Newsweek Article Rating

Kamala Harris' easiest path to 270 appears to have got harder

  • Bias Rating

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    48% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    6% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : A GOP surge there could tilt the race to Trump while a Democratic over-performance would be a big asset to Harris.
55% : At a rally in Juneau, a rural town north of Madison, Trump confidently declared: "If we win Wisconsin, we win the presidency.
54% : "Trump has seized on this opportunity, holding four Wisconsin rallies in nine days in late September and early October.
47% : According to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday, Trump leads Harris by three points in Michigan (50 percent to 47 percent) and two points in Wisconsin (48 percent to 46 percent).
45% : Franklin said Harris is leading Trump by a slim margin, but the race could easily swing in either direction.
39% : The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that in Wisconsin, recent internal polling from Democrat Tammy Baldwin's Senate campaign showed Harris trailing Trump by 3 points, even as Baldwin herself holds a narrow 2-point lead in her own race.
31% : Trump has consistently targeted blue-collar workers in the Midwest with his rhetoric on high costs, the loss of manufacturing, and the threat of China's growing influence.
26% : "Trump won the state by less than 23,000 votes in 2016 and lost it by just under 21,000 votes in 2020.
10% : "Silver's analysis points to a longstanding tendency among Democrats to panic as election day nears, a phenomenon amplified by "the scar tissue left over from 2016," where Trump beat Hillary Clinton in all three.Newsweek has contacted the campaigns of Trump and Harris for comment via email.

*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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