With primaries over, Minnesota's elections take shape

Aug 14, 2022 View Original Article
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"Ellison argues that gun control should be an essential part of crime prevention strategy, while Schultz argues existing laws should suffice."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Jensen, like many Republicans ruing statewide, doesn't want to make the race a referendum on abortion; years of polling show a consistent majority of Miesotans support some right to abortion."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Walz still supports numerous changes to law enforcement called for by liberals in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, but they are far from the centerpiece of his campaign."
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-26% Liberal
"Schultz opposes abortion."
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-26% Liberal
"Meanwhile Jensen, who said numerous times he wanted to outlaw abortion with no exceptions to rape survivors -- and knew Walz was attacking him for that in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the nationwide right to abortion -- recently reversed himself, saying he does support those exceptions."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"Ellison argues that gun control should be an essential part of crime prevention strategy, while Schultz argues existing laws should suffice."
Positive
2% Conservative
"The most visible was the narrowness of the victory for U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-5th."
Positive
18% Conservative
"Crockett has aligned herself with groups and attended events pushing the idea that Donald Trump won the 2020 election, and Democrats want to highlight that."
Positive
4% Conservative
"In St. Paul's East Side, Democrat Liz Lee campaigned on a fairly standard Democratic message and routed state Rep. John Thompson, an outspoken Black Lives Matter activist whose rhetoric, for some of his peers, broke the limits of civility."
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-10% Liberal
"Ellison, meanwhile, has tried to emphasize his office's civil actions on behalf of Miesotans, such as its part in a $26 billion settlement with opioid drug makers, as well as his devotion to protecting abortion rights, which are currently guaranteed under a Miesota Supreme Court ruling."
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-12% Liberal
"Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Democrats, are facing Republicans Scott Jensen and Matt Birk."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"While a large portion of the Miesota attorney general's office is charged with civil litigation and consumer protections, expect Attorney General Keith Ellison, a Democrat, to be asked to talk about the office's criminal division by Schultz, a private investment attorney and political newcomer."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Keith Ellison and his radical agenda to defund the police have made our communities less safe, Schultz posted after his primary victory over Wardlow."
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-22% Liberal
"Schultz was pointing to Ellison's support for a failed Mieapolis ballot question that asked whether the police department should be replaced."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Walz still supports numerous changes to law enforcement called for by liberals in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, but they are far from the centerpiece of his campaign."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Challenger Don Samuels, who campaigned on a public safety platform that accused Omar of supporting the defund-the-police movement, lost by a mere 2 percentage points."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Thompson had also been bruised by other controversies."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Republicans have long criticized Ellison, a former public defender, for his previous associations with a handful of unsavory characters."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Meanwhile Jensen, who said numerous times he wanted to outlaw abortion with no exceptions to rape survivors -- and knew Walz was attacking him for that in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the nationwide right to abortion -- recently reversed himself, saying he does support those exceptions."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Instead, Jensen and his surrogates will seek to tie Walz not only to crime, but also to dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden via one of the most-talked-about national issues of the moment: rising prices under near-record inflation."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"Instead, Jensen and his surrogates will seek to tie Walz not only to crime, but also to dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden via one of the most-talked-about national issues of the moment: rising prices under near-record inflation."
Negative
-58% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Ellison argues that gun control should be an essential part of crime prevention strategy, while Schultz argues existing laws should suffice.
39% : Jensen, like many Republicans running statewide, doesn't want to make the race a referendum on abortion; years of polling show a consistent majority of Minnesotans support some right to abortion.
37% : Walz still supports numerous changes to law enforcement called for by liberals in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, but they are far from the centerpiece of his campaign.
37% : Schultz opposes abortion.
21% : Meanwhile Jensen, who said numerous times he wanted to outlaw abortion with no exceptions to rape survivors -- and knew Walz was attacking him for that in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the nationwide right to abortion -- recently reversed himself, saying he does support those exceptions.

*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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