Topic summary
62%19 analyzed articles/videos7,000 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate Elections results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Ad Hominem, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 3,550 hits. Analysis detected 28,087 faulty-reasoning hits from 39,274 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 14% (19,415 of 22,505 topics). This Senate Elections is better (less manipulative) than 86.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

14% percentile
025507510013.7% percentile
1.4% BS Score19 analyzed articles39.3K 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 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.0%9.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

El-Sayed’s narrow Senate primary win sets up crucial Michigan battleground test19%
Associated Press13%By JOEY CAPPELLETTI58% JACQUELINE GANUN0%8/5/2026, 11:02:35 AM
Who is Abdul El-Sayed? A guide to the progressive populist who just won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary.34%
Yahoo News57%By Andrew Romano8/5/2026, 6:59:01 AM
Stevens and El-Sayed are in a close race for Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination4%
WSVN27%By Rubén Rosario32%8/5/2026, 6:22:04 AM
Trump's agenda emerges as theme in South Carolina GOP Senate debate15%
The Greenville News4%By Baker Maultsby19%8/4/2026, 2:10:40 AM
El-Sayed Looks Set to Trounce Stevens48%
Talking Points Memo78%By Josh Marshall55%8/3/2026, 4:58:33 PM
Darline Graham promotes Trump's agenda in her political debut ahead of special Senate primary28%
ABC News42%By MEG KINNARD Associated Press39%8/1/2026, 2:19:30 PM
Elon Musk Goes All in on Trying to Save Susan Collins75%
The New Republic77%By Hafiz Rashid85%7/31/2026, 1:27:10 PM
Election Forecaster Says Democrats Could Actually Flip Senate Seat in Texas Because GOP Candidate ‘Is So Awful’70%
Mediaite82%By Michael Luciano74%7/30/2026, 5:24:01 PM
Dem Senate Nominee Troy Jackson Has 2 Kids With His Cousin: REPORT36%
The Daily Caller81%By Mark Tanos61%7/30/2026, 11:02:35 AM
‘Birthright senatorship’ betrays America First65%
The Blaze86%By Mike Howell86%7/23/2026, 5:00:00 AM