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Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage running for Congress - Roll Call

  • Bias Rating

    36% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    5% Positive

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.

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15% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "And along the way you learn and you get better, and hope that every day, the rest of my life, I'm a better man.
57% : In fact, voters in the sprawling district, which includes much of the state outside of the Portland and Augusta areas, have backed Trump in all three of his presidential runs, as well as LePage in his three races for governor.
37% : He opted not to endorse Kamala Harris in her campaign against Trump last year, just as he had remained neutral in the Senate race in 2020, when Republican Susan Collins, his onetime boss, secured a fifth term.
28% : " A former businessman turned outspoken and divisive political figure, LePage is seeking the 2nd District seat represented by Rep. Jared Golden, one of 13 House Democrats to hold seats that Trump carried last fall.
24% : In that race, LePage downplayed his ties to Trump, who had lost his reelection bid and was widely criticized over the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, and attempted to portray himself as a less Trumpian leader.
12% : Republican is seeking 2nd District seat held by Democrat Jared Golden Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who once described himself as "Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular," announced Monday that he was running for Congress.

*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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