The Seattle Times Article Rating

Why Democrats, Republicans are turning their focus to overseas voters

  • Bias Rating

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -59% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

37% : He said he began to think seriously about the potential for expat voters to make a difference after Trump's victory in the 2016 election; in Michigan, Trump won by just over 10,000 votes.
29% : Trump suggested that Democrats are trying to "dilute the TRUE vote of our beautiful military and their families" abroad, who traditionally tilt Republican.Republicans have also filed lawsuits seeking to disqualify some ballots cast by Americans abroad, arguing that overseas voting is vulnerable to fraud.
22% : Trump has portrayed the Democrats' effort in a nefarious light, claiming without evidence that they are "getting ready to CHEAT" by taking advantage of an absentee voting program "that emails ballots overseas without any citizenship check or verification of identity."

*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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