Topic summary
76%17 analyzed articles/videos20,331 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Electoral Politics results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 8,971 hits. Analysis detected 81,768 faulty-reasoning hits from 84,734 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 32% (16,375 of 23,962 topics). This Electoral Politics is better (less manipulative) than 68.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

32% percentile
025507510031.7% percentile
1.8% BS Score17 analyzed articles84.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.2%6.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.1%7.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.6%10.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate