Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
70/100
Washington Examiner's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Politics
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Democrat Amy Acton is leading Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the latest poll for the Ohio gubernatorial general election.
asserted
Acton → lead → election
Acton is ahead of Ramaswamy by 3 percentage points, according to a Bowling Green State University/YouGov poll released Wednesday.
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Acton → accord → poll
Acton sits at 48% support, while Ramaswamy is at 45%.
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Ramaswamy → sit → %
The remaining 7% of voters who participated in the survey said they would vote for someone else.
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they → remain → someone
More respondents view Acton more favorably at 41%, giving her an edge over Ramaswamy’s 36%.
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respondents → view → %
Fewer people also view Acton less unfavorably compared with Ramaswamy, with a 47-42% margin in favor of the former.
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people → view → former
“This poll showcases what we see every single day across Ohio; Ohioans are ready for change,” Acton campaign manager Philip Stein said in a statement.
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Stein → showcase → statement
“Dr. Acton is the only candidate in this race who will lower costs, tackle the cost of corruption, and build a state where all of us can get ahead.
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all → lower → us
Vivek Ramaswamy just doesn’t get our state; Ohioans are seeing right through his policy scams and false promises.
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Ohioans → get → scams
While the Democratic nominee is outperforming her Republican opponent, it’s not by much.
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it → outperform → much
Acton’s lead falls within the nearly 4-point margin of error and sits just below the 50% mark.
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lead → fall → mark
Moreover, Ramaswamy performed substantially better on the poll’s question about whom voters think will win the general election.
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voters → perform → election
He polled at 62%, nearly double Acton’s 36%.
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He → poll → %
In a statement provided to the Washington Examiner, Ramaswamy’s campaign dismissed Acton’s favorable polling figures.
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campaign → provide → figures
“Ohio Democrats have looked safe in plenty of polls before.
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Democrats → look → polls
Today, Sherrod Brown is trying to get his old job back, Tim Ryan is fighting for data center expansion, and Richard Cordray has disappeared from the political map
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Cordray → try → map
,” Ramaswamy campaign spokesman Evan Machan said.
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Machan → say → ?
“The media can obsess over every bad poll they find, but they still won’t ask Amy Acton whether she agrees with her running mate on debates, voter ID, or any of the other issues Ohioans actually deserve answers on.”
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Ohioans → obsess → answers
Previous recent polls largely show Acton with a similarly slight lead, with the exception of an August poll that saw Ramaswamy with a 2-point edge.
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Ramaswamy → show → edge
In a June poll following Ohio’s May 5 primary elections, the two gubernatorial candidates were tied.
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candidates → follow → elections
YouGov surveyed 1,000 likely Ohio voters for the November election between Sept. 1 and Sept. 10.
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YouGov → survey → Sept.
The poll, sponsored by Bowling Green State University, had a 3.96% margin of error.
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poll → sponsor → error
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