Rhode Island voters to decide Democratic and Republican primary races for congressional seat

Sep 05, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    15% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    32% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    4% 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

Overall Sentiment

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"Matos said if elected she would vote to ban assault weapons, work to make Rhode Island a leader in offshore wind energy and support abortion rights."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Amo said he would press to ban assault-style weapons, fight against Republican attempts to cut funding for Social Security and Medicare, work to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, and pursue efforts to combat climate change."
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-10% Liberal
"Both candidates say abortion is a state issue."
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-36% Liberal
"Regunberg has tried to position himself as the most progressive of the front-ruers, wiing the backing of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actress Jane Fonda."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Regunberg has tried to position himself as the most progressive of the front-ruers, wiing the backing of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actress Jane Fonda."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Cicilline stepped down earlier this summer to become the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Amo won the endorsement of former Democratic Rep. Patrick Keedy, who represented the district from 1995 to 2011."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Rhode Island voters are casting their ballots Tuesday in a primary contest to wiow down a field of candidates vying for the U.S. House seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. David Cicilline, including a handful who could make history by being the first person of color to go on to be elected to Congress from Rhode Island."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Other Democrats on the ballot include Stephanie Beaute, former U.S. Navy intelligence officer Walter Berbrick, state Rep. Stephen Casey, Providence City Council member John Goncalves, state Sen. Ana Quezada, Allen Waters and Spencer Dickinson."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Leonard has criticized Bidenomics, saying Democratic President Joe Biden's economic plan hasn't helped ordinary citizens."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Matos said if elected she would vote to ban assault weapons, work to make Rhode Island a leader in offshore wind energy and support abortion rights.
45% : Amo said he would press to ban assault-style weapons, fight against Republican attempts to cut funding for Social Security and Medicare, work to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, and pursue efforts to combat climate change.
32% : Both candidates say abortion is a state issue.

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