matzav .com Article RatingRepublicans Move Closer To House Majority, But Democrats Show Strength
Nov 09, 2022 View Original Article
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| "Ali, who is from Pakistan, said he has long supported Democrats but has lately been frustrated by inflation and illegal immigration." | Positive | 36% Conservative |
| "All told, Republicans spent $359 million on broadcast advertising aimed at framing the contest as a referendum on Democratic policies around crime and inflation, while Democrats pushed back with $422 million in ads largely focused on Republican efforts to ban access to abortion and more broadly on what they cast as GOP extremism, according to AdImpact, which tracks television and digital political ads." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "That was more than other issues such as crime, gun policy and immigration, and just a bit higher than abortion." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Republican efforts to use concerns over inflation and crime to strike deep into Democratic territory ran up against Democratic backlash against the new restrictions on abortion and concern about GOP extremism." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Mary and Jeff King said they voted for Republican J.D. Vance in Ohio's Senate race - even as Mary called Vance a liar and said, I don't think he'll live up to any of the promises he made.It's more important to defeat the Democrats, said Jeff, who went on to explain that as a Catholic, the number one issue driving his vote is abortion." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Other possible 2024 presidential contenders such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) were on the ballot Tuesday after campaigns that highlighted their national ambitions." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Other possible 2024 presidential contenders such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) were on the ballot Tuesday after campaigns that highlighted their national ambitions." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Biden on Tuesday thanked Democratic leaders for their work on the election." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) also beat back a challenge from another Democratic star of the 2018 midterms, former congressman Beto O'Rourke." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) also beat back a challenge from another Democratic star of the 2018 midterms, former congressman Beto O'Rourke." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "The U.S. Senate, meanwhile, remained up for grabs as both parties held onto competitive states, with Republican author J.D. Vance wiing in Ohio, Rep. Ted Budd (R) claiming North Carolina and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) wiing reelection." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The U.S. Senate, meanwhile, remained up for grabs as both parties held onto competitive states, with Republican author J.D. Vance wiing in Ohio, Rep. Ted Budd (R) claiming North Carolina and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) wiing reelection." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Some Republicans had long feared their Senate candidates - many were inexperienced and propelled to victory in their primaries by Trump - would dash their chances of seizing back the chamber in a favorable year." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Four years ago, O'Rourke came within a few points of Sen. Ted Cruz (R) in the red-leaning state." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Four years ago, O'Rourke came within a few points of Sen. Ted Cruz (R) in the red-leaning state." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "We need Trump back." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "I think we'll probably have to live with him for two years, Trump said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) was in a tight race with Republican nominee Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of the state's biggest county." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "And they picked up a battleground district in Virginia held by Rep. Elaine Luria (D)." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "A Maloney loss to Republican state Assemblyman Mike Lawler - in a seat that Biden would have carried by 10 points in 2020 - would make him the first sitting DCCC chair to lose his seat since 1992." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "A Maloney loss to Republican state Assemblyman Mike Lawler - in a seat that Biden would have carried by 10 points in 2020 - would make him the first sitting DCCC chair to lose his seat since 1992." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "A Republican takeover in even one chamber of Congress would complicate Biden's agenda for the next two years." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Democrats entered the day staring down several possible losses in New York, typically a stronghold for the party - including the House seat of Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D), the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Vance, a Trump critic-turned-champion, defeated an unexpectedly competitive challenge from Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in Ohio, where Trump won by eight points in 2020." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Vance, a Trump critic-turned-champion, defeated an unexpectedly competitive challenge from Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in Ohio, where Trump won by eight points in 2020." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Vance, a Trump critic-turned-champion, defeated an unexpectedly competitive challenge from Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in Ohio, where Trump won by eight points in 2020." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "In Georgia, Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D) slightly trailed GOP nominee Herschel Walker on Tuesday night with close to 90 percent of the vote counted." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Americans cast their votes with the 2024 presidential election already looming, as Trump strongly hinted this week that he would launch another bid for the White House soon and sent Republicans scrambling to keep him from upending their prospects in the midterms." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Kemp beat Abrams by little more than 1 point in 2018." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Spanberger (D), a former CIA officer, defeated Vega, a county supervisor, in a district that Biden carried by seven points." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "In Pesylvania, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman faced GOP nominee Mehmet Oz, a celebrity doctor, in a tight race for the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R)." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "And in North Carolina, a purple state where Democrats have repeatedly fallen short, Budd triumphed in an open Senate race with Democrat Cheri Beasley, a former chief justice of the state's Supreme Court." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "House Republicans have signaled their intent to launch a series of investigations into issues ranging from the U.S. coronavirus response to the business dealings of Biden's son, Hunter Biden." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Stitt, a citizen of Cherokee Nation, was unexpectedly vulnerable this year after clashing bitterly with Native tribes." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "But elsewhere in Virginia, Democrats held a hotly contested seat held by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Rep. Jeifer Wexton (D-Va.) prevailed in a district where Republicans hoped to march deep into blue territory." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "But elsewhere in Virginia, Democrats held a hotly contested seat held by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Rep. Jeifer Wexton (D-Va.) prevailed in a district where Republicans hoped to march deep into blue territory." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Presidents with approval ratings below 50 percent, such as Biden, have seen their party lose an average of 37 House seats in midterm years, according to Gallup." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Rep. Sharice Davids (D) survived a tossup race in Kansas." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "DeSantis, whose simmering rivalry with Trump has become increasingly public, won a decisive victory Tuesday over Crist, a Republican-turned-Democrat former governor and congressman, in a state where Democrats have grown increasingly gloomy about their ability to compete." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "DeSantis, whose simmering rivalry with Trump has become increasingly public, won a decisive victory Tuesday over Crist, a Republican-turned-Democrat former governor and congressman, in a state where Democrats have grown increasingly gloomy about their ability to compete." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The measure was expected to boost Democratic turnout as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) faced Republican Tudor Dixon, a former conservative commentator." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) defeated Democrat Joy Hofmeister, a former Republican and top education official in the state." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Ali voted for the Republican ruing against Spanberger, Yesli Vega, even though he said he didn't know anything about her." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "A prominent member of House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Luria fell to Republican Jen Kiggans, a state lawmaker who also served in the Navy." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "With most votes tallied, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul led Rpublican Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), who surge in the final weeks while hammering Hochul on crime he blames on liberal policies and leadership." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "With most votes tallied, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul led Rpublican Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), who surge in the final weeks while hammering Hochul on crime he blames on liberal policies and leadership." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "With most votes tallied, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul led Rpublican Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), who surge in the final weeks while hammering Hochul on crime he blames on liberal policies and leadership." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Biden, who has warned of government shutdowns and potential breakdowns of democratic norms if Republicans prevail, has also said he intends to seek another term." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D), the first Latina elected to the Senate, entered the day in a toss-up race with GOP challenger Adam Laxalt, a former state attorney general and Trump campaign official who played a prominent role in the former president's false claims of widespread election fraud." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D), the first Latina elected to the Senate, entered the day in a toss-up race with GOP challenger Adam Laxalt, a former state attorney general and Trump campaign official who played a prominent role in the former president's false claims of widespread election fraud." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Georgia, Stacey Abrams conceded to Gov. Brian Kemp (R), who has retained solid conservative support despite clashing with Trump." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Georgia, Stacey Abrams conceded to Gov. Brian Kemp (R), who has retained solid conservative support despite clashing with Trump." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Rep. Al Lawson (D) also lost in a newly drawn district that made for a tougher reelection." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "In Ohio, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) held onto a district Trump won by 3 points in 2020, aided by a flawed GOP opponent, J.R." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "In Arizona, Sen. Mark Kelly (D) faced Republican Blake Masters, a venture capitalist boosted by his mentor Peter Thiel, the conservative tech billionaire." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "At the same time, Democrats lost control of two Florida House seats held by members who declined to seek reelection: Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) and Charlie Crist, the Democratic nominee for governor." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "At the same time, Democrats lost control of two Florida House seats held by members who declined to seek reelection: Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) and Charlie Crist, the Democratic nominee for governor." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "And Wexton, a former prosecutor, beat Republican and retired Navy captain Hung Cao in an area where Biden trounced Trump by 18 points." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "And Wexton, a former prosecutor, beat Republican and retired Navy captain Hung Cao in an area where Biden trounced Trump by 18 points." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "And Wexton, a former prosecutor, beat Republican and retired Navy captain Hung Cao in an area where Biden trounced Trump by 18 points." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "In Wisconsin, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels conceded to Gov. Tony Evers (D) in another state where an old abortion ban - this one dating to 1849 - thrust the issue into the spotlight." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "In Virginia, Luria (D), a former Navy commander, lost in a district that narrowly favored Biden in 2020 but swung dramatically toward GOP Gov. Gle Youngkin (R) last year." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "In Virginia, Luria (D), a former Navy commander, lost in a district that narrowly favored Biden in 2020 but swung dramatically toward GOP Gov. Gle Youngkin (R) last year." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "In New Hampshire, which Biden won by about seven points, Hassan was trying fended off GOP nominee Don Bolduc, an Army veteran whom Republican leaders worked to defeat in the primary because they viewed him as less electable." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "In New Hampshire, which Biden won by about seven points, Hassan was trying fended off GOP nominee Don Bolduc, an Army veteran whom Republican leaders worked to defeat in the primary because they viewed him as less electable." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "In Florida, another state that has trended toward the GOP, Sen. Marco Rubio (R) defeated Democrat Val Demings, a former police chief, despite being vastly outspent." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "In Florida, another state that has trended toward the GOP, Sen. Marco Rubio (R) defeated Democrat Val Demings, a former police chief, despite being vastly outspent." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "In Colorado, meanwhile, Sen. Michael Beet (D) prevailed over Republican Joe O'Dea, who has criticized Trump and positioned himself as a moderate." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "In Colorado, meanwhile, Sen. Michael Beet (D) prevailed over Republican Joe O'Dea, who has criticized Trump and positioned himself as a moderate." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "In a Fox News interview the evening before the midterms, Trump said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has his support for speaker if the GOP retakes the House, and he harshly criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.)." | Negative | -78% Liberal |
| "In a Fox News interview the evening before the midterms, Trump said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has his support for speaker if the GOP retakes the House, and he harshly criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.)." | Negative | -78% Liberal |
| "In a Fox News interview the evening before the midterms, Trump said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has his support for speaker if the GOP retakes the House, and he harshly criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.)." | Negative | -78% Liberal |
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68% : Ali, who is from Pakistan, said he has long supported Democrats but has lately been frustrated by inflation and illegal immigration.45% :All told, Republicans spent $359 million on broadcast advertising aimed at framing the contest as a referendum on Democratic policies around crime and inflation, while Democrats pushed back with $422 million in ads largely focused on Republican efforts to ban access to abortion and more broadly on what they cast as GOP extremism, according to AdImpact, which tracks television and digital political ads.
41% : That was more than other issues such as crime, gun policy and immigration, and just a bit higher than abortion.
40% : Republican efforts to use concerns over inflation and crime to strike deep into Democratic territory ran up against Democratic backlash against the new restrictions on abortion and concern about GOP extremism.
35% : Mary and Jeff King said they voted for Republican J.D. Vance in Ohio's Senate race - even as Mary called Vance a "liar" and said, "I don't think he'll live up to any of the promises he made.""It's more important to defeat the Democrats," said Jeff, who went on to explain that as a Catholic, the number one issue driving his vote is abortion.
*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.