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Maine's Troy Jackson Slated to Replace Graham Platner: What to Know

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -31% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Jackson, 58, ran for governor in Maine's recent primary elections, backed by the state's chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and by Platner later in his campaign, but he finished in third place.
49% : Now, Jackson considers himself a strong advocate for abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.
37% : Jackson and Platner see eye to eye on many political issues: They both support universal healthcare, a tax for billionaires and the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
35% : As a state legislator, he voted against pro-abortion rights measures and a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Maine.

*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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