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Residents of Puerto Rico can't vote for president, but their anger at Trump is still shaping the race

  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -19% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-15% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris is competing with Trump to win over Puerto Rican communities in Pennsylvania and other swing states.
42% : That festering resentment erupted when Trump visited Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria slammed into the island as a powerful Category 4 storm in 2017.
41% : Acevedo said he immediately texted relatives in New York, including an uncle who is a Republican and had planned to vote for Trump.
23% : Sonia Pérez, a 58-year-old parking lot attendant, said she hasn't voted for a governor in years but is so angry about the comedian's comments and González's support for Trump that she plans to reject González and the other candidate representing the two main parties that have long dominated in Puerto Rico.

*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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