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Poll: Biden holds single-digit lead in RI; McKee job approval slumps to 36%

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    11% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Among independents, the largest voter bloc in Rhode Island, Trump is winning 39% and Biden is winning 25%.
58% : Biden won Rhode Island in the 2020 election with 59% of the vote, while Trump got 39%.
48% : Biden's weak showing against Trump in the survey is also reflected in his job approval rating.
38% : Yet the lack of enthusiasm for Biden isn't the same as enthusiasm for Trump.
29% : That survey showed Biden at 52%, Trump at 33% and Kennedy at 6%, with only 5% of voters undecided.
24% : Among likely Rhode Island voters, 57% think the New York jury that convicted Trump in the recent "hush money" trial made the right decision, while only 35% believe the jury got it wrong, according to the survey.

*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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