Topic summary
69%13 analyzed articles/videos9,793 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Electoral Politics results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 14.2% saturation with 8,563 hits. Analysis detected 70,581 faulty-reasoning hits from 60,141 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 32% (11,414 of 16,562 topics). This Electoral Politics is better (less manipulative) than 68.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

31% percentile
025507510031.1% percentile
2.2% BS Score13 analyzed articles60.1K 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 7.2%7.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.4%5.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 14.2%14.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.5%6.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.8%2.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate