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The results from the 2024 Iowa caucuses will tell you who won and lost. AP VoteCast will tell you why

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -41% 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.

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19% Positive

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : It showed that voters who thought the economy was the top issue preferred Trump, a Republican, while those who thought health care was the top issue supported Biden, a Democrat.Which candidates are included in AP VoteCast?The AP VoteCast survey generally includes all major active candidates who are on the ballot.
32% : For example, in the 2020 presidential election, AP VoteCast results showed that white men favored Donald Trump, while women with college degrees favored Joe Biden.
17% : In the case of the Iowa Republican caucuses, where there is no set list of candidates, the survey includes Christie, who was still in the race when the survey began but dropped out shortly after, along with Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Vivek Ramaswamy and 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.

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