Super Tuesday: Socialism and Climate Change
Al Grabo for the New York Times
We ran the numbers: There are 2002 news articles covering this topic. 59% (1186) are left leaning, 32% (644) center, 9% (172) right leaning.
As Super Tuesday approaches, different narratives are arising regarding what to expect. While left-leaning articles highlight former Vice President Joe Biden’s potential rebound, right-leaning articles report that the country needs to stray away from socialism.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post reports that Biden could soon emerge as the chief alternative to Senator Bernie Sanders in 2020. The article cited a Mammoth University poll released Thursday, showing Biden reasserting a big lead in South Carolina and leading Sanders by 20 points.
NPR published a centrist article highlighting that Democratic primary voters are becoming increasingly worried about climate change, as polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada all show that climate change, along with health care, are near the top of the list of concerns for primary and caucus voters. The article also states that in 2020, even conservative Republican men, the group least likely to be concerned about climate change according to Pew, bring up the issue of climate change in focus groups.
A right-leaning article by Fox News reports that Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, spoke at an annual CPAC conference and encouraged the crowd to “contribute to the national discussion” by telling the story of American exceptionalism. During his speech, he argued that there is a willingness by those on the left to denigrate America.