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McCormick's running mate has conservative past, Goodin says he reversed idea on abortion, marriage

Jun 20, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -22% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    46% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -57% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Indiana's Democratic nominee for governor, Jennifer McCormick, on Thursday chose as her running mate a former state lawmaker who spent much of his introductory speech apologizing for past votes against abortion and same-sex marriage and promising he's changed his mind.
42% : "Goodin, like McCormick a former teacher and educational administrator, denounced Dobbs as "an all-out assault on personal freedoms," then pivoted and said that his 2011 vote against same-sex marriage "dehumanized, demeaned thousands of Hoosiers.
41% : Indiana legalized same-sex marriage in 2014.

*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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