WPLN⁠33%

Tennessee early voting ends this weekend. What to know ⁠6%

By Marianna Bacallao⁠35%

7/31/2026, 11:14:24 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Pessimism Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 29 hits. Analysis detected 159 faulty-reasoning hits from 322 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 14.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (27,861 of 29,485 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 94.50% of the article peer group.

Davidson County has a new self-serve voter registration kiosk inside the Howard Office Building. 
Early voting in Tennessee’s primary election ends Saturday, and turnout is already on track to beat previous records for the number of people voting early in a midterm primary. 
The primary will likely determine Tennessee’s next governor, as the GOP winner is expected to sweep in the general election. 
U.S. 
Sen. 
Marsha Blackburn has led the race in polling , but recent numbers show that the gap could be narrowing between her and U.S. 
Rep. 
John Rose. 
Since Tennessee Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map in May, the race for U.S. 
House seats has shifted, and many voters are casting ballots in new districts. 
Find which one you’re in — and who’s on your ballot — with WPLN’s Voter Guide . 
Voters can cast a ballot at any polling site during early voting but will be limited to their designated polling place on Primary Election Day, Thursday, Aug. 
6. 
As more people vote early, Nashville has added more polling sites. 
Most sites close at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 
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Nashville polling locations 
Bellevue Library – 720 Baugh Road, 37221 
Bordeaux Library – 4000 Clarksville Pike, 37218 
Casa Azafrán Community Center – 2195 Nolensville Pike, 37211 
Community Foundation of Middle TN – 3421 Belmont Boulevard, 37215 
Edmondson Pike Library – 5501 Edmondson Pike, 37211 
Election Commission Office – 1281 Murfreesboro Pike, 37217 
Goodlettsville Library – 205 Rivergate Parkway, 37072 
Hermitage Library – 3700 James Kay Lane, 37076 
Hillwood High School – 6215 Hickory Valley Road, 37205 
Lentz Public Health Center – 2500 Charlotte Avenue, 37209 
Madison Library – 610 Gallatin Pike South, 37115 
Metro Office Building – 800 President Ronald Reagan Way, 37210 
Scarritt Bennett Center – 1027 18th Avenue South, 37212 
South Inglewood Community Center – 1624 Rebecca Street, 37216 
Southeast Library – 5260 Hickory Hollow Parkway, 37013 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 2.1%WPLN: 1.8%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.0%WPLN: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 9.0%Marianna Bacallao: 2.4%WPLN: 2.8%Availability Heuristic9.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.0%WPLN: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.3%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 6.2%Marianna Bacallao: 0.6%WPLN: 0.6%Overconfidence Bias6.2%This article: 7.1%Marianna Bacallao: 6.3%WPLN: 3.4%Framing Effect7.1%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.3%WPLN: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.2%WPLN: 2.2%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 7.1%Marianna Bacallao: 0.6%WPLN: 0.8%Pessimism Bias7.1%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 6.9%WPLN: 5.7%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.9%WPLN: 0.9%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.2%WPLN: 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.0%WPLN: 0.7%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.7%WPLN: 1.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.3%WPLN: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.0%WPLN: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.3%WPLN: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.4%WPLN: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.0%WPLN: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.6%WPLN: 0.3%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.2%WPLN: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.8%WPLN: 2.4%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.9%WPLN: 0.8%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 3.0%WPLN: 2.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 4.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.1%Red Herring4.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.3%WPLN: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 4.5%WPLN: 3.8%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.5%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 3.4%Marianna Bacallao: 2.7%WPLN: 2.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)3.4%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.3%WPLN: 0.6%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.0%WPLN: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.2%WPLN: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.9%WPLN: 1.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 2.2%WPLN: 1.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.0%WPLN: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.0%WPLN: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.1%WPLN: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.2%WPLN: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.4%WPLN: 1.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 1.0%WPLN: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 7.1%Marianna Bacallao: 2.0%WPLN: 1.5%Biased Writer Voice7.1%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.5%WPLN: 0.8%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.9%WPLN: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marianna Bacallao: 0.5%WPLN: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 5.3%Marianna Bacallao: 0.2%WPLN: 1.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…5.3%

322 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers11%attributed speech287writer words
Selected voice

WPLN

100%flagged-word coverage
17 attributed words49% of attributed speech33% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%WPLN: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-8.0 ptsWriter: 8.0%WPLN: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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