Topic summary
⁠69%8 analyzed articles/videos5,770 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Polling results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 2,071 hits. Analysis detected 19,966 faulty-reasoning hits from 30,693 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (21,461 of 24,545 topics). This Political Polling is better (less manipulative) than 87.40% of the peer group.
Political Polling

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.6% percentile
1.3% BS Score8 analyzed articles30.7K 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 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.1%0.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate