Ohio voters reject State Issue 1, defeating hurdle for abortion-rights vote in November

Aug 09, 2023 View Original Article
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  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    6% 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

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"Describing Issue 1 as a battle worth having, Gonidakis downplayed the implications of a big loss on the prospects for anti-abortion groups defeating a proposed abortion amendment in November."
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24% Conservative
"Groups like Plaed Parenthood and the ACLU successfully introduced and passed an abortion-rights amendment in Michigan, and are pursuing them in Ohio, Missouri and Florida."
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6% Conservative
"Gonidakis said there likely are voters who oppose abortion who voted against Issue 1, giving abortion opponents a higher ceiling in November than the yes coalition had for Issue 1."
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-18% Liberal
"Some ads mentioned abortion by accusing Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose and others of trying to game the rules to block a vote on a policy a majority of Ohioans support."
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-22% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Describing Issue 1 as "a battle worth having," Gonidakis downplayed the implications of a big loss on the prospects for anti-abortion groups defeating a proposed abortion amendment in November.
53% : Groups like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU successfully introduced and passed an abortion-rights amendment in Michigan, and are pursuing them in Ohio, Missouri and Florida.
41% : Gonidakis said there likely are voters who oppose abortion who voted against Issue 1, giving abortion opponents a higher ceiling in November than the "yes" coalition had for Issue 1.
39% : Some ads mentioned abortion by accusing Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose and others of trying to game the rules to block a vote on a policy a majority of Ohioans support.

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