Topic summary
66%29 analyzed articles/videos8,566 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Election Security results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 9,492 hits. Analysis detected 96,611 faulty-reasoning hits from 78,705 analyzed words across 29 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 35% (10,906 of 16,562 topics). This Election Security is better (less manipulative) than 65.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510034.2% percentile
2.3% BS Score29 analyzed articles78.7K 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 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.1%12.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 11.8%11.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 4.8%4.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%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 12.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Leubsdorf: Trump administration threatens states to tighten voting rules68%
East Bay Times64%By Carl Leubsdorf0%7/25/2026, 10:15:45 AM
25 States Sue to Stop Admin’s FEMA Restrictions Over Election Overhaul Demands72%
Truthout74%By Chris Walker52%7/24/2026, 6:23:19 PM
R.I. uses same vendor as N.J. but does not expect same problems with noncitizens voting76%
The Boston Globe29%By Edward Fitzpatrick33%7/22/2026, 3:32:06 PM
Democrats’ ’secure elections’ claims falling apart before our eyes81%
American Thinker94%By Wendi Strauch Mahoney0%7/22/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Software error registered over 6,000 noncitizen voters in NJ, governor says51%
MS NOW95%By Ebony Davis78%7/21/2026, 10:35:24 PM
6,600 Noncitizens Found On New Jersey Voter Rolls As Democrats Fight Against Voter ID77%
The Federalist89%By Brianna Lyman86%7/21/2026, 8:06:45 PM
Trump Faces The Ugly Facts About American ‘Democracy’87%
American Thinker94%By Joseph Ford Cotto98%7/21/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Remember When Kamala Harris Wanted Paper Ballots for Our Elections?74%
Townhall84%By Amy Curtis89%7/20/2026, 6:00:48 PM
Secretaries of state gathered against the backdrop of Trump’s election speech19%
WMPL - Houghton24%By Jessica Huseman10% Votebeat10% Dion Nissenbaum24%7/20/2026, 1:30:19 PM
Minneapolis police investigating two weekend mass shootings60%
MinnPost17%By MinnPost staff19%7/20/2026, 11:57:40 AM