the meeting of Republican electors who sought to thwart...
View Original Article-6% Center
Extremely
Liberal
Very
Liberal
Moderately
Liberal
Somewhat Liberal
Center
Somewhat Conservative
Moderately
Conservative
Very
Conservative
Extremely
Conservative
-100%
Liberal
100%
Conservative
*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.
10% Center
Extremely
Liberal
Very
Liberal
Moderately
Liberal
Somewhat Liberal
Center
Somewhat Conservative
Moderately
Conservative
Very
Conservative
Extremely
Conservative
-100%
Liberal
100%
Conservative
*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.
N/A
N/A
Extremely
Liberal
Very
Liberal
Moderately
Liberal
Somewhat Liberal
Center
Somewhat Conservative
Moderately
Conservative
Very
Conservative
Extremely
Conservative
-100%
Liberal
100%
Conservative
Reliability Score Analysis
The Reliability Score of the article is determined on a percentage score basis from 0 to 100%.
- Opposite Sources as Excellent for a very high number of sources with different viewpoints.
- Unique Sources as Good for a higher 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 Fair for an average number of words used in each quote.
Opposite Sources: 100% Excellent (Grade A) Unique Sources: 75% Good (Grade B) Multiple Sources: 100% Excellent (Grade A) Multiple Quotes: 100% Excellent (Grade A) Quote Length: 50% Fair (Grade C)
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.
Continue For Free
Create your free account to see the in-depth bias analytics and more.
Policy Leaning Analysis
This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 10% Conservative:
- 1 positive sentiment and 1 negative sentiment for Government Interference.
"Willis´ office wrote that the Republican meeting "was used to further a clumsy but relentless pressure campaign on the vice president and state legislatures, and as a means to publicly undermine the legitimate results of the presidential election."
"State law says that action needed Gov. Brian Kemp´s consent."
"He denies the notion that Trump won Georgia and now works for Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who came to national attention for rebuffing pressure from the then-president to "find" enough votes to ensure his win."
Politician Portrayal Analysis:
This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 0% Neutral and bias score of -10% Liberal:
2 negative sentiments and 7 positive sentiments for Mike Pence
11 negative sentiments and 3 positive sentiments for Joe Biden
1 negative sentiment for Richard Nixon
2 negative sentiments for Johnny Isakson
"Chesebro has pleaded guilty to a felony just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in Georgia's 2020 election."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Their defenders call them "alternate" or "contingent" electors, saying they were just trying to keep Trump's legal options open as a lawsuit challenged Georgia's election results."
This is a negative sentiment.
""Your duties are imperative to ensure the end result - a win in Georgia for President Trump - but will be hampered unless we have complete secrecy and discretion," Robert Sinners wrote in an email uncovered by investigators.nn"
This is a negative sentiment.
"Latham is one of the four people present that day who was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that he conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Latham is one of the four people present that day who was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that he conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Shafer and Smith are two of the four people present that day who was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that he conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Smith is one of the four people present that day who was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that he conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Smith is one of the four people present that day who was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that he conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Smith is one of the four people present that day who was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that he conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Smith is one of the four people present that day who was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that he conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"They were no electors," Fulton County prosecutor Anna Cross told a federal judge in September, adding there was no evidence that Shafer, Still, Latham or other Republicans believed Trump had actually won.nn"
This is a negative sentiment.
"Four people present that day were indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that they conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Some Republicans argue Trump never got a fair shake in Georgia because that lawsuit was never tried, despite a state law calling for election challenges to be heard within 20 days."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Prosecutors say the Republicans committed a crime by holding themselves out as valid electors, and the meeting has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"He denies the notion that Trump won Georgia and now works for Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who came to national attention for rebuffing pressure from the then-president to "find" enough votes to ensure his win."
This is a negative sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnFILE - A blank affidavit is shown during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a negative sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnFILE - A blank affidavit is shown during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Still, now a state senator, is one of the four people present that day who was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August 2023 on charges that he conspired to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"The meeting of the electors has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"The meeting of the electors has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"The meeting of the electors has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"The meeting of the electors has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"The meeting of the electors has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"The meeting of the electors has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"The meeting of the electors has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"The meeting of the electors has become a key element in the prosecution of Trump and 18 others in Georgia."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Each rose and walked to the table, signing certificates pronouncing Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence as the preferred choice of Georgia voters."
This is a positive sentiment.
"Each rose and walked to the table, signing certificates pronouncing Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence as the preferred choice of Georgia voters."
This is a positive sentiment.
"Isakson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2022 that he stayed away because the meeting seemed like "political gamesmanship."
This is a negative sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)FILE - Then-Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, left, hands a document to Robert Siers, a staffer for Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a positive sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)FILE - Then-Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, left, hands a document to Robert Siers, a staffer for Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a positive sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)FILE - Donald Trump reelection campaign lawyer Ray Smith watches during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a positive sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)FILE - Donald Trump reelection campaign lawyer Ray Smith watches during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a positive sentiment.
"Three other electors didnu00b4t show up, including John Isakson Jr., son of late Republican U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson."
This is a negative sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)FILE - Robert Siers, a staffer for Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, leans over to speak to then-Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, center, during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta,."
This is a positive sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)FILE - Robert Siers, a staffer for Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, leans over to speak to then-Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, center, during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta,."
This is a positive sentiment.
"(Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP)FILE - Georgia Republican Cathy Latham hands an electoral certificate to Donald Trump reelection campaign worker Robert Siers during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a positive sentiment.
"(Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP)FILE - Georgia Republican Cathy Latham hands an electoral certificate to Donald Trump reelection campaign worker Robert Siers during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a positive sentiment.
"FILE - Then-Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer (sitting) consults with Donald Trump reelection campaign lawyer Ray Smith during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a positive sentiment.
"FILE - Then-Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer (sitting) consults with Donald Trump reelection campaign lawyer Ray Smith during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta."
This is a positive sentiment.
"FILE - Shawn Still, now a Georgia Republican state senator, leans over to sign electoral certificates voting for Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta, during a meeting of Republican electors."
This is a positive sentiment.
"FILE - Shawn Still, now a Georgia Republican state senator, leans over to sign electoral certificates voting for Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta, during a meeting of Republican electors."
This is a positive sentiment.
"As the meeting unfolded, the Republicans sought to replace four electors who were previously lined up to support Trump."
This is a negative sentiment.
"When Republicans gathered on December 14, 2020, claiming to be legitimate electors casting the state's 16 electoral votes for Donald Trump, they met at the Georgia Capitol in a room just upstairs from the building's public entrance."
This is a negative sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnFILE - Georgia Republican Shawn Still hands an electoral certificate to Donald Trump reelection campaign worker Robert Sinners during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta,."
This is a negative sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnFILE - Georgia Republican Shawn Still hands an electoral certificate to Donald Trump reelection campaign worker Robert Sinners during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Georgia Capitol, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta,."
This is a negative sentiment.
"But it has emerged as a critical element to the prosecution of Trump and 18 others who were indicted by a Georgia grand jury in August for efforts to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's narrow win in the state.nn"
This is a negative sentiment.
"But it has emerged as a critical element to the prosecution of Trump and 18 others who were indicted by a Georgia grand jury in August for efforts to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's narrow win in the state.nn"
This is a negative sentiment.
"The Republican governor had days earlier certified Biden as Georgia's winner for a second time after a recount.nnSinners, the Trump official, printed new elector certificates on a noisy portable printer."
This is a positive sentiment.
"The Republican governor had days earlier certified Biden as Georgia's winner for a second time after a recount.nnSinners, the Trump official, printed new elector certificates on a noisy portable printer."
This is a positive sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnCathy Latham signs paperwork to cast her electoral ballot for President Donald Trump during a meeting of alternate Republican electors cast their own electoral votes for President Donald Trump at the Georgia State Capitol on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta, at the same time the official Democratic electors were casting their votes for Vice President Joe Biden in another part of the Capitol."
This is a negative sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnCathy Latham signs paperwork to cast her electoral ballot for President Donald Trump during a meeting of alternate Republican electors cast their own electoral votes for President Donald Trump at the Georgia State Capitol on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta, at the same time the official Democratic electors were casting their votes for Vice President Joe Biden in another part of the Capitol."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Democrats met that year after Republican Richard Nixon was certified as the stateu00b4s winner and sent three electoral votes to the U.S. Senate backing John F. Kennedy.nnTodd Zywicki, a law professor at George Mason University in Virginia, signed a July 11 declaration concluding actions by Shafer and other Georgia Republican electors were "lawful, reasonable, proper and necessary" considering the election contest and the Hawaii precedent.nn"
This is a negative sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnWhile Democrats met in the ornate state Senate chamber to cast electoral votes for Biden, the Republicans sat around three worn and nicked wooden conference tables to consider options for keeping Trump in the White House."
This is a positive sentiment.
"(AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnWhile Democrats met in the ornate state Senate chamber to cast electoral votes for Biden, the Republicans sat around three worn and nicked wooden conference tables to consider options for keeping Trump in the White House."
This is a positive sentiment.
"Chesebro, who prosecutors have said helped originate the plan for Republican electors to meet in states where Biden was certified as the wier, is now one of three people who have pleaded guilty in the case."
This is a positive sentiment.
Policies:
Government InterferencePoliticians:
Donald TrumpMike Pence
Joe Biden
Richard Nixon
Johnny Isakson
Sentiments
- Liberal
- Conservative
6% (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnFILE - Then-Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, left, hands a document to Robert Sinners, a staffer for Donald Trump's 2020 ..."
6% (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnFILE - Then-Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, left, hands a document to Robert Sinners, a staffer for Donald Trump's 2020 ..."
10% "State law says that action needed Gov. Brian Kemp´s consent.""
8% Each rose and walked to the table, signing certificates pronouncing Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence as the preferred choice of Georgia voters."
8% Each rose and walked to the table, signing certificates pronouncing Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence as the preferred choice of Georgia voters."
6% (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnFILE - Donald Trump reelection campaign lawyer Ray Smith watches during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump ..."
6% (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)nnFILE - Donald Trump reelection campaign lawyer Ray Smith watches during a meeting of Republican electors who cast votes for Trump ..."
-12% "He denies the notion that Trump won Georgia and now works for Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who came to national attention ..."
-20% "Willis´ office wrote that the Republican meeting was used to further a clumsy but relentless pressure campaign on the vice president and state legislatures, ..."
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.
Extremely
Liberal
Very
Liberal
Moderately
Liberal
Somewhat Liberal
Center
Somewhat Conservative
Moderately
Conservative
Very
Conservative
Extremely
Conservative
-100%
Liberal
100%
Conservative
Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : State law says that action needed Gov. Brian Kemp´s consent.44% : He denies the notion that Trump won Georgia and now works for Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who came to national attention for rebuffing pressure from the then-president to "find" enough votes to ensure his win.
40% : Willis´ office wrote that the Republican meeting "was used to further a clumsy but relentless pressure campaign on the vice president and state legislatures, and as a means to publicly undermine the legitimate results of the presidential election.
*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.