Laxalt Paves Path in 2022 Senate Race With Biden Backlash | RealClearPolitics

Oct 15, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    36% Moderately Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    74% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"Brown is another Republican campaigning broadly against socialism, Big Tech and cancel culture."
Positive
18% Conservative
"On Sunday, he declined to speculate on how he'd vote on measures concerning elections, Big Tech and abortion discussed in Congress this year."
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-6% Liberal
"He said he opposed abortion but wouldn't speculate on how he'd vote if action taken by the U.S. Supreme Court compelled the Senate to consider codifying Roe v. Wade, which Cortez Masto supports."
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-14% Liberal
"As former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's handpicked successor, Cortez Masto benefitted from the army of staffers loyal to him, the voter turnout machine they perfected in prior cycles and an astronomical $45 million in campaign spending from outside groups on her behalf."
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8% Conservative
"There must be Democrats who are questioning what's going on, she said, mentioning images of the U.S.-Mexico border and the infrastructure bill under consideration, which Biden, Cortez Masto and 19 Senate Republicans support."
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-4% Liberal
"Voters he's met thus far are most concerned with the trajectory America has taken under Biden."
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-10% Liberal
"In a western battleground state that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate, Republican Adam Laxalt has early on targeted those who feel angered and afraid, telling them the stakes of next year's race against Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto are no less than existential."
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-16% Liberal
"Despite his support for changing election policy, Laxalt said he wouldn't speculate on whether he would have voted to certify the 2020 election results in January -- a vote that divided senators who endorsed him, Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz."
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-16% Liberal
"Despite his support for changing election policy, Laxalt said he wouldn't speculate on whether he would have voted to certify the 2020 election results in January -- a vote that divided senators who endorsed him, Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz."
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-16% Liberal
"He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2018 and co-chaired former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign in Nevada, spearheading lawsuits challenging the rules before the election and its outcome."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"But she's certain that, across the aisle, there are people as upset with the Biden administration as she is."
Negative
-34% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Brown is another Republican campaigning broadly against socialism, Big Tech and "cancel culture."
47% : On Sunday, he declined to speculate on how he'd vote on measures concerning elections, Big Tech and abortion discussed in Congress this year.
43% : He said he opposed abortion but wouldn't speculate on how he'd vote if action taken by the U.S. Supreme Court compelled the Senate to consider codifying Roe v. Wade, which Cortez Masto supports.

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