Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
18%
4 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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66/100
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Fellow Californians: We ask you to vote.
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We → ask → you
Whether by mail, by drop box, or in person — what’s important is not how you do it, but whether you do it.
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you → ’ → it
In many elections, it can feel like California is an afterthought.
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California → feel → elections
We are among the last states to finish voting, and we are always the last to be counted (thanks to our ridiculous system of accepting ballots that arrive after Election Day).
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that → finish → Day
This year, it might be tempting to think that your vote matters even less.
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vote → think → ?
While both parties engage in the sleazy practice of gerrymandering, California’s redrawn map is perhaps the sleaziest of all.
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map → engage → all
Gavin Newsom took the independent redistricting commission that voters had approved by constitutional amendment and threw it out, telling voters they could have an independent commission again one day if he just let Democrats redraw the map to their liking — just this once.
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Democrats → take → liking
Newsom played on the partisan passions of the moment to convince California voters to approve Proposition 50 — and so here we are, with a less competitive map than we had before.
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we → play → map
But that doesn’t mean there aren’t races that matter.
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that → mean → ?
The race for governor provides a study in contrasts — and a true choice.
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race → provide → contrasts
Steve Hilton, whom we have endorsed, has crisscrossed the state, energetically sharing a platform of change: from ending fraud to junking the state’s high-speed rail boondoggle to scrapping state income taxes on the first $150,000 earned.
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we → endorse → 150,000
His rival, Xavier Becerra, has run a no-show campaign that embraces the failing status quo — only with more taxes.
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that → run → taxes
The contest for state superintendent of schools features a genuine reformer in Republican Sonja Shaw against another defender of the failing status quo, Democrat Richard Barrera.
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contest → feature → quo
The race for state insurance commissioner pits two Democrats against each other.
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race → pit → other
But it really matters who wins — which is why Hilton, a Republican, is supporting moderate Ben Allen over far-left candidate Jane Kim.
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Hilton → matter → Kim
Turnout was low in the June primary — so low that it may have cost Spencer Pratt the chance to make the general election.
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it → cost → election
Many voters will be tempted to skip the mayor’s race — even if they vote in other contests.
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they → tempt → contests
After all, who really wanted to choose between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman?
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who → want → Bass
But though Bass has been a disappointment, Raman and her socialist allies would make everything worse.
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everything → make → ?
The last thing LA needs, after devastating wildfires, homeless encampments, anti-ICE riots, and El Niño erosion, is more upheaval.
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LA → need → wildfires
This election will decide whether LA succeeds or fails.
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LA → decide → ?
And your vote could make the difference.
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vote → make → difference
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