Knoxville's Gloria Johnson surges in Democratic Senate race, poll shows

Jan 05, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    74% Negative

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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

22% Positive

  •   Conservative
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"In 2020, Donald Trump won the state with 61"
Negative
-66% Liberal
"Despite a large number of undecided voters and a more limited sample size, Gloria Johnson is in an excellent position in the Democratic primary against 2020 Senate candidate Marquita Bradshaw, Cuingham said."
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46% Conservative
"Despite a large number of undecided voters and a more limited sample size, Gloria Johnson is in an excellent position in the Democratic primary against 2020 Senate candidate Marquita Bradshaw, Cuingham said."
Positive
46% Conservative
"Johnson and Bradshaw's dominance over Miller-Watkins could come from an advantage they share: name recognition."
Positive
44% Conservative
"Johnson and Bradshaw's dominance over Miller-Watkins could come from an advantage they share: name recognition."
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44% Conservative
"Bradshaw, a Memphian, became the first black woman to be nominated for statewide office by either major political party in the state."
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0% Conservative
"It is clear that Johnson's ad spending and financial advantage over the rest of the Democratic field has started to pay off."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Johnson made national headlines when her Teessee House colleagues unsuccessfully tried to oust her and fellow Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after they took to the House floor to loudly call for gun reform after the deadly shooting of three children and three adults at Nashville's Covenant School in March."
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-12% Liberal
"The wier of the Aug. 1 primary will face an uphill battle against Blackburn in November."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Knoxville state Rep. Gloria Johnson is surging in her effort to secure the Democratic nomination to take on Teessee GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a new Beacon Center poll shows."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Knoxville state Rep. Gloria Johnson is surging in her effort to secure the Democratic nomination to take on Teessee GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a new Beacon Center poll shows."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Teessee hasn't been represented in the Senate by a Democrat since 1995, and in 2018, Blackburn beat former Gov. Phil Bredesen by nearly 11"
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The new numbers are a stark contrast to the Beacon's Center's October poll, which showed Bradshaw leading 49"
Negative
-28% Liberal
"The new numbers are a stark contrast to the Beacon's Center's October poll, which showed Bradshaw leading 49"
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Johnson leads her closest opponent, Marquita Bradshaw, by 30 points."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Johnson leads her closest opponent, Marquita Bradshaw, by 30 points."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"In 2020, Donald Trump won the state with 61"
Positive
6% Conservative
"In 2020, Donald Trump won the state with 61"
Positive
6% Conservative

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

17% : In 2020, Donald Trump won the state with 61% of the vote for U.S. president even as he was defeated handily nationwide by Joe Biden.

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