Topic summary
58%11 analyzed articles/videos4,016 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Voter Turnout results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 1,692 hits. Analysis detected 13,140 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,635 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 17% (20,046 of 23,907 topics). This Voter Turnout is better (less manipulative) than 83.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510016.2% percentile
1.4% BS Score11 analyzed articles20.6K 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 8.2%8.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 8.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Data: Only 3% of Vermont registered voters have cast their ballots ahead of the primary election20%
VTDigger42%By Grace Bertrand34%8/7/2026, 2:16:50 PM
Metro: Progressives win up and down ballot28%
WDET 101.9 FM25%By Sam Corey31%8/5/2026, 12:45:49 PM
The Stranger’s 2026 Primary Election Night Extravaganza52%
The Stranger62%By Stranger Election Control Board60%8/4/2026, 5:22:27 PM
In Tennessee, Democrat voters outpace GOP in early voting growth76%
WPLN News33%By Marianna Bacallao35%8/4/2026, 2:31:26 PM
Stein Urges Democrats to Turn Out so Republicans Can’t ‘Steal an Election’51%
The Assembly NC7%By Bryan Anderson6%8/3/2026, 2:03:02 PM
Michigan primary: 7 things to watch in US Senate, governor, other elections6%
Bridge Michigan5%By Lauren Gibbons27% Jordyn Hermani14% Simon D. Schuster39%8/3/2026, 12:18:23 PM
GOP panics as MIA Republican threatens down-ballot candidates in ruby red state49%
Raw Story97%By Tom Boggioni91%8/3/2026, 6:05:39 AM
Did nearly 80% of registered voters sit out for State Question 832?37%
Oklahoma Watch15%By Matthew Yim41%7/28/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Blackburn refuses to debate. What that means in Tennessee’s primary for governor47%
WPLN News33%By Marianna Bacallao35%7/15/2026, 2:30:34 AM
Voters are angry with Washington, and other takeaways from the Colorado primaries99%
The Washington Post97%By Erin Cox0%7/1/2026, 2:04:54 AM