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Kansas landslide referendum result preserving abortion rights confirmed by ballot recount

Aug 24, 2022 View Original Article
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    4% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    32% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The vote drew broad attention because it was the first state referendum on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
44% : A no vote in the referendum signaled a desire to keep existing abortion protections, and a yes vote was for allowing the legislature to tighten restrictions or ban abortion.
40% : A from the Kansas state constitution and given to the legislature the right to further restrict or ban abortion.

*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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