Warnock, Walker locked in tight race in Georgia; runoff possible

Nov 10, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    94% 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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  •   Conservative
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"But abortion still weighs on how many people voted."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Raphael Warnock votes with Joe Biden 96"
Positive
16% Conservative
"Raphael Warnock votes with Joe Biden 96"
Positive
16% Conservative
"Warnock followed shortly before midnight, telling his supporters gathered in downtown Atlanta that he'd expected a close race and would continue watching the tally."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Georgia voters were more likely to say that Warnock has the appropriate experience to serve effectively in the Senate than to say so of Walker, according to AP Vote Cast."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Indeed, returns have shown Walker ruing behind Kemp by a notable margin."
Positive
4% Conservative
"The state's voters were also more likely to say that Warnock has strong moral values, with roughly half of voters saying so about the senator."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Victories from Warnock and Ossoff left the chamber divided 50-50 between the two major parties, with Vice President Kamala Harris giving Democrats the tie-breaking vote."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Victories from Warnock and Ossoff left the chamber divided 50-50 between the two major parties, with Vice President Kamala Harris giving Democrats the tie-breaking vote."
Positive
0% Conservative
"I'll work with anybody to get things done for the people of Georgia, Warnock said."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Among the top accomplishments Warnock touts: capping the cost of insulin and other drugs for Medicare recipients."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Nearly 6 in 10 voters said Warnock has the right background to serve as a senator."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Amid generationally high inflation and with Biden's popularity lagging in Georgia, Warnock wants voters to make a localized choice, not a national referendum on Democrats as a whole."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Amid generationally high inflation and with Biden's popularity lagging in Georgia, Warnock wants voters to make a localized choice, not a national referendum on Democrats as a whole."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Hendricks said she voted to reelect Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, but felt angry about her choice in the Senate race."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Warnock won that contest by about 95,000 votes out of 4.5 million cast."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Republicans used similar tactics against Warnock ahead of his runoff victory on Jan. 5, 2021."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Atlanta -- U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker were locked in a tight race in Georgia on Tuesday night as elections officials continued to count ballots in the state that determined partisan control of the Senate nearly two years ago and could do so again in these midterm elections."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Georgia requires a majority to win statewide office, and with incomplete returns showing a close race and a third-party candidate on the ballot, it's possible neither Warnock nor Walker will surpass the 50"
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Georgia's first Black U.S. senator, Warnock pitches himself as a pragmatist who cuts deals with Republicans when they're willing and pushes Democratic-backed cost-cutting measures when they're not."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Walker, who is also Black, pledges to bring people together while framing Warnock as a divisive figure on matters of race and equality."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Warnock, who is also the senior minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, answers that Walker is not ready and not fit for high office."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Walker justifies his attack using snippets of Warnock's sermons in which the pastor-senator discusses institutional racism."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"A runoff would mean another month of Warnock hammering Walker, who is making his first bid for public office, as unqualified and Walker assailing Warnock as a rubber-stamp for the White House."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"A runoff would mean another month of Warnock hammering Walker, who is making his first bid for public office, as unqualified and Walker assailing Warnock as a rubber-stamp for the White House."
Negative
-42% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : But abortion still weighs on how many people voted.

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