The Next Populist Moment - The American Conservative

Aug 06, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    54% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    76% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    84% 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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"Pro-abortion Democrats and accommodationist Republicans have taken the result as evidence that pro-life policy will not actually be viable at the state level after Roe."
Positive
26% Conservative
"They think that abortion should be safe, legal and accessible in the state of Kansas."
Positive
2% Conservative
"To the extent permitted by the constitution of the United States, the people, through their elected state representatives and state senators, may pass laws regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, laws that account for circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or circumstnces [sic] of necessity to save the life of the mother."
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-14% Liberal
"Halfway across the country in Kansas, a referendum on abortion was shot down to much fanfare."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"President Joe Biden likewise asserted that this vote makes clear that the majority of Americans agree that women should have access to abortion and should have the right to make their own health care decisions."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"At a glance (which is all most people give), a reasonable person could easily take a No vote to mean not empowering legislators to enshrine a fictional right to abortion at the state level."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"It is certainly not an indictment of the prospects for outlawing abortion in America writ large."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"The text of the amendment on the ballot read as follows:Because Kansans value both women and children, the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Up in Michigan, MAGA challenger John Gibbs -- a Stanford and Harvard grad and faithful Catholic convert who served as assistant secretary of HUD -- bested anti-Trump incumbent Peter Meijer by a slim but safe 3.6-point margin."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Once bullish on the party's midterm prospects, by Wednesday McCoell was fretting on Fox News that this election would be a nail-biter."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"McCoell is right to be worried, in that case: not that this new crop of Republicans will lose, but that they -- we -- are going to win."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"President Joe Biden likewise asserted that this vote makes clear that the majority of Americans agree that women should have access to abortion and should have the right to make their own health care decisions."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Kent is hoping to unseat Jaime Herrera Beutler, a five-term incumbent liberal Republican who (like Meijer) voted to impeach President Trump."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Kent is hoping to unseat Jaime Herrera Beutler, a five-term incumbent liberal Republican who (like Meijer) voted to impeach President Trump."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Kent is hoping to unseat Jaime Herrera Beutler, a five-term incumbent liberal Republican who (like Meijer) voted to impeach President Trump."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Unable to learn a lesson from the primaries, he seems to think a Republican Party with any higher message than complaining about Joe Biden will have no prospect of securing a majority."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"No surprise, then, that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell is bothered by this latest round of victors."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Pro-abortion Democrats and accommodationist Republicans have taken the result as evidence that pro-life policy will not actually be viable at the state level after Roe.
51% : They think that abortion should be safe, legal and accessible in the state of Kansas."
43% : To the extent permitted by the constitution of the United States, the people, through their elected state representatives and state senators, may pass laws regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, laws that account for circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or circumstnces [sic] of necessity to save the life of the mother.
41% : Halfway across the country in Kansas, a referendum on abortion was shot down to much fanfare.
40% : President Joe Biden likewise asserted that "this vote makes clear" that "the majority of Americans agree that women should have access to abortion and should have the right to make their own health care decisions."
38% : At a glance (which is all most people give), a reasonable person could easily take a "No" vote to mean not empowering legislators to enshrine a fictional right to abortion at the state level.
37% : It is certainly not an indictment of the prospects for outlawing abortion in America writ large.
36% : The text of the amendment on the ballot read as follows:Because Kansans value both women and children, the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to 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.

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