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Voting in Harmony: A Wisconsin township sets itself apart and has a knack for picking winners - The Boston Globe

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    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -40% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Donald Trump carried the town of Harmony by just 36 votes in 2016 on his way to winning Wisconsin by 22,748 votes and becoming the first Republican since Ronald Reagan to take the state.
46% : Retired General Motors worker and 53-year Harmony resident Loren Hanson, 79, voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020 but doesn't know if he can stick with him a third time this November.
45% : " Klenz voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020 and said he will vote for him again.
40% : " Tollefson, who has lived in Harmony since 1998, said other communities can learn from how people there deal with political differences.
25% : " Klenz, a 68-year-old retired police officer, said after voting for Trump twice before, he's sticking with him despite the conviction.
25% : "I'm fearful that Trump will refuse to leave office if elected.
22% : " Hanson said he's hesitating on Trump because of his personal troubles, calling him an "outlaw.
20% : This year she's soured on him and Trump: "I wish neither of them was running.

*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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