Republicans' Failed Gamble in Ohio

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  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    10% 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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"Their messaging noted that special interest money could come into the state and try to sway votes on the legalization of marijuana, raising the minimum wage, and passing gun-control laws."
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4% Conservative
"In 2022, Democratic candidates performed much better in red or purple states where there was a palpable sense that the election could determine access to abortion."
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-2% Liberal
"Lora: What did this outcome tell us about the energy of voters around abortion, just over a year after the Dobbs decision?"
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-6% Liberal
"But voters understood that this was really about abortion."
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-10% Liberal
"In Florida, supporters of abortion rights are now gathering petitions to try to put a constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion on the ballot for 2024."
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-14% Liberal
"Though the proposal, Issue 1, wasn't explicitly about abortion, the higher threshold likely would have served as a way to prevent the passage of an abortion-rights initiative in November."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Lora: The word abortion didn't appear anywhere in the text of the Ohio ballot measure."
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-20% Liberal
"Republicans never really denied that the measure was at least partially -- really, entirely -- about the amendment on abortion coming up this November, though they highlighted that amending the state constitution would affect other issues."
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-22% Liberal
"That's important, because the legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis just passed a law that bans abortion after six weeks."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"This election showed that Democrats can still rely on abortion as an issue, especially in states where access to abortion and abortion rights are under threat."
Negative
-62% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Their messaging noted that "special interest" money could come into the state and try to sway votes on the legalization of marijuana, raising the minimum wage, and passing gun-control laws.
49% : In 2022, Democratic candidates performed much better in red or purple states where there was a palpable sense that the election could determine access to abortion.
47% : Lora: What did this outcome tell us about the energy of voters around abortion, just over a year after the Dobbs decision?
45% : But voters understood that this was really about abortion.
43% : In Florida, supporters of abortion rights are now gathering petitions to try to put a constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion on the ballot for 2024.
42% : Though the proposal, Issue 1, wasn't explicitly about abortion, the higher threshold likely would have served as a way to prevent the passage of an abortion-rights initiative in November.
40% : Lora: The word abortion didn't appear anywhere in the text of the Ohio ballot measure.
39% : Republicans never really denied that the measure was at least partially -- really, entirely -- about the amendment on abortion coming up this November, though they highlighted that amending the state constitution would affect other issues.
37% : That's important, because the legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis just passed a law that bans abortion after six weeks.
19% : This election showed that Democrats can still rely on abortion as an issue, especially in states where access to abortion and abortion rights are under threat.

*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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