What Is Hungarian Conservatism? - The American Conservative

Jan 08, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

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"Even many liberal Hungarians eager to cooperate with the European Union have within them a sense of the precarity of their freedom and self-determination."
Positive
18% Conservative
"The movement is critical of globalization, encourages opposition to the unconditional enforcement of free trade, criticizes liberal politics for its lack of interest in practical results, and sees the pursuit of national interests and the preservation of national traditions as the primary task of politics."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Viktor Orban is the bête noire of the European Union, but it is crucially important to grasp that he does not demand that other EU countries follow Hungary's values and example; he only wants Hungary to be left alone to govern itself as it sees fit, within general limits."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Joe Biden won by fewer than 21,000 votes in 2020, after Trump won a similarly thin victory in 2016."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Joe Biden won by fewer than 21,000 votes in 2020, after Trump won a similarly thin victory in 2016."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Two Republicans confirmed Johnson's plan to the Associated Press and said he could aounce as soon as early next week."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Johnson include the lieutenant governor, Mandela Barnes; Alex Lasry, an executive with the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team; and the state treasurer, Sarah Godlewski."
Positive
14% Conservative
"The Wisconsin State Journal said: Johnson's last-minute change of heart may be viewed by some as proof of his conscience."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Earlier this month, Brandon Scholz, a Republican operative, told the Hill: I think you will find almost every Republican in Wisconsin and outside of Wisconsin wanting Ron Johnson to run because of what's at stake, and that's the majority of the Senate for Republicans."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Also on Saturday, John Thune, a member of Senate Republican leadership, said he would run for a fourth term."
Positive
0% Conservative
"A Wisconsin Democrat, Ben Nuckels, said: Ron Johnson is what you get when QAnon and the Tea Party have a baby."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Earlier this week, Dr Rob Davidson, leader of the Committee to Protect Healthcare, an advocacy group, begged Twitter to look at the last two weeks of Johnson's feed and shut him down"
Negative
-4% Liberal
"For example, in 2010, under Barack Obama, Republicans picked up 63 House seats and six in the Senate."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Johnson rose out of the Tea Party movement stoked that year by opposition to Obama's healthcare reform and by rightwing donors."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Johnson rose out of the Tea Party movement stoked that year by opposition to Obama's healthcare reform and by rightwing donors."
Positive
4% Conservative
"He defeated an incumbent Democrat, Russ Feingold, then beat him again in 2016."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The only people cheering Johnson's decision are the wealthy special interests and big donors who have made a killing during his time in Washington."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Johnson has protested Twitter decisions concerning tweets about Covid."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"On the legalistic side of Trump's attempt to remain in power, Johnson plaed to object to results in Arizona but changed his mind after the events of 6 January."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"On the legalistic side of Trump's attempt to remain in power, Johnson plaed to object to results in Arizona but changed his mind after the events of 6 January."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Johnson has also been a loud voice for unproven Covid treatments, accusing federal agencies of failing to promote drugs approved early in the pandemic and opposing public health measures including vaccine mandates."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Johnson did not comment."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"In 2016, Johnson pledged not to run a third time, a promise rescinded when Democrats took Congress and the White House."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"In a Republican party dominated by Trump, who has endorsed Johnson, a third run would avoid a chaotic primary."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"In a Republican party dominated by Trump, who has endorsed Johnson, a third run would avoid a chaotic primary."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"With Republicans favoured to take back the House, Democrats are desperate to hold the Senate, not least to protect Joe Biden's chances of naming at least one justice to a supreme court skewed 6-3 in favour of conservatives after Trump's time in power."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"With Republicans favoured to take back the House, Democrats are desperate to hold the Senate, not least to protect Joe Biden's chances of naming at least one justice to a supreme court skewed 6-3 in favour of conservatives after Trump's time in power."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Johnson has at least five strikes of Covid mis/dis-information, Davidson said, adding: Feeds like his undermine our ability to save lives and end the pandemic."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Johnson is now one of Trump's loudest defenders, standing by him after the attack on the US Capitol last year."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Johnson is now one of Trump's loudest defenders, standing by him after the attack on the US Capitol last year."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson, a hardline Trump supporter once described as what you get when QAnon and the Tea Party have a baby, has reportedly decided to seek a third term, a step he once promised not to take."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson, a hardline Trump supporter once described as what you get when QAnon and the Tea Party have a baby, has reportedly decided to seek a third term, a step he once promised not to take."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"On Friday, Barnes said: Ron Johnson has been a failure and Wisconsin voters know it."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"Referring to Johnson and Republicans who went through with objections to electoral college results, the paper said: These men are cowards."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Among Democrats, Johnson is seen as beatable in a November contest which will help decide control of a Senate split 50-50 and controlled via Vice-President Kamala Harris."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Among Democrats, Johnson is seen as beatable in a November contest which will help decide control of a Senate split 50-50 and controlled via Vice-President Kamala Harris."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Both parties are likely to welcome the news, given Johnson's emergence as a leading promoter of both Donald Trump's lies about election fraud and Covid-19 misinformation."
Negative
-74% Liberal
"Both parties are likely to welcome the news, given Johnson's emergence as a leading promoter of both Donald Trump's lies about election fraud and Covid-19 misinformation."
Negative
-74% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Even many liberal Hungarians eager to cooperate with the European Union have within them a sense of the precarity of their freedom and self-determination.
52% : The movement is critical of globalization, encourages opposition to the unconditional enforcement of free trade, criticizes liberal politics for its lack of interest in practical results, and sees the pursuit of national interests and the preservation of national traditions as the primary task of politics.
47% : Viktor Orban is the bête noire of the European Union, but it is crucially important to grasp that he does not demand that other EU countries follow Hungary's values and example; he only wants Hungary to be left alone to govern itself as it sees fit, within general limits.

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