Trump Wisconsin Poll: Three Perspectives

Signs of Wisconsin Backlash Against Donald Trump, Who Trails in Poll

The New York Times gives the facts, with minimal bias, like most of their stories. In Wisconsin, Cruz leads the party’s polls with about a 10% lead before the primaries on Tuesday. The journalist of the article, Trip Gabriel, states, “If Mr. Trump is dealt a setback in the Wisconsin primary, including a potential sweep by Mr. Cruz of all 42 delegates,” said Gabriel.  “It would be his most prominent reversal since his second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses in February.” This opens up some of Trump’s rarely-seen vulnerability before he moves on to the other regions for the primaries. Gabriel goes on to talk about the uglier side of Trump’s campaign, as well as some backlash but also notes the advantages and positives that Trump has currently shown in the debate. While it is hard to write a completely unbiased article, The New York Times seems to get as close as they can.

Trump Is Collapsing in Wisconsin

Meanwhile, on the online news source, Slate, bias tends to be a bit more present. The article discusses the same event that the The New York Times does but does it in a manner that clearly shows distaste towards Trump. Journalist, Jim Newall, subtly, yet surely, details Trump’s slow falling behind Cruz. Newall says, “One reason that Trump may be struggling in Wisconsin is that likely voters in Wisconsin despise him.” This appears to be more of an opinion that a cold-hard fact, and despise is strong word. Even more so, Newall says earlier in his piece, he describes Trump’s decline as, “his overall favorability rating dives from pretty terrible to comically toxic,” clearly depicting a dislike towards Trump. Though the title is only slightly different than that of The New York Times, it once again subtly shows bias.

This Embarrassing Interview Signals Donald Trump May Be In Trouble In Wisconsin

What appears to be even more biased - and doesn’t even attempt to hide it - is an article written by Alice Ollstein on the online activist news source, Think Progress. The title of the article alone is a dead giveaway of the journalist’s standpoint, and shows the readers that while we may be reading news, we will inherently be getting an opinion with it as well. Like the two previously mentioned articles from The New York Times and Slate, the topic remains the same, while delivery wildly varies. This article does a good job at incorporating pure facts and media, like tweets and actual audio from the interview, yet almost counteracts it with the writers strong and present opinion.