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Iowa Newspaper Backs Mitt Romney | Redux

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Iowa Newspaper Backs Mitt Romney

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The Des Moines Register's editorial board wrote that Obama's "best efforts to resuscitate the stumbling economy have fallen short. Nothing indicates it would change with a second term in the White House." Romney becomes the first Republican the paper has endorsed since 1972. And the Miami Herald renewed its endorsement of Obama on Oct. 28, citing his actions to bailout the auto industry and end the Iraq war. The paper endorsed Obama in 2008. As the president and Romney crisscross the country in the closing week of the campaign, they're hoping to pick up endorsements from influential newspapers that could help boost their fortunes in key swing states. In 2008, more than 400 newspapers endorsed a presidential candidate, according to Editor & Publisher magazine, which tracked the endorsements.

People:

Obama

Overall Sentiment: 0.0740566

Relevance: 0.93896

SentimentQuote
0Obama, saying that "what matters are his real accomplishments and the direction he proposes for the years ahead."
0Obama in an op-ed, saying that "with Obama, we know what we are getting."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 0
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Mitt Romney

Overall Sentiment: 0.207488

Relevance: 0.484376

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McCain

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.240437

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George Bush

Overall Sentiment: 0.443488

Relevance: 0.148978

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Hillary Clinton

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.122221

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Rep. Paul Ryan

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.11453

Sen. John Kerry

Overall Sentiment: -0.105125

Relevance: 0.102413

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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