Topic summary
96%13 analyzed articles/videos5,838 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate Races results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 5,869 hits. Analysis detected 37,344 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,027 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 44% (13,814 of 24,545 topics). This Senate Races is better (less manipulative) than 56.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

44% percentile
025507510043.7% percentile
2.2% BS Score13 analyzed articles33K 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 8.7%8.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.8%17.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.1%11.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 8.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Horn Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.0%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Senate Leadership Fund2%
FactCheck.org4%By FactCheck.org10%8/7/2026, 9:10:44 AM
Senate Majority PAC11%
FactCheck.org4%By FactCheck.org10%8/7/2026, 9:06:53 AM
Fetterman unloads on El-Sayed, predicts he could lose Michigan Senate seat for Democrats76%
Jewish Insider72%By Emily Jacobs90%8/6/2026, 1:02:13 PM
Roy Cooper, Sherrod Brown, and the Road to Democratic Victory93%
The Free Press81%By Mene Ukueberuwa100%8/4/2026, 9:28:37 PM
Michigan Democratic Senate primary results: Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens30%
Bridge Michigan35%By Lauren Gibbons28%8/4/2026, 5:58:00 PM
It's Election Day in the Midwest, and There Are Some Whack Jobs on the Ballot8%
townhall.com93%By Matt Vespa91%8/4/2026, 12:30:42 PM
Extremist Michigan Imam Who Hosted El-Sayed Urges Followers To Turn Out To Vote and 'Deal the Zionist a Blow,' Frames Primary as Epic Fight Against 'Puppet' of Israel78%
The Washington Free Beacon92%By Chuck Ross93%8/3/2026, 3:00:37 PM
Troy Jackson dominates Maine Democratic caucuses, emerges as frontrunner to face Susan Collins23%
The Boston Globe44%By James Pindell39%7/19/2026, 4:56:05 PM
Troy Jackson Tax Lien Hypocrisy Now Rocking Maine Senate Race94%
RedState96%By Ward Clark84%7/15/2026, 11:54:27 AM
What’s Next for Maine Democrats After Platnerpocalypse?66%
Slate Magazine81%By Jim Newell77%7/11/2026, 2:45:00 AM