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Early voting starts Friday. Here's what's on the Nov. 18 ballot in Acadiana

Nov 03, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    10% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : AMENDMENT NO. 2To remove from the state constitution the following inactive special funds and to transfer any remaining monies to the state general fund: Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund, Higher Education Louisiana Partnership Fund, Millennium Leverage Fund, Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund, First Use Tax Trust Fund, Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement.
52% : The following races and propositions are on the ballot in these Acadiana parishes, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office.
51% : State SenatorDISTRICT 21(Assumption, Iberia, Lafourche, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne)Robert Allain, RHenry "Bo" LaGrange, RLafayette ParishMayor-presidentMonique Blanco Boulet, RJosh Guillory, R City Council District 1Elroy Broussard, DMelissa Matthieu-Robichaux, R St. Landry ParishCouncil Member District 13Ernest Blanchard, ILeward Lafleur, RSt.

*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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