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Abbott-O'Rourke debate centers on school safety, border, reproductive rights

Oct 01, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    44% Medium Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : I want to fund law enforcement training so that everyone is treated equally under the law."
55% : Texas has responded by having the National Guard and DPS respond [and] by busing them to sanctuary cities."
53% : Gun control and Uvalde
50% : "Our alternatives to abortion provide living assistance [and] baby supplies, and we've increased funding for prenatal and postpartum care."
39% :O'Rourke continued by explaining a legislative response to the border crisis:"What we need is a safe, legal, orderly path for anyone who wants to come here to work, to join family or to seek asylum," O'Rourke said.
33% :O'Rourke was asked to clarify his position on abortion -- specifically if he supports any limit on when a woman can receive one -- but he did not provide an answer.

*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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