Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Dueling yard signs, shifting loyalties and the quest for Mormon votes in Arizona

Oct 13, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -18% 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

-14% Negative

  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
Unlock this feature by upgrading to the Pro plan.

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Both the Harris and Trump campaigns have launched efforts targeting Latter-day Saints voters.
48% : Although Trump "says stupid, clownish things, and he's a buffoon," Rowland said, "he's the best choice of the two.""I believe that family and religion and God and the sanctity of life is important, and Trump is the most in line with our values," Rowland said, adding about her neighbors, "If they were voting their values, they would not be voting for Harris-Walz."About a dozen Mormons gathered in a church member's Phoenix living room recently for a "Latter-day Saints for Harris-Walz" vice presidential debate watch party.
48% : They voted Republican -- including for Trump.
41% : "He always jokes, it's because of Trump that we've changed a lot of our thinking politically, religiously," Julie Spilsbury said of her husband.
36% : When one of his employees assumed he was voting for Trump again, Spilsbury knew he didn't want to keep quiet.
32% : She said she just wanted a simple answer: What was Spilsbury's problem with Trump?
19% : While he hasn't formally endorsed Harris, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is a vocal opponent of Trump.

*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.

Copy link