The San Diego Union-Tribune Article Rating- Bias Rating
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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.
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| "Democratic candidates have shifted their message away from abortion in recent weeks, at least somewhat, in favor of the economy, Social Security and Medicare." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "In Nevada, Republican Jim Marchant is ruing to become the secretary of state, the state's chief elections official." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "And Trump would almost certainly seize on sweeping Republican victories as evidence of his political strength ahead of a third prospective White House bid." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "It's the same in Arizona and Michigan, where fellow coalition members Mark Finchem and Kristina Karamo are ruing for secretary of state." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The GOP chances are hampered somewhat by flawed candidates in Arizona, Georgia and New Hampshire, who have been boosted by former President Donald Trump." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Lake, Arizona's Republican candidate for governor, is already thought to be a potential Trump ruing mate." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Republicans are predicting a massive red wave as anxious Democrats defend their narrow majorities in Congress while struggling to overcome pervasive concerns about the economy, crime and President Joe Biden's leadership." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "He is not on the ballot, of course, but dozens of Trump-endorsed candidates are." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The Latino vote will be consequential in other states but none more so than in Arizona and Nevada, where Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, the nation's first Latina senator, is locked in a close race." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "And in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is ruing for reelection Tuesday, is also considering a 2024 presidential bid, whether Trump runs or not." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "And in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is ruing for reelection Tuesday, is also considering a 2024 presidential bid, whether Trump runs or not." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "In Pesylvania, Trump loyalist Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor, has struggled in the polls against Democrat Josh Shapiro." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Trump's pick for the Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz, is locked in a close race with Democrat John Fetterman." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "And some elected officials, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, warned that Democrats have relied too much on abortion rights as a galvanizing issue." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Other Trump loyalists to watch: Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance, North Carolina Senate contender Ted Budd, Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon and New York gubernatorial hopeful Lee Zeldin." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Other Trump loyalists to watch: Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance, North Carolina Senate contender Ted Budd, Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon and New York gubernatorial hopeful Lee Zeldin." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Other Trump loyalists to watch: Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance, North Carolina Senate contender Ted Budd, Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon and New York gubernatorial hopeful Lee Zeldin." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "After the Supreme Court eliminated Roe v. Wade in June, Republicans, including Trump, worried aloud that the decision might trigger a backlash against GOP candidates who oppose abortion rights." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Both parties have been especially focused on the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas, made up of heavily Latino communities where the Biden administration's struggle to address problems along the U.S.-Mexico border is a central issue." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Should Trump's higher-profile endorsees struggle, it would raise questions about his political strength as he weighs a 2024 presidential run that could be launched shortly after the midterms." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Exceptions were in 1934 during the Great Depression; in 1998 during the effort to impeach Bill Clinton; and in 2002 after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "A bad night for Democrats could undermine Biden's rationale for a second term." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "In Arizona, gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and Senate contender Blake Masters, who both promoted Trump's lies of a stolen 2020 election, are in position to win." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "The issue is especially critical in the push for suburban women, a group that swung against Trump's GOP in 2020 and seemed to swing back after Trump left office when the GOP shifted its focus to pandemic restrictions and the economy." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "The issue is especially critical in the push for suburban women, a group that swung against Trump's GOP in 2020 and seemed to swing back after Trump left office when the GOP shifted its focus to pandemic restrictions and the economy." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Marchant is head of the America First Secretary of State Coalition, a collection of Trump loyalists who falsely say the 2020 election was plagued by voter fraud." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
| "Marchant is head of the America First Secretary of State Coalition, a collection of Trump loyalists who falsely say the 2020 election was plagued by voter fraud." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
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45% :Democratic candidates have shifted their message away from abortion in recent weeks, at least somewhat, in favor of the economy, Social Security and Medicare.*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.