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Trump blasts "grandstander" Republican over Electoral College switch

  • Bias Rating

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    12% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : The district's single vote was won by President Joe Biden in 2020 and Trump in 2016.
53% : Republican Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has been leading an effort this year to adopt a winner-takes-all system, which would almost certainly deliver all five of the state's Electoral College votes to Trump in November.
52% : The other is Maine, where the state's competitive 2nd Congressional District was won by Trump in 2016 and 2020 and former President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.
40% : "I would like to thank Governor Jim Pillen of Nebraska for trying to help the Republican Party simplify the complexity of the State's Electoral Map," Trump wrote.
36% : If Trump were to mirror his 2020 results while adding wins in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, the former president and Vice President Kamala Harris would be tied with 269 Electoral College votes without including the district.
34% : "Trump lamented McDonnell's decision in a post to Truth Social on Monday evening, while arguing that effectively making it easier for him to win every Electoral College vote in the state would have been "better" and "less expensive" for all Nebraskans.
27% : Trump went on to suggest that "perhaps one of the others [sic] two Republicans that were a 'NO' Vote will change their minds.

*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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